The Story of 50 Cent Signing With Eminem and Dr Dre

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[@vhillmusic]

"He only got a million... but he had em and dre" bro those words alone speak volume to his decision

[@karimbah8541]

For real G

[@sheenahaskins1907]

FACTS!

[@smokinbones1618]

It's like an athlete taking a pay cut to play the game with two of the GOATs. Then they win championships over and over and make a killing together.

[@VitaminKey5000]

💯

[@milesofoutdoors3043]

That couldn't be more true

[@rodrahama2344]

20 years later and 50 still eating off that 1mil deal,,,,,,, Now he got Movie and TV shows

[@Snow_Man1318]

Big facts 💯

[@ariesballesteros5881]

Power TV with Eminem would be the DOPE!

[@1solidbrandon]

Em & dre are way more worth than a million . 50 was smart

[@StayTooned2C]

100% Agree, getting them for your records was worth waaaaaayyyyyy more than that. Think about how good his album was because of it? Smart man

[@bj.reo87]

Dre is only someone cause EM & 50 he's of disappered long ago

[@frockk]

​@@bj.reo87dumbest take on the internet 😂

[@Mar-z3u1o]

​@@frockkyo i wish i could show my face in comments bro . Im shocked he even typed that

[@kane_howe138]

@@bj.reo87lmao what? Nwa,snoop,kurupt,Daz warren G, Mary J, your tripping

[@njahmoon89]

Yayo also mentioned that Dre and Em's worldwide appeal also helped 50 and G Unit grow even more. Overall the best deal on the table even with less up-front.

[@juniscecilio]

yup, and that "worldwide" says it all,. when Em and dre and some other legends was hot back in our homeland (🇵🇭) then Em and dre introduced 50, damn it went so crazy right away! 🔥🔥🔥

[@antwanowens4090]

Smart black man, with a real loyal. Friend from Hood 💯

[@Gsuneow]

Lol bro the only person who listened to 50 was Yayo. He brought other niggas from the hood with him but those guys went broke after 50 cut them off.

[@stoneskinner4576]

Yeah you are. Right ;D

[@jerellthompson9177]

50 is that brotha straight outta Queens 💯🎯🔥

[@gmseven]

Shout out to 134 / rochdale / guy r brewer blvd!

[@delmardonte906]

There are a lot of losers in queens.

[@RJ-fe9pu]

😂

[@mehal5529]

50 wasn't $$$$$ hungry thats the key. To his empire

[@ahmadhamaoui7857]

He had a tonne of money before he got into the rap game.

[@NADIAFLEX]

Remember 50 had money by the time he was ready and at war . When yayo was saying we broke was more like we can’t play without a team . 50 was starting a new league chess not checkers .

[@malacefromthepalace5657]

​@@ahmadhamaoui7857not that much money

[@Twheelz3]

@@ahmadhamaoui7857he didn’t have a ton of money. He had money no doubt but he wasn’t rich. He still loved with his grandparent no house just a car

[@hafizsalaam3916]

​@@ahmadhamaoui7857then why was yayo sayin they were broke?

[@tylerjerry7681]

Idk why more black young men don’t look up to 50cent

[@lastone032085]

Probably because he was a menace to society who happened to get lucky. Luck isn't how you really want to play the game of life.

[@marcushale4554]

He's a geuinus

[@Psyonyxe]

​@@lastone032085 He's a marketing genius and knew where his priorities lied and instead of staying in the hood and propagating violence like today's rappers he got out of it and once his beefs calmed down he went from making drug dealer hood music to making club bangers to change his image and make himself more easily marketable and look at where he is now, he is the director and producer of multiple popular shows on both BET and Starz making more money than he did when he was rapping.

[@isaiahsmith1944]

Do you know the story he literally built his own shit the only luck he ever had was surviving the hood like every other lucky black person to make it out

[@Gogetta80]

Cuz 50 constantly tears down other black people while simultaneously kissing the white boi ass 24/7. Think that could be it?

