The Breakfast Club - 50 Cent and Rotimi Interview

Episode Date: June 29, 2015

50 Cent and Rotimi stop through to chat about the latest season of Power and what's going on this season. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Blast off in your ear. Weekday morning, 6 to 10. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. Special guest in the building this morning. We got 50 Cent. Yeah.

And from Power, I don't want to say your name wrong, Rotimi. Yes, sir. Rotimi. Yes, sir. Did he say you can come just don't bring no F and vodka? Look, he said don't bring no bottles. Don't bring no shirts with no bottle information on it. All right.

Okay, okay, okay. Wow. 50 Cent is here. We got one. He don't write the check, I will. Now, what's going on, Fifth? Man, everything's good, man. I got a chance to work with Ro Timmy.

And he played my young boy on the Power Show. Like, I met him in jail. And he got out before me. Like, I had Ghost knock off his young boy, Ro. Rolling, yeah. You know, a lot of youth culture, the way things are on the street is they don't really have consequential thinking. So there's a lot of wet pillows in prison. They grind about it after the fact.

They assess it. You know what I'm saying? But when they're out on the street and active, they torpedoes. All they need is coordinates. Well, congratulations. We were talking about the second season premiere and how it broke all kinds of records on Starz for an original series, right? Angela, we was expecting that. We were expecting success. Angela, we was expecting that. We were expecting success.

Angela, I was like this. From the very beginning when I was talking to Courtney, I was like, this is going to – watch what happens. Like, I intentionally put us at odds with Empire because of the marketing dollars I knew Fox was going to spend. Over the time period, you know, it was a commercial network. They could put, look how many covers or how many different things

you've seen their cast still on after the fact. You know, they spend good money on it because it's in everyone's television programming without

them ordering cable. Right. That's one of your strategies, though. Like, whenever you got something coming, you pick the thing that's the top thing

and go at it. Like, I go after Puff with the... Oh, gosh. Because his position is number two in the category. And I don't care how anyone feels about it. It's my strategy. It's the way I was taught to do things.

Okay, in case you didn't notice and you missed the message points over the last 12 years, I sold drugs. You know what I'm saying? And when you sell drugs, we could acquire your company, the corporate decisions made while in that lifestyle. You could kill someone to acquire that position.

So you take it to the corporate. I will kill you, just not literally. Yeah. It's just, you know, but I take it there, and then it gives you additional energy and drive to go in the direction you need to. So strategically speaking, would you say that's why you and Floyd maybe had a little bit of a tiff?

I spoke to Floyd yesterday. I mean, previously when you started your boxing promotions, maybe that's a good thing. Oh, no, no. That wasn't what happened with me and Floyd. He just decided he wanted to do something else. And he's conditioned because he does what he wants,

when he wants, he just did something else. Without warning. Like, oh, let me know what he was doing, and I'm mad at that. And you know, like, when you're in a position where you can get 30 million dollars a fight and spend 30 million and get another

30 million, and it don't matter because you can consistently win like that, it's tough to give a person any type of directions or tell them anything. All right, let's talk more about power, man. You know, first of all, on behalf of men everywhere, we want to thank you because I heard that Lala is going to show her ta-ta in episode four.

Episode four. That wasn't episode four. Check four. Wait, not episode four. Episode four. Check out that look. Look at this. We gonna loop that. We gonna loop that. Episode four, we gonna loop that and let

that play on Starz in the loop. So you can see what's going on here. How did you make that happen? And did you create a mellow? How did you make that happen? Forget the whole plot of the rest of the series. I was selling it. I was like, this is artistic.

This is the point where you take it to the next level. I never was waiting for it. I felt like we were anticipating a sex tape. We might have to loop that and let that be a sex tape. Did you have to talk to Mello about that because you and Mello are cool? No, no, no. I didn't say anything to him because I was like, man, this is a different thing. This is between you and your wife. I shouldn't be her thing. Did you have to talk to Mello about that? Because you and Mello are cool. Yeah. No, no, no. I didn't say anything to him. Because I was like, man, this is something.

This is a different thing. Like, this is between you and your wife. I shouldn't be any personal. I was talking to the side. Like, yo, look. You should do it creatively. You should really go there. So was it scripted already?

