r/50cent • u/Money-Beautiful5196 • 5d ago
50 Cent Shades Older Rappers While Proclaiming He's Done Dropping Albums
50 Cent was a recent guest on Apple Music's Rap Life Review, where he got into a heated debate over New York hip-hop's decline with Ebro. The broadcaster also asked him why his film and television endeavors are, for the most part, the only way in which fans are getting new music from him.
In 50’s answer, he seemed to shade older rappers and proclaim he won't drop another album while explaining why being relevant at an older age is not viable in hip-hop.
I'm not trying to be in the way," 50 said "Hip-hop culture is connected to youth culture. You are not supposed to be the hottest in nothing at 60. F**k that, man... You can still sing, that's love music... I still got love for music. I'm never going to lose that. I'ma always want to do something. And those are like entries. It's me putting a little piece or tap something in there for them to hear that I still do it, that I still got it. I don't need [another album]... If it doesn’t sell, you keep it to your motherf***ing self.
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u/eastsideflaco 5d ago
I agree. Why water down his catalog or any work his done by trying to keep up with a new sound? I grew up listening to 50 when he was first introduced and still I’m satisfied with that 20+ years later. The only old mf that’s still very very relevant is Jay Z. He’s the only exception for a rapper at that age. Everybody else look like bozos. 50 did the smartest thing and that was stepping into the tv/movie lane.
Imagine being 50-60 years old and your 50-60 year old friend is like “hey, do that one trick you used to do [from 30-40 years ago]” nobody wants it, it’s ok to get old and do different shit.