[@mambaforever3239]

Loyalty is important at that time. 50 knew Em wouldn’t betray him and he was damn right. Many years later, still friends, still business partners, and both have built their empires. 50 valued loyalty more than the dollars.

[@MrG77]

50 smart he knew Dre and Em is a priceless team that money cant buy.🙏

[@Ah-ed6ie]

Invest in friends and not money. Talent makes money not otherway.

[@Vee316]

Make it make sense. ❤

[@chubz-hot-line5330]

yea but money changes people

[@Ah-ed6ie]

Depending on the person you can have wealth and still be grounded. Sometimes it's the people that are around you that change

[@CrazyHustlerTV]

I got a mil out the deal and I’m still on the grind

[@double-lbeatzzzz5694]

Say she feeling my style😂😂😂

[@CrazyHustlerTV]

@@double-lbeatzzzz5694 💯💯💯

[@n-sounds3128]

@@double-lbeatzzzz5694, feeling my flow

[@JoyfulCuervo]

​@myuncletouchesme5000Her girlfriend wanna get bi and they ready to go

[@Vibes_FC]

Her girlfriend wanna get bi and they ready to go

[@RonaldJames-eo2hc]

Eminem is a real one regardless what anyone say. He's solid & he survived the 90s & the 2000s & hes still here today

[@ShaneCM]

This comment is the truth! Most rappers from the 90s went broke, went to jail or died. Em is def solid.

[@RonaldJames-eo2hc]

@@ShaneCM & survived the beefs he was involved in with Murder Inc & Benzino as well because it was serious around that time & plus his drug problem. He almost died from overdose & he beat that shit. He is really strong both physically & mentally.

[@Jenny-fm2oc]

We live near him. I've never heard anything bad, ever. It's all good shit like charity or treating kids for Halloween. If he dates, never hear about that either. He seems really private and quiet but respectful.

[@earlturner-ji2zr]

50 litterally did the bit he said:"fuck jay z a dinner with Eminem is actually worth more than 500k"

[@libraalibaba]

So didn't Rhianna,Kanye,Cole and everyone else enjoyed that dinner

[@earlturner-ji2zr]

@@libraalibaba 50 never trashed em, meanwhile everyone that has ever worked with jay has trashed him for very good reasons

[@endofthestory9412]

@@earlturner-ji2zrfacts

[@matthewmann8969]

​@@earlturner-ji2zrExcept Memphis Bleak yeah.

[@earlturner-ji2zr]

@@matthewmann8969 litterally WHO???

[@kabelotwala1544]

Best Decision By 50👍🏿

[@Daniel-morales-kj736.]

Compton, Detroit and Queens together 🔥

[@privateuploads5397]

Sometimes you have to trust your guts. And he wasn't wrong.

[@erikcolon6120]

50 cent turned down 700,000 to get free features for life from two colossal giants in the game. If u ask me that’s a win 🥇 🏆

[@foelifeim_juv]

When the opportunity bigger than any amount of money all I need is the rt chance with the perfect situation 50 was smart most hustlers from from the street that's successful in the streets understand this💯

[@Understandme44]

This is why I always think long term instead of getting money up front

[@PlayshotKalo]

For real. People would do better if they played the long game instead of chasing instant gratification

[@josephrice2563]

50 knew it might only been a million but with Dre doing beats and Em joining long term even short still unbeatable,anyone else those 2 are 20mill combined beats and producing

[@samuelstrickland2848]

EM IS FROM DETROIT MAN!

[@jamesfayne108]

Period

[@lol_Rekt_Bro]

Yayo needs to take more credit tbh but 50 defo worked harder to help yayo than any1 else ❤

[@angelcastillo9351]

He's always said that

[@TooFarGone38]

Iovine is Interscope, Iovine always encouraged his artists to form their own labels, Interscope>Aftermath>Shady Records>G Unit Records(which is now under UMG)>Power Universe(originally on Starz but now moving to FOX). Don't forget who made it all possible, an Italian from New York and an African American from Compton, Once they linked up it was game over for everyone else.