Yeah, it was there. It was there. It was written in. And they had, like, I got a scene with my baby mother. They didn't meet her yet on the show. But you see, like, I come into it. And then my character is a little different. i don't want to have that i didn't even want sean when we had him my son because i didn't want the vulnerability connected to it you know having to

worry about someone else yeah those things and just i just came in so far into the lifestyle that it's like i don't need anything that i can't walk away from or you know it would make me softer in a different way. Now is it true that you were gonna play Ghost but you decided not to? Well I was so invested in the actual storyline at one point that I was like look it's definitely easier sell for me to go in and say I would actually play the character and I was like you know I'll play Ghost because I just was so like and i was losing courtney at one point like she was like it's been taking time like it's just i kind of got to focus

on that just that and it was like look i'll play it i'll do it and this is then we got picked up and it was like they were quite too much like you know the networks and it is for amari because it's a lot it's a lot. It's a lot of work. A lot of work. I feel like your character's going to get killed on the show, man. He's just so grimy. I just can't see him living past this season.

I know. The only thing holding him into the show is me. You and somebody else need to bend it. Well, you guys already got picked up for season three, though. Yeah, yeah. This is going to go on for at least seven seasons. It'll be on for quite some time. I just, I think that, you know, like when you say, like they go, oh, you got picked

up for season three. I go, you're surprised. I mean, it's the largest show on their network. Period. So he's like, you're going to get rid of the largest show on your network? Nah. I never even had stars before, Powell. That's crazy.

I really didn't. I didn't even have it. And after the show goes off, I don't care if you cancel it. I don't care if you cancel it. We can wait until the show's coming back. How deep are y'all into the seasons, though? Are you already, like, ahead of? This is a big part of how they do the storytelling

because if they know that they're going, that Courtney's really in season five. Like, as far as the art, she's already written those things. And then it's like going to create the details of season three. And then I'll be making requests because I need to see and feel things that I know the coaching needs to see. Yeah, I'm waiting to see Notori and Lala beat up Angela. Oh, it's a good.

So, different things waiting to see Notori and Lala beat up Angela. Oh, it's a good. So different things got to happen. Side chick, like, look, they always get into the main chick, side chick thing. But if the main chick is conditioned for something that was a part of your life that if you make it to the roof of what you can do in that business, and she just wants it to stay the way it is, and you're going, it never ends good. So you're going, we we gotta try something different. And she's like turning her nose up

at what you choose to go in that direction. Then you start to look at it like, maybe she wasn't all the way the right person. You know what I mean? Like it definitely was the right person to go on that journey as far as legal business was concerned. But now that you starting to feel like we hit the roof of it,

what happens next? Because his wife really doesn't want to see him progress. Do anything else. Just stay where, just want it to be the way it is.

She's comfortable. I'm used to you this way. I don't want you to turn into a legitimate. To something else. You ever been in that position? Like when they was like, no, we want you to stay boo-boo.

You can't be 50. Now forget this rap. You know what this, I think when, in the lifestyle itself, you can feel like you create a false sense of security because if they like they got bills or your issues you let Nana I got it and you don't really know that you got it you're just saying I'm gonna take care of it that I'm

willing to take care of it for you addition and then you get out on the street and you do what you can do and a lot of times you make things happen you can come back and really take care of it all right it is a false sense because it doesn't there's nothing guaranteed to say that you're gonna be able to do that right you know and I think in that that's where that translates the same a lot they don't know about well Timmy is he was actually supposed to be on Empire really yeah you look like one of Lucious' kids. He can sing, though. You can sing.

Yeah, I can sing. Yeah, yeah. So that was why it made sense for me to do the show at first. It was down to me, Quincy, and Yaz, actually. And then Quincy dropped out, and it was down to me and Yaz. Yeah, his perfect cause was like, how you going to let them take your publishing? That's what I do. I take people's publishing.

So it was down to me and Yaz, and at the time, they were telling me, yo, I got it. It's yours. You're going to be, you know, you're the guy. So I started looking for places in Chicago.

I was, you know, signing on my lease and everything, and I was having meetings with, you know, networks and stuff like that. So it got to the point where I was turning down offers from other shows

because I thought I was going to be on it. Hold up, they told you you had the Empire role? Basically. And you were willing to sign over your publishing and everything well that was before I knew really what was going on with all that before all that so it was just word talking to me you know the network saying this mind you know and then I turned down a couple of things because it was a perfect situation well yes Star Wars yeah and I start was you know turn down stores it was I was like

it was like the fifth time they called him back. Yeah, the fifth time they called me back, and it was another network. So I turned it down, but, I mean, it worked out. You got on a better show. Yeah, he got on a better show. Is it worth signing your publishing over? No, not as a musician, if you really believe in yourself.

Got you. You know what I mean? If you really believe in yourself, it's not worth doing that. What if they asked you to play the gay son on Empire? Never, never, no. It's just acting. Yeah, it's not worth doing that. What if they ask you to play the gay son on Empire? Never. It's just acting. Yeah, it's just acting. It's not going to do that. Look, some things are really tough.

