50 Cent Admits He Was ‘Absolutely Crazy’ Early In His Career

50 Cent has all the time been capable of adapt to his environment all through his nearly 25-year profession, however he’s admitted that he was crazier than he ought to’ve been throughout his earlier years.

On Thursday night time (February 16), the G-Unit boss joined MSNBC’s Ari Melber for an all-encompassing interview throughout which he mirrored on his development from the harmful early days of his profession to the mogul he’s change into.

“The stuff that they see that I’ve learned, it kinda kept me out of trouble at points,” he defined. “The stuff I was saying in the music in the very beginning, I was crazy to tell you the truth, Ari. I was absolutely crazy at that point.”

Melber referenced “If I Can’t” lyrics about how 50 was all the way down to die for his chain and he confirmed that was the reality and certainly the case at that time in life.

50 Cent parlayed that “craziness,” in addition to being shot 9 occasions and his feuds with the likes of Ja Rule, into one of many best-selling debut albums in rap historical past, Get Rich or Die Tryin‘, which celebrated its twentieth anniversary earlier in February.

In one other portion of their chat, 50 defined that the youth idolized the “wrong part” of his persona as a recording artist.”

“Kids fell absolutely in love with me and they were in love with the wrong part of me,” he acknowledged. “The part that won’t actually continue to be successful. The part that people won’t continue to be something that people celebrate.”

50 named a number of artists from as we speak that he sees with the identical avenue mentality he possessed, together with 21 Savage, Lil Durk, DaBaby and NBA YoungBoy.

“I like them because they already been bumped around enough they’re damaged,” 50 mentioned. “They’re broken sufficient by the expertise that even when they make it they received’t make it in the event that they don’t determine how to not be who they’re proper now.

“They have to turn into something bigger and better as they go with the new information and new opportunities that come because they’re really street.”