[@JTKay-uh7rg]

Yeah, UNDER his label

[@JTKay-uh7rg]

Only person who helped people really do that is Master P

[@Nancy-m4b9u]

50 knew exactly what he was doing every step of the way, diabolical genius for real 💯💯💯💯💪💪💪💪💪 salute to 50 💯💪

[@oORegularKevOo]

People also forget that him being on the west coast meant that he wasn't going to have to look over his shoulder as hard as he needed to still being in New York.

[@gooodies4u1]

He not stay on west coast. He recorded and was back east in days. I know he lived on my block

[@PEIDIPPER]

Em thrived and still thriving in beefs

[@Gogetta80]

Who he beefed with that was actually a threat?

[@PEIDIPPER]

@@Gogetta80 murder inc was on top of the game when they came at em and fif. See Ja now? Me either

[@endofthestory9412]

@@Gogetta80here comes the guy that hate Eminem for being ....

[@byalpz]

50 cent is the whole package man, the best character in hip hop history, super gangster, you gotta be smart to be a gangster not just pop thangs.

[@A.Soomah]

Like 50 said, everybody got paid. Thats a hustlers ambition

[@matthewortenzio4365]

Quality is the most important thing and 50 knew it and still knows it

[@sinoverlord409]

Gave him a million upfront but gave him much more at the backend

[@Dara-ih6jq]

Always respected Em as a lyricist, but it was all the stories from 50, and Yayo that made me respect Em beyond the music as a man. Because you never really heard much about Em from anyone ever. All we knew was his music. But these stories from others made him way more human and it’s dope.

[@bsolfitzpatrick7380]

Having dre as a record producer and beat making genius ..that was worth ten million. Alone money in the bank n too of that inherited fans em from suburbs and alternative demographic already had the fans living in the bricks .most underated bizness man ..period fifty wss born to be fifty period

[@josephgarcia348]

50 cent had a plan, take out all the competition. Only way to do it. Is have one of the best lyric mc in history and the top producer Dre

[@phantomsoldier87]

Bro said they gave him a million but they also had am and Dre. That was deep. A lot of people are getting these multimillion-dollar deals with no strong backs behind them. That's like somebody giving you a pistol but also saying you're about to roll with the Marines

[@WalterBJJohnson]

In other words……YOU GOOD!

[@powerkingdom123]

Universal would have signed him and then did a bunch of okeydoke & BS stuff and play with the release date shelf the music and really try to get him in a hole where he would have to pay back that money that they offered him because I guarantee you universal would not had let's 50 rock out like the way shady did that's a fact💯💯💯

[@ATLienForLife]

50 was looking at the long game. Interscope, Em & Dre had a proven track record. Plus he could see Em and Dre were true brothers. They didn't care about his life situation at the time. And they would have his back no matter what. And he proved to be correct.

[@kennethhorne7469]

Sometimes less is MORE ❤

[@markdias5636]

They forget that 1.7 would have been a "loan" he had to pay before making his own money

[@marlobarksdale3144]

Smart move by 50

[@a.t.williams1256]

FN GENIUS 😂😂

[@krsafoa6761]

Its call play'N tha long game...see'N NY was 🔒'n him out...his beef was in NY...DETROIT an tha WESTCOAST pull'D up...tha rest iz HISTORY...G•UN1T ✌️

[@laura-gp3gv]

It's always the money on the back end that's the big money. 5O was smart. Not to mention there is real loyalty between Dre , M and 50.That's worth more than the money.