Yeah. Some things are really tough. Wait, you want me to? Oh, I don't think I can. I'll play a drug dealer gangster who will kill anybody for a 50-character on Empire, but I won't play a gay guy. Nope. Now, Laz, a couple of weeks ago, we seen you perform, Ph perform Fifth on stage with somebody that you didn't get along with.

And last time we seen that, it was altercation. So when I seen 50 Cent performing next to French Montana, I thought it was... Yeah, yeah. That was like, I was doing the dance. It's a new dance called the Shark, Big Shark, Little Fish. Because y'all seen us, like, this is 50's way of making him uncomfortable, because that's what he does. Did y'all have a conversation, or you just... No, no, we ran into each other backstage. Like, this is 50's way of making him uncomfortable because that's what he does. Did y'all have a conversation or you just? Nah, nah.

We ran into each other backstage. Like, French is, he used to be around. Like, when I did the, back in the days, we had a psychic told me. And he recorded, he went and recorded Khaled's mom. Yeah, he definitely. Like, so it was like, you know what time it is. Like, I go, even with the puffy thing, like, when I'm saying those things, people misinterpret it. They don't know.

I don't care if they misinterpret it anymore. I look at it and I go, whoever's in the top position or in the lead position, I make that competition within myself with that because I'm going to position myself well in the category regardless. So it's like, I mean, if you're losing Marcus here and you see me gaining, you understand why. And, oh, no, tell him to check the numbers because he's losing Marcus here and I'm gaining. You understand why and oh no Tom check the numbers you don't like Papa all right just in that position he's done other

things to make me kind of situation in May situation yeah see no look he knows the whole thing like the guys this points that we could easily I could easily transition to make money on different things, that he turned his nose up at because I think it was his ego. You know, it felt like it was losing something that he built or that he, you know.

But the deal making, you ain't never gonna have nobody say, okay, okay, I'll give away my profits. So you gonna let me, pretty much what Jimmy was saying at that point was, you gonna give me the money

and I can have the profit. Not 50% of it. I can have his portion of the profit. And we couldn't make the deal. You know, so I'm like, yeah, yeah, yeah, you know. You know what I'm saying? I know I can't sit in there. He was like, puff, basically.

All the way. We heard the mixtapes. Yeah, you know what I'm saying? I know I can't stand him. He was like, fuck the puff, basically. All the way. We heard the mixtapes. Yeah, you know what I'm saying? I didn't realize I've been saying it for so long, though.

Yeah. Like I said, I sort of. Yeah, it's been a while. I remember the mix, I can't remember the name of it, but you was on the album cover

with the shovel in the graveyard or something. Yeah, and I was like, that man. I really don't like him. Yeah, but we can tell.

It started to come over. And it's not personal like other people help it like James Cruz and them you know I don't like them

he's another one I seen on stage you used to work with him though yeah yeah cause he worked with Chris Lighty and stuff like that and I used to be really cool

they used to travel with me you know what I'm saying but the stuff the temperament makes me not really they flip floppy like you go back and forth you don't have to choose people like if you have a relationship with one person But the stuff, the temperament makes me not really flip-floppy. You go back and forth. You don't have to choose people.

If you have a relationship with one person, I don't expect people to go, because of my relationship with you, when I go over here, I'm going to be someone different or behave differently. You know what I'm saying? You can say, look, you know I have a relationship with him. It doesn't mean that one completely phases out the other. People know how to position themselves where they're not

creating that ripple, where you don't feel like you dissed this person now that you go over there. But if you had somebody working for you that used to work with somebody else that you don't get along with, I'm sure you wouldn't want them to still... I don't even bring them in the room. When I have an issue, well, I'm addressing that person if they previously did. I don't even bring them in the room. Right. When I start, when I have an issue,

oh, I'm addressing that person if they previously did, I don't put them in that position. You know what I'm saying? But if they feel like they got some sort of allegiance

or some sort of loyalty to that person now, then you go, okay. But then when I see them, I don't feel that energy. I feel like they're almost afraid of my actions

or how I would receive some of the things that they've been doing. You know how guys are uncomfortable from what they said they was going to do? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You know what I mean? Like, they see you and it's like, why do you feel like, why are you so uncomfortable? Well, they know you hold a grudge, Fifth. But you've been saying

you're going to do something or you've been saying things that would make you uncomfortable internally when you see the person. You know what I'm saying? And that's where I kind of get from

because I don't, like him, I ran into him, his wife, and his kids at the summer jam. And I love his daughter. Like,

the kids don't, they don't have no bad in them. You know what I'm saying? And when his wife is like, oh, no, no, like she didn't want

to take a picture, I'm like, well then get the fuck from over here then. You and him. I don't like him. I just say hi to the kid if I see the kid at that point

or don't even say hi to her. Because it just felt funny that, and I think on my, the way I took her response to me is like. You talking about James Cruz right now? Yeah. His wife.

