Entrepreneurial Music Artists: hate all you want, 50 Cent is smart about money

Did you hear who his partner investor is? The inventor of PayPal and the chairman of Facebook; 50 Cent was letting you know what kind of business muscle he's aquainted with. He was giving his stock pick and why he is investing in them. He also talked about diversifying his music and telling artists that your not just going to be making money from album sales.



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50 Cent Sits Down With CNBC: Talks about his new book “The 50th Law”

I like posting interviews like these, because I like it when the youth can get to see their musical icons in a light that sits alot differently from what their usually fed. This was by far one of 50 Cent's best interviews to date.

Ghostface Interview With "This is 50.Com"

Ghostface squashed his beef with 50 Cent - Via: xxlmag.com

50 Cent: "I'm addicted to success..."

50 always has that smile like...I'm so rich...lol

This is 50.Com Hates Drake: Never when your strong do they come hardest, only when your weakened

Before watching this video I want all of you to know that Drake is an anomaly right now...he's quite literally a musical phenom who without any label-power built one of the greatest organic movements the blogosphere has ever seen with his mixtape 'So Far Gone" (and that's to his credit). Viral internet traffic buzzes with such intensity for this guy that record-labels courted him vigorously and online analysts have said that his positive feedback ratio fares better in comparison to most established artists. Even venture capitalists and a member of a royal family offered Drake money in the millions; and it should be known that despite all of that he still decided to go the independent route and shunned the usual formula of getting signed so that he would not be controlled. The clip below is nothing more then an affirmation of the fact that he's become an actual real threat in the rap-game, a potent force for change and his model is being watched and scrutinized at every turn. Drake is still poised to do really well, and he may sell well beyond the expectations if he continues to stay the course and make the music that's true to himself.

STAR & BUC WILD criticize Drake


"The Young spitter that everyone in rap fear" returns to the stage...

50 Cent: Forever King Mix Tape Premier - Is 50 Cent Muslim?

On this Mixtape he's got a track called: Micheal Jackson Freestyle, and it's opening lyrics are as follows...

-- 50 Cent

They say I ain't Lyrical; they say I ain't a miracle,
I say sum hard shit so they say I ain't spirtual;
They act like they know God better then me,
I know God Allah, I used to pump crack up the street,
Allah U Akbar, Clap and run through your backyard;
Let the Mac Off...tear half of your back off...

--

Personally:

I BELIEVE HE BELIEVES IN THE ALMIGHTY POWER OF DA 100 DOLLAR BILLZ, and I wouldn't blame him for having business acumen (there's nothing wrong with being a capitalist). I think a lot of MC's invoke an Islamic familiarity because its like getting votes in the hood among Muslim African Americans who might be inclined to think that 50 is inclined to their views. Another Artist who does this brilliantly is Rapper Nas...he'll mention "Islam" or "Allah" and then wear a big diamond studded cross around his neck. After having listened to Rap Music for so long (and I'm a real hip hop head) I can see what their doing and who they're trying to pull in without offending other people who might be Christians as well. It's all about being everything to everybody without really being anything at all...(heh it's music right...it's entertainment?)



And just so you guys don't think I'm hating...I actually think this is 50's best mixtape out right now...and I bumped it in the car all day yesterday just to take it in...so I can be impartial and still critical of something I see someone deliberately doing. Now if he takes the Muslim oath of "Shahada" and grows a beard...I might be more inclined to think he's being serious like Rapper Loon did...but I think we all know 50 is not going to do that anytime soon...LOL.

50 Cent Talks about his newest Mixtape - Forever King

Download: Mixtape - Forever King



50 Cent is definitely up on everything. He looks at the Internet just like everybody else. Sitting in his New York office Thursday (July 2), 50 was looking at the Drake video, refusing to watch Game’s apology to the G-Unit on MTV News.com and answering calls from Leonardo DiCaprio’s camp for a dinner with the movie star. He was originally going to call his latest mixtape Sincerely Yours: Southside Part 2, and on it he planned to rap over ’90s R&B classics. But in the end he decided to throw in some additional flavor with his throwback stylings. The cover of the tape features 50’s face digitally imposed with an iced-out skull.

“When Michael Jackson passed, there was a piece of artwork that had ‘King of Pop, King of Rap’ with me and his pictures. That’s what gave me the concept of the artwork.” There’s a real human skull that’s got diamonds embedded in it,” he said. “I saw the photo in Dubai. It’s an artifact, it’s priceless. We used the effect to make it feel like it’s a skull inside my face. And the Yankee hat would be my crown.”