[@deborawilliams5227]

They all so talented ❤❤❤

[@WatsaKing2aGod]

50 was smart you gotta understand Dr. Dre had worked with a lot of key artists that dabble in the music & movie business Shidd I want to say all of them did tbh & ice cube wrote Friday while being with NWA too

[@classck1124]

Money doesn't amount to what Em and Dre did for 50. U saw the numbers and then some🤷🏾😌

[@tdragon8]

Arguably Best rapper and best rap producer of all time, how do you say no

[@Jeslam13]

Fiff knew the knowledge was way more than $1m - look at his worth NOW!! BOOM MIC DROP!!

[@ajae2297]

Quality over Quantity

[@Elguapodelfuego]

I feel like a big reason grodt was so big was because the songs with Eminem on it were so good. I think all the Eminem fans listened to those songs a lot and then gave 50 a chance

[@jcbusto122]

Hes brilliant most people only understand thing hindsight. He saw thw future

[@AndrewForte-kh3zi]

They're a Triad a governing body of three. Which embody respect, loyalty and honesty.

[@picksomebodyup]

A winning Team!!! Hard to stay broke or go broke with Dre and Em

[@JeritSmith]

50 cent is a great business man very smart he made 80million off Reebok he made 100 million off of vitamin water n millions of his albums n millions of of his movies n tv shows

[@AwesomeNinja1027]

Honestly it's the best deal 50 cent got. Sure during his first year working with Dre and Em he got a million. But he's got the two best rapper composers working with him.

[@3boysforsuredude856]

Longevity vs instant gratification

[@rayrawket]

Crazy he learned that by signing with certain people would block his longevity eventually woulda been a one hit wonder had he taken the attractive deal

[@powerkingdom123]

That's right people make it like as if everybody supposed to be scared no man💯 we are Men we bleed the same and it is how you move accordingly and before that even happen I could foresee mean I swear to God people may think I'm tripping no I mean it cuz you know I've been rocking with 50 since the 90s and I said man why is he not blowing up he's got fired he's an animal he's a liver cyst he's a beast he's a Street Gospel

[@stanleykeal2452]

Smart man. He know Em And Dre were worth more then 700k in marketing alone. Long money was the goal not the quick flip

[@joseloliverasryan7638]

50 smart dude got a solid base with em and Dre no doubt

[@Loobylooto2]

I love 50

[@RoseBud76]

Just having Dre. And Em is priceless.

[@inokerogoyawa]

Jimmy Iovine, Dr.Dre, Eminem = The Machine

[@ny2bama]

No... he was smart enough to know anything Dre touches is gold and Em was the hottest thing at the moment. He saw the longevity in it.

[@ClaudioRunge]

I love your videos ❤ The song in the background, could anybody tell me the name of it it’s perfect ❤

[@ericgirard-realtor9813]

TERMS TERMS TERMS is what is important

[@obsidian7644]

Their friendship and loyalty is worth hundreds of millions. Em looks out for 50 dre looks out for em. And dre got fk you money.

[@sef648]

And points … which add up over time. Never outshine the master and get paid forever and never bite the hand that feeds you!!

[@rahvaewilliams3026]

50 career couldn’t have played out no better than what it did, he knew Em n Dre was perfect for him plus it kept him humble that way!!!

[@gueroarias]

1 mil combined with Dre and Eminem is like 10 million

[@themollymachine]

$1 million dollar deal wasn't even heard of for a "new artist" before 50 cent at that time trust me. He played it superrrrr smart

[@matthewmann8969]

The enrolling and enlisting by Em, Dre, And Lovine got 50 to mega stardom before those people signed him up or logged him in he was buzzing all throughout many cities in New York State and pockets in Houston And small corners in New Orleans yeah.

[@ntandoonline6357]

This shows 50Cent's wit

[@Blackisciple]

Smart Move by 50 sign in with Eminem and Dr Dre was the perfect move💯

[@adolfotristan6736]

Sometimes the assets you receive are worth more than liquid cash. Dre is a billionaire producer with connections that could make you a multi millionaire and em has the raw talent and connections to elevate your career. Those 2 things are easily worth tenfold of that mil. 50 was just business savy in ways most rappers aren't.