Yeah, it just felt like whatever he's been saying to her made her feel like that. Yeah. But that's her husband, so she got to ride with her husband. No, no, I got that.

I'm just saying to you, like, I don't have anything with him that he should be discussing with his wife that would make her uncomfortable when she saw me. Do you hold grudges against New York executives because they didn't sign you and they had the chance back in the day? But, no, I just didn't deal with them. Like, at the point, my peak point, I didn't run around and go, oh, let's do a feature.

Let's work together. Like, they didn't help me get go, oh, let's do a feature. Let's work together. They didn't help me get in, and then you want me to help you sell records? You know what I mean? I'm like, I don't care. To be honest with you, the things that happen to our culture based on Southern based music coming in are cool. People start moving a little more to the music. They dance.

Like New York, when they love you, we get a barb, and they leave with the same passion you would have had for the guy that shook his hair out and sweated, said he was crunk, or whatever, energy in the actual club. And I'm like, I ain't got nothing but a Yankee hat. I'm all

New York, you know what I'm saying? That changed it, and it simplified things, it made it not as complex. Like, there was a point when we was writing stories backwards, like in the funeral.

Like, I wrote on Animal Ambition. It starts at the funeral. Then I explained to you how he got to his funeral. Nas was writing it like a movie. Start at the end

and then, you know, go back to what happened and, like, we had gotten so complex in the story writing side of things that, um, it started to what happened. And we had gotten so complex in the story writing side of things

that it started to kind of be like, let me listen and understand the art versus just having a good time. Gotcha. And I saw you speak up for Troy Ave on Instagram when everybody was going in on him for selling 4,500 records. What made you do that? Well, you know, I wasn't sure I liked Troy at first because I was hearing a lot of me. Yeah, people were saying he was, you know, mini 50 Cent.

Yeah, and then I go, I've been here for how long? How many people did you hear that sounded like Biggie? Far enough. Of course you're going to influence me. You know what I'm saying? How many people who sounded like Jay? At different points, they'll have that thing from their favorite artist, and he's not copying.

He's doing his version of it. And now when you see the doo-doo-doo, that record kind of sold me on him. I was like, I like this. And then you did a song with him. Yeah. And you're bringing him on tour with you. Bang Bang record.

I bring him out. They're not tied up when I'm... I've been setting dates, because you got to go so far ahead. And I'll let them, you know, come on the tour. Chris Lighty who passed away, his daughter has her own show. Yeah, yeah. I seen her driving your car and she crashed your car.

Yo, listen. Now, if that wasn't Chris Lighty's daughter, would you have been upset? Absolutely. Through the $1,000 car. I was a little upset for him. As soon as I heard, I seen the caption and I said, oh, but now I seen her what? But wait, how old is she? She's only.

Yeah, she's young. She's a baby. Like, what's the name she did? We come around the corner, and she said, look, we come around the corner of the car, and the guy, but it was really his fault.

It was an Uber driver. And he opens, like he's already double parked, and he opened the door. Damn. And he just hit the mirror. He's like, boom, there's a mirror come up.

Now y'all got I see the tape coming right you know it's like it's funny does I like we just taped it was like the first segment of q-tip is gonna take for also and then she like building her her television show Lighty and the Light you know and then so I was up on it went up on TMZ

like two seconds later I was like who's here to see that you get a lot of money for them pictures man yeah they got and then as soon as the guy

the guy from the like from the car though he came he wanted to take a picture I was like yeah I mean it was cool cause she already had me in the space where I was just I'm already in that headspace where everything's okay cool whatever you want to do so his insurance is handling it no no no that's okay

I know $10,000 fix now people want to know who you tied up and put a gun to in the double XL office to get Kid Kid on the cover. Oh, no. I didn't do that. I didn't do that. That was the word on the street. He really did. Look, he really did that on his own.

And check this out. He's really a freshman vet, you know, because he's been around, bumped around. But I tell him, I say, that's what my career was like. Not everyone gets to start when they're ready, but when they do get into position the right way, it just leaves them seasoned. It's like a comedian.