50 Cent says there’s no comparison between Drake and him

Via: complex.com



Earlier this week, 50 Cent hosted a press event in NYC to announce the launch of his new fragrance, Power by Fifty Cent, that releases exclusively at Macy’s this November. After going in on the appetizers (thanks Curtis!). COMPLEX got a few minutes to sit down with the entrepreneur and talk about about his new business venture, amongst other things. Read on to see how 50 feels about cologne competition with Jay-Z and Diddy and his thoughts on the comparisons between his and Drake’s mixtape buzz…

"I think there’s no comparison between Drake and 50 Cent as artists. He has momentum right now. Great momentum. He has a record on the radio and hasn’t signed a deal. That’s the comparison. But there’s obviously a difference in the type of music and the significance in being able to create aggressive content and have it go that far as opposed to making the record that Drake has on the radio. I sit in front of you as someone who’s received 16 Grammy nominations and I have no trophies, because I chose to write the harsh realities. I stayed true to myself and I’ve taken a little beating behind it. I still have the largest debuting album to date. So if Drake can continue to do what he’s doing now he could potentially have one of the largest debuting albums. I wish him the best."

-50 Cent

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50 Cent: War Angel LP Download - 50 is going back to his roots

Download: 50 Cent's War Angel LP

Curtis releases the best body of work he’s put out in the mixtape circuit, period. And despite having a title like War Angel, Fifty insists that Ricky shots are absent throughout (I think if you don’t identify when you’ve won a race, you’ll continue to run victory laps until you’ve exhausted yourself. There’s nothing else to win in the Rick Ross situation. There’s nothing else to do to that guy from my perspective). Take a listen and YOU decide whether this is 50 back in his original form.

50 Cent is Feeling Uninspired By Hip Hop: What will he do?

Via: Billboard



50 Cent has revealed that he is feeling uninspired by the current state of Hip Hop. Speaking to Billboard, the rapper explained that artists within the genre are not being creative.

“What I fell in love with and inspired me to get into hip-hop is dwindling away. I’d like to be a representation of that, because there isn’t much of that left. I think people are so conscious of the numbers they’re not being creative anymore.” 50 has set his sights on the Latin market by collaborating with reggaetón duo Wisin & Yandel for the track ”Mujeres En El Club”. The Queen’s rapper also chose to promote the song and feature it on his website.

“I’ve received nothing but positive feedback on this collaboration. And it’s a surprise because it’s playing in a space where you wouldn’t traditionally hear 50 Cent. It’s exciting and it’s a whole new charge of energy for the person that is tuning in.”

50 Cent: Says company overbilled him for mansion repairs

Via: Miami Herald



HARTFORD, Conn. — Rapper 50 Cent said Tuesday that he never would have bought a Connecticut mansion once owned by boxer Mike Tyson had he realized it would require millions in repairs and renovations. The entertainer, whose real name is Curtis James Jackson III, testified in Hartford Superior Court as part of his lawsuit against BVH Integrated Services, a Bloomfield, Conn.-based engineering firm. 50 Cent testified that his attorneys hired the firm to inspect the 52-room, 48,000-square-foot-plus mansion in Farmington, Conn., in 2003 before he bought it from Tyson’s ex-wife. The company was to make a visual inspection to determine how much it would cost to repair the roof, decks, driveway and other aspects of the property.

“I thought it was necessary because I didn’t know what damages or what it would take to keep the house uptight and up to speed,” the rapper testified. He said the mansion was the first house he bought.

The company’s estimate was for about $500,000, but 50 Cent spent about $6 million on repairs and renovations. Lawyers said about $3 million of that was spent on maintenance repairs that should have been included in the firm’s estimate, and the rest was spent on additional “betterment and improvements.”

This is 50...on child support payments LOL

50 Cent spoke candidly with Tyra Banks on her show a little while back and she asked him why he and his baby-mama Shaniqua fell out and this is what he said...

"She took bad information to heart. At one point I was providing her half a million dollars a year with out any court being involved...I'm really only responsible for him [Marquis] and that is what she found out after I was taken to court. Her friend told her in New York state law you're entitled to 17% but that's up until $80,000 dollars...She looked at the Forbes and goes, 'You robbing me.'"

LOL, so she ended up getting less for taking him to court. Now she won't be able to buy as many shoes, how does this dumb girl feel now - from half a million to the 80,000 dollar cap? Let this be a lesson in how not to be too greedy.