Forbes: 50 Cent Explains How He Left Interscope & Got A Birdman Cash Money Type Deal For G-Unit

[KENNY DA COOKER]

oh okay...no wonder he didn't have to fork over any bread, even though he still owed an album

“I’m a special case and situation,” he explains. “It’s also because of the leverage of having the strong relationships with Eminem and Dr. Dre. They don’t want to me to be uncomfortable. They value our friendship to the point that they would never want [to jeopardize] it over that little bit of money.”

course, another big reason the split between 50 Cent and Shady/Aftermath/Interscope has been amicable is that all the labels involved have the same parent company (“If it wasn’t all under the Universal umbrella, it wouldn’t work,” 50 admits).

He is still doing business with the same DISTRIBUTOR (UMG) which also distributes INTERSCOPE......

intresting..........but technically he is NOT independent...he's just an imprint with greater leverage

either way if he is able to get that Cash Money like split.......

 

[Roid Jones]

Animal Ambition

 

[eastside313]

oh okay...no wonder he didn't have to fork over any bread, even though he still owed an album

“I’m a special case and situation,” he explains. “It’s also because of the leverage of having the strong relationships with Eminem and Dr. Dre. They don’t want to me to be uncomfortable. They value our friendship to the point that they would never want [to jeopardize] it over that little bit of money.”

course, another big reason the split between 50 Cent and Shady/Aftermath/Interscope has been amicable is that all the labels involved have the same parent company (“If it wasn’t all under the Universal umbrella, it wouldn’t work,” 50 admits).

He is still doing business with the same DISTRIBUTOR (UMG) which also distributes INTERSCOPE......

intresting..........but technically he is NOT independent...he's just an imprint with greater leverage

either way if he is able to get that Cash Money like split.......

So basically he just cut out the middle man and went straight to the plug

 

[LucaBrasi]

Why does he still want to hang on to a past dead music career?

If I was 50 I'd be happy to be done with the rap game stress and constant shxt talking by fans, media and other bxtch a$$ rappers and be a business mogul full time making moves

That's just me tho

 

[KENNY DA COOKER]

Why does Forbes keep talking to this nikka like he's relevant?

because regardless of the decline in his music status right now..he still manages to come up with some enterprising ventures....

like about a year ago when he found a group of hedge fund investors to bankroll some film projects he had plans for

or this one which basically empowers him and the gunit brand from a more soverigen perspective

you gotta respect dude........he is dedicated to empowerment.......

 

[MiC]

Damn he got that Birdman deal. Now he can cake off of Kidd Kidd and yayo like Birdman did off Wayne drake and nicki

 

[Real]

because regardless of the decline in his music status right now..he still manages to come up with some enterprising ventures....

like about a year ago when he found a group of hedge fund investors to bankroll some film projects he had plans for

or this one which basically empowers him and the gunit brand from a more soverigen perspective

you gotta respect dude........he is dedicated to empowerment.......

Yeah. That was very clever of him to shuck and jive for old white folks to finance his straight to VHS movie line

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

Why does he still want to hang on to a past dead music career?

If I was 50 I'd be happy to be done with the rap game stress and constant shxt talking by fans, media and other bxtch a$$ rappers and be a business mogul full time making moves

That's just me tho

Many of his business ventures stand on his fame
It's SMS Audio by 50 cent, not SMS Audio but some retired rich dude that you don't hear about anymore.
And his mixing boxing shows with music entertainment venture etc...

 

[ROFL_GUY]

Yeah. That was very clever of him to shuck and jive for old white folks to finance his straight to VHS movie line

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/...film-company-gets-200-million-10-picture-deal

http://www.vibe.com/article/50-cent-gets-200-million-cheetah-vision-films

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

Silly of me to tell a nikka worth 100's of millions how to run his business but me being an expertise in marketing I think he should've rebranded G-Unit by taking the G off the name and just rocked with The Unit. G-Unit is synonymous with everything outdated. It's like Fubu trying to comeback, it won't happen but if the Fubu nikkas came out with a new name for their shyt with a different flavor they could make another run. Just my opinion.

 

[scuba]

Why does he still want to hang on to a past dead music career?

If I was 50 I'd be happy to be done with the rap game stress and constant shxt talking by fans, media and other bxtch a$$ rappers and be a business mogul full time making moves

That's just me tho

you got to understand some people are just driven to want more... most folks you give them 5 million dollars they wont bother to put effort into making any more money. Some people however are different, they will always want more as long as they draw breath. 50 is one of those people that have that "animal ambition".

Once you come to accept that 50 wants to continue to make more money regardless of how much he has, you got to realize, 50 probably doesn't care too much about the actual music career as much as he does about the leverage that being a successful rapper brings to his marketing machine. 50 made probably 20 times as much money marketing vitamin water as he has made off of his actual music and touring. Dr. Dre probably has made more money marketing Beats By Dre headphones as he has received from his actual music career. Jay-Z is probably in a similar situation. Puffy i am not quite sure where he made the majority of his money from, but he certainly has hung on to his music career for the last decade more to leverage the fame than he actually is persuing selling a lot of records...

 

[Real]

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/...film-company-gets-200-million-10-picture-deal

http://www.vibe.com/article/50-cent-gets-200-million-cheetah-vision-films

Man. Breh. You don't understand how big of a smile comes on my face when i make a 50 joke and latter see you in my alert toolbar

 

[ROFL_GUY]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/zackoma...-how-he-left-interscope-debuts-funeral-video/

 

[RichYung]

Silly of me to tell a nikka worth 100's of millions how to run his business but me being an expertise in marketing I think he should've rebranded G-Unit by taking the G off the name and just rocked with The Unit. G-Unit is synonymous with everything outdated. It's like Fubu trying to comeback, it won't happen but if the Fubu nikkas came out with a new name for their shyt with a different flavor they could make another run. Just my opinion.

FUBU already did that.... It's called "Coogi" lol

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

FUBU already did that.... It's called "Coogi" lol

Exactly and nikkas never knew the Fubu nikkas owned it until they had already played it out. nikkas was talking about how wack Fubu was while rocking some Coogi shyt that was even more expensive.