Comedians are always overworked. They always have to be fine-tuned for so long that when they do get the shot, like you'll see, like Kevin Hart been around for a minute. Then when he get in position, boom. And you see him, and you be like, how are they able to work this much? Like to be on these shows

and movies all at the same time is because it's light work to him because he been working now like he been out and doing stand up and different things like I think that like comedians

are like it's like fitness you can't really miss a day like you know what I'm saying when you stay fine tuned then your timing is right and your thoughts move faster

and it's just, and you're just in pocket. I think when, if you haven't been to the gym for a few weeks, when you go back, that workout feels abnormally tough

or harder. It's just awful a little bit. You know what I mean? And then, we see what happens. It's still, you know, overall funny people,

but if they haven't been out there in those circuits, I think that they're not as good as they usually are. I actually think K.K. is dope. I just think that when he's with the unit, people are used to hearing

the unit. They don't want nothing messing with that formula. No, yeah. And you know, when I say that, I listen to the record just line for line

on the record, and I go, nah, that's right. Just like when you was picking the artist in the very beginning, you go, can he rap? Like, nah, that's right. Just like when you was picking the artist in the very beginning, you go, can he rap? Nah,

this kid can rap. It's different guys that you see them kind of pull themselves into the front a little bit. They've been there as a little artist like Fabulous, different guys because these are mixtape guys originally. For me, you hear

them on the clue tape or you hear him on the clue tape, or you hear him on the joint, and then they start to emerge, pull out into the front, because they're out working their peers. Fab was the first guy to call for R&B remix. You know what I mean? That's who he was in the very beginning, and then it bled over into him doing some things

that was dope, like that last Cuffin Season record, that was a 50 Cent record. Right. Like in my head, like I heard the beat, I was like, oh, this is it. Why is this not the single? You know, and then I ran into him at the Jewel, I told him I'd jump on that right away because it was like, I already belong on the record. Right. You know?

Now what happened with the boxing thing that you had? They said they filed for bankruptcy. We watched a fight. What was that, in Houston? We had that fight out in Houston. Yeah, I'm good. Canelo watched Kirkland. He did, man.

He did. Check this out. People, you know what's cool about me being a promoter? Like, people, there's no sympathy for winners, right? So, they'd like to see you lose at points. And our coaches, I was the old and with the new right you know youth coaching in general so the significance in being able to stay is understanding that like so if i'm associated to a fighter people pay more attention to it because they love or they hate 50 cent right and they'll go i want to see him lose because

that's 50 cent fighter or i want to see him win because that's 50 cent fighter and the more passionate they are about them the more people tune in like like Floyd just showed the formula of the marketing was pretty boy Floyd didn't work the money team money may work because we said we got all the money in the world in the middle of a recession and that was interesting right you know what I'm saying'm saying you tune in just to hate no sense and you know and you know how this ends don't you they're sitting there with that and you're going like that just works and then like it works for champs don't necessarily work for me overall. So, like, this is why I started with the United Nations, the World Football Program thing.

And then I started doing different things, you know, like with different organizations, you know, because I'm trying to consistently to keep people understanding that I'm conscious of things, you know. And a lot of times, you know know I do this on purpose of time running circles so I don't have to answer the question like remember you asked me how old Tiffany was. We know. This is a skill people. But I look at it overall like I look at it like when there's an opportunity to do something that people haven't seen, don't know, like something new, I should jump in and go ahead and do it. When they see me with effing and different things, they go, I didn't see that coming.

What made you decide to do that? And I'm like, it makes perfect sense for me at this point From the business and they say I saw a story with SMS owes you 2.3 million. Yeah, because look I'm I'm not really that wealthy my companies do great. Gotcha. Like I make a little bit of money You don't gotta talk to us like we the IRS I don't get paid Very much per year Like from

From my From my company He's saying you don't Have the liquid But you have these Companies that are worth A lot of money And then

Cause those companies Are protected You know what I mean And then you You pay yourself Money that In case you become Liable for something

There's not a whole lot There for them To just take from you. Whatever happened with the Worldstar situation? Because I see they post G-Unit content now. Yeah, no, me and Q are cool. We worked it out. We figured out how to work it out.

That was a check. I didn't realize that they do so well. Q, Worldstar is cool. They're big money over there. Speaking of big money, We've seen you posing With Ted That's Chelsea Hamlin's Old boyfriend

Don't he run E? He do No he ran E Now he's over at ABC That's where he was at I met him at Access Hollywood That's a little awkward

Then you added Chelsea In the picture Yeah Cause he came to me I didn't know She's a comedian I'm sure she has a great Sense of humor about things She don't care about that He approached you Yeah he said I'm Ted I didn't know who he was. But she's a comedian. I'm sure she has a great sense of humor about things. Yeah, she don't care about that.

So he approached you. Yeah, he said, hey, I'm Ted. I did it. He said, we f***ed the same girl? I did it before you, boy. Oh, got you. I said, you know, it's cool it went in that order, man. She would have been tragic.

It would have felt different. Your life would have felt different. Now, 50, Dave Ball said they're looking forward to seeing Lala on episode four. Yes, we are. Now 50 They both said They're looking forward To seeing Lala On episode 4 Yes we are

Power calendar Let me say one thing Now what if For the sake of your artistry You had to go nude And show your thing Would you be down with that Angela

To take it to the next level Listen man How you confusing For Terrence Howard I was thinking about You were at the dot triangle Of the movie You got a lot of guys that like power, but I think the frontal nudity scene for me would help me.

I think it would bring my female fan base to an all-time high. Yeah, I've heard that. Start to be cool. Damn, Angel, you're supposed to keep this tattoo. I'd be all right, though. Would you do it? Yeah, I would. I would.

It had to make sense, sense though it had to be like a real scene I wouldn't just be walking around swinging yeah yeah for no reason that's like some

that's what I would do instead of what the Kardashians dad did oh Caitlyn? yeah yeah if things was over like if I felt like things were like

over like this voila don't tuck it in this is it. You know how you see the older guy, and you in the spa, you just work down and stuff like that, and he just come walking past you like,

whoo. You know, he got that look. Life is over over here, okay? What is the matter with you? You know what I mean? Young boys, they care about everything. The towel's wrapped up. You're like this, yo, what's going on?

You walk around like this. Look, I got over that last year, like 10 years ago. Things slowed down. I got the little blue pill. We're working this thing out now. What do you think of Lil Wayne's situation, man? That was interesting. I just heard that this morning, too.

The title thing? Yeah. Now I would get title. Really? It's something exclusive. You know, I didn't understand why they thought you would buy into title when everyone that was up there was signed to a major. So there was nothing exclusive that I would pay the $20 for. You know what I mean?

If there's content coming, like in the future, they're going to start pulling content over that would allow them to have things that the rest of the commercial music world doesn't have, I pray to see it. Would you be down to be partnered up with Tidal also? No. Why not?

No, I mean, I just, I don't know if it's partnered up with Tidal or if it's creating a competitor. Yeah, I saw the interview you did with Letty and Damage in L.A., and you said that none of those guys own their music anyway, so how are you going to get exclusive content? Right, yeah, that's what I was saying. Like, if you have, if everyone there is contracted,

and they have to be on every platform they can to move as many units as possible. They can't just say like they're saying buy titles for artists. That's the right and I know that's the intention of the marketing but the general public could look

at it and say look we're really rich people we're cool so give us $20 per you know the buy title us $20 per, you know, the buy title for $20. Because they'll look, the person,

it's the interpretation of it. Like when the people look at it, the average person, some of them will look and say, I just see a bunch of rich people. Asking me to give my money. My money for, yeah, for nothing exclusive.

Right. All right. Now what's your relationship with Taraji? Have you seen him? I did. I ran into her at the Billboard Awards. Can you get her to do a frontal nudity scene too? That would be better, right? If we could do the frontal nudity scenes together? On a

separate movie? Now, what did she say when you seen her? She was cool. You know, I ran into her when we was talking, Shaka was there. Shaka Zulu from the Luda's camp. And me and him, we got a crazy, like our relationship go back so far that he was in the radio department at Columbia when I was in 98.

Wow. You know what I mean? And Luda was working on radio. And he playing me Ludacris music then. And then he went off took off ludicrous blue then i got away from you know columbia records and the mines came around after so it was cool like then talking to him like we like ran into each other at the same time while he's talking so it was real cool because they they got a good friendship too you know so we

got a chance to kick it but she was like that's just cool stuff she was saying that she her baby's grown but no problem no shots about the

empire power back and forth and I think she understands too it brought attention to both shows really it does I mean it doesn't

it didn't hurt anything I think the competitive energy is there like when people are conscious of competition, and they look at it and they go, which one is better? Why? You don't know which one you think is better if you don't watch both.

You know what I mean? And that's, like, if you got one on premium cable versus one, you can see the more aggressive content and power versus what's happening on Empire I do wish power was on Netflix though cuz I'd be like after in the episodes I'd be like okay next week I like waiting till next week I enjoy that the anticipation and people really really that Courtney did a really good job at pacing herself she's the writer yeah so now that people being so invested in the characters,

it's because of the pace of the story. You got a chance to learn to know these people. That's very true because you even want to know more. I want to know more about Notorious' character. I want to know more about La La's character. I want to see where they go. Because La La's character, everything that she wanted in her life is in Tasha's. Right. You know what I mean? Yeah. Because Liza's character, everything that she wanted in her life is in Tasha's.

Right. You know what I mean? Yeah. It's like, so it's like whenever things come around, it's like she's like, I got a lot of cool stuff that used to be hers. And it's an ill storyline that could come because you're like, maybe she'll get jealous of Tasha one day and set her up or something. Eventually, if somebody offers the opportunity. And she's a close friend so she's like the first place

that she starts to send the money she needs. Right. You know, she's putting it, sending it to her house. Did you just give us

a spoiler? No, no, but just... That was gonna happen? Ah, damn, man, you be setting me up. I like how she,

I like how she told Ghost, oh, and do me one favor, I need you to stop talking to Angela. Yeah, I'm like, why you go on my telephone?

I'm immediately going to the defensive side. Wait, did you go to my phone? She said, you should have washed your phone. Now,

Timmy, are you signed to 50 as an artist? No, we, you know, we talk. We're doing something.

He got a record coming out, a lot of me and him featured on the record. You know, I just, I really like the song. So I wanted to be a part of it and him featured on the record. I really liked the song. So I wanted to be a part of it and I got on it. And I mean, when

people around you are talented, for me I'll look and say, yeah I'll do it. Like Jermai, down on me I had the number one record. And I say, if you said Jermai number one, because I felt like it was number one and I worked to get that record in the position it was in because Def Jam didn't understand it right and

then I had to after we did the song I went we shot a video in the recording studio we put it out then that didn't do as much as I felt like it was supposed to do so I went back and I did a video with Kanan. But Kanan Cahill was a little kid that did the voiceovers. Yes. I picture that every time I hear this song. And then I had Chelsea put it on a show. And it got like 30 million views.

Wow. And it jumped the song to number 10 on iTunes. And then Def Jam found the money to shoot the video. And the record went on to be the hit. And you just did that because you was a fan of the record? Yeah, because at the time it was the only song that we had out. That's my song, too, if my voice is on it. You going to get involved in more TV, man?

Yeah, yeah, I got. You got to, right? Yeah, I got a few other shows. The girl ain't come up. We're going to see them. I'll start the marketing for them. I don't want to overshadow them. You don't want to take away from Power, right?

I'm talking about it, but I got some pieces in action. And you did Southpaw. Yep, Southpaw will be out July 24th. I just spoke to Jake. Well, he texted me yesterday because they're in Paris promoting it. It's there. It's cool. Jake Gyllenhaal.

Yeah. Okay. It's a good show. It's not what you would expect from a boxing film because of the Rockies. The sport itself has been enough action for you to show the theatrics of boxing. But when you get outside the ring, it's a real intense story. It's dope. This is a new improved 50, though.

50, he's stopping his sentences. He's saying just enough. I'm positive. No run-on? No more? Stop figuring that out? You know, if I had the proper etiquette classes, things would be crazy.

But you know, I don't want to go into public speaking. I'm not trying to chase Obama down with that. I'm leaving it, like, keep it hip hop. Sometimes I talk in slang or I write in slang on the Instagram and stuff like that. And you watch these people correct me and be like, oh, now do you feel better about your life?

You feel better about your life, you unhappy mother. I want to ask you too what you thought of the Apple screaming deal. Because, you know, of course you did great business with Jimmyimmy and drake that that that's what the the beast deal was about they really wanted the rights the stream so apple's always been interested in music think about it the first place we start talking about going to buy music be itunes right it'd be apple you know like so now they they're like from their relationship, Steve Jobs, Jimmy's relationship from way back. The first time they did a part of placement in a music video was the iPod and PIMP. And it's because I immediately jumped out there.

As soon as he said something about the iPod, I said, you think you can sell this? I can sell the iPod. And Jimmy said, strange enough, whatever you say, they're going to do it. And then they gave me $150,000 to do it. And we put it against the cost of the music video at that point we had huge budget so it didn't do nothing it was a drop in the bucket you know and now it's like I mean I think it's cool like that music is just gonna be consumed differently there's no

lack of interest in it because we're gonna still want to go out and enjoy the festivities of where we've been now you post a lot of pictures of your son also sire and he you also have him working now too right well no he's just the kid special kids for their own college kids made for college you come in like you just did the this one thing like the people who approach me about him like put me in the face of Kid Corner like not Kid Corner

Kid Safe products because they got like audio products that won't go over seven seven decimals so it doesn't

damage the eardrums when kids are still developing because we'll let the kid use the headsets that we're using but if they turn

the volume all the way up messed up messed up the eard the way up. Messed up. Messed up the eardrum. Messed up the ears. So you ready for a daughter next? I do want to have a daughter. I don't know where I'm ready to have that. Because you're playing the last one.

The last one you said, I'm going to have a son with this young lady. That's why he was already here for a year before he knew he was here. You going to do the celebrity thing this time? Let me go get a celebrity chick. I don't know, man. See, when you say it like that, you scared me. You got J and B.

But you see what you said, the celebrity thing? Like, that scares me. That's the point where you're not in control anymore. Someone else is there who can completely change the perception of you, right? The things they're saying or doing, following that. When that doesn't work well, what happens then?

Oh, I see what you're saying. So you like how people started calling Kanye, Kanye Kardashian. Got you. Yeah, like, got you, got you. But who's gonna

overshadow 50 Cent? I don't know. It's just marketing. You don't know what they're gonna do this crazy afterwards. Like, they would've thought, they would've never thought

that the dad is the star. When he take, give me some boobs, look, I'm going to be honest with you, I've been struggling with my sexuality for the last five years. I've come to the acknowledgement, look, I'm a lesbian. I'm a lesbian right now. I'm not cutting nothing, I'm not changing

nothing, but I'm a lesbian. Look, girl, if you ever think about going that way, I'm here for you. You know, like, you didn't change nothing you just put boobs on some crazy dress up joint he hasn't even committed you want to commit cut your d*** off cut it cut it just cut it cut it off see then we gonna know it's real then we know it's real yeah I would never right now you just cross dress it right you cross dress it extreme cross dress it you went and did boobs and came back. That's what it is, extreme cross-dressing.

And you're still saying, I do want that girl, though I still want the girls. Nah, you got to commit, bro. Yeah, how you going to do that? How do you go that far for that? Man, I think this is

an ill promotion on some levels. Think about it. Absolutely. Because you're not changing any positions. You're just saying, well, you're just

physically changing something. Absolutely. Now your parents' money done went up to $150,000. $150,000. $150,000. Minimum. At 65,

this is something you have to consider now. Oh, boy. At 65, man, listen, everything is not as hard and as tight as it used to be. So you're sitting there

looking like this. Wait. I think I can pull it off, man. If I was a transgender that actually committed all the way, cut your penis off, I'd be upset. I'd be like, how is he the poster boy for us?

Well, some people are upset. Yeah, because he's not going all the way. It's interesting. All I can think about when I first saw it was how it affects the kids. How it affects the kids because going to school and they're going, yo, one of your pops is your mom. You know,

kids, there's brutal honesty. But those kids aren't in school anyway. And that's not even a diss, it's the truth. It ain't. It's just flat out truth.

You can't even, but that one felt like a punch, didn't it? Like, you'd be like, ooh. Yeah,

yeah, you know, I got some interesting things going on back at the crib. So what's the difference you think between Caitlyn and Young Thug? What? That, man, he said, whoa.

That's a huge difference, right? Yeah, I think that's a pretty big difference. I think one of them is just playing with lines for shock value and stuff with these, I don't know, like, cause he said he was smoking a penis. Yeah. And he's engaged he's getting married

he's getting married to a woman man we live in a non-traditional time that's a good way to say it you know like bro

you alright well bro Timmy we appreciate you and 50 for joining us we look for this new music we're gonna get this week for sure Rene is telling me

he said it was tomorrow, but he said later on in the week now. Oh yeah, for sure. And we need a power calendar with Notori, Angela, and Lala's tits on three months. We're going to put that in a loop. We're going to have that on Instagram. Popping. She's aware.

She's ready for it, I think. She is. She worked hard. I told Courtney, one of the people that I put her in front of, like, I wanted guys, because we had a relationship before that. We'd been cool from MTV and everything else. So it's like, she was ready. She had been working on her acting stuff for a long time.

So I was like, yo, I want you to meet with her so you can, you know, she can read, you know, talk about the actual role and stuff. And can read, you know, talk about that. She wrote and stuff. And Courtney, like, yeah, and they sat. And she was like, listen, I'm really, really happy you did that. You know what I'm saying? Because she was ready.

Like, I'm not going to put people, I never put somebody that I don't feel like is ready for that position. Right. There, like, as a favor. No, I go, no. When I know he got that thing already, then'm like yeah put that there because it belonged there and then people go they're usually happy

that I made this suggestion is her character going to grow like yours did yeah I'd love to see Keisha Envy really wanted to be on this season

because I know he was featured on yeah I was featured on a big parlor season I might come back season 3 he's on season 3 there you go

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