[@NADIAFLEX]

Remember 50 had money by the time he was ready and at war . Yayo saying 50 we broke was like saying we can’t play without a team. 50 was starting a new league chess not checkers 🤔 boss moves .

[@RT_H1pH0p_]

Em and Dre run Interscope

[@gmseven]

N!ggaz wearin' louie n!ggaz wearin' gucci!!! Classic!

[@powerkingdom123]

He supposed to feel that way straight up like everyone else didn't want it they were shying away from him it just shows you how many people didn't have positive outlook but after shady made the deal I bet you everybody started trying to come around but that was the best deal he probably would have got mean and yeah there is money involved probably another deals but shady didn't put them up on the shelf shady didn't try to play him

[@pipibrasci823]

When you have that gut feeling you are with the best of the best. "Yea f**k that"!

[@juanmasday2896]

Yeah 50 said that before he got 1M contract but the status he got is something

[@Will-xp6jh]

Having Em and Dre is your corner is worth more than $700k

[@bessdougla]

This beat goes hard!

[@bradbufton1517]

Em isnt afraid of any beef. Nobody can touch his pen and he had Runyan Avenue Soldiers running with him at the time.

[@GTA5NFT]

50 cent is the real deal. He is actually more gangster then you think, smarter then you think, more loyal then you think, and richer then you think. 50 don’t forget who had his back and always been loyal to them, most important he knows who to cut out of his life even when that is hard and painful. Most men know what the right move is at any given moment but few have the strength to do what should be done instead of letting the past or feelings affect his judgement. Real men make decisions based on facts and logic. 50 might look you in the eyes then shoot you in the face, but never pretend he is your friend then stab you in the back. I respect 50. Real men respect those who deserves respect based on character and actions and don’t pick who they have problems with because if you a real one then anybody can get it.

[@reinartthefox1651]

real businessmen look at that future money and not the first big paycheck.

[@jamesziegler2748]

Em said "yall know what time it is soon as 50 signs on this dot, what yall know about death threats cu I get alot". He definitely knew he would inherit beef

[@ernestrivers3736]

This beat is hard. What the name? Thanks

[@ikennaamaechi2054]

Em & Dre. Connections and Network will take you places for more opportunities.

[@BryanKalloo]

If them offering him less money is true, it just makes the story more. Legendary. He chose the handicapped deal that gave him the success he wanted. Arguably the best debut album

[@Charlesbabbage2209]

There is nothing handicapped about not going with the biggest advance. They don’t GIVE you that money, they LEND it to you and you don’t see another dime until your records make it all back. You aren’t 1.7 million ahead, you’re 1.7 million in debt to the label. If you think you’re going to be successful as an artist, look at the percentage of the deal. It’s better to take nothing up front at 20% than to get two mil up front but 8% on the backend.

[@BryanKalloo]

@@Charlesbabbage2209 probably shouldn't have used that term. I meant it only in comparison to the other deals he mentioned and only with the given information

[@Dulles-zd7gv]

Having eminem n dr dre is worth more than a million

[@CenteringVoicesWithBlaze]

50 was very strategic in rising to Power.

[@50287856]

"I got a mill out the deal and I'm still on my grind"

[@Kidney0Beans]

Em didn't give 50 Cent a million, he invested a million dollars into 50 Cent

[@googiemike1537]

50 smart and it shows...

[@MrJaiimez]

You know what, it worked out for him, he may not be releasing much in yhe way of records, but he was smart and made sure he secured his income.

[@wendzeg]

But you got *EMINEM & DR DRE* that alone… Is Worth A BILLION !

[@BlakeAlexander12]

So Eminem personally gave* 50 cent $1M of his own dollars, not Interscope? Lol

[@a.t.williams1256]

Em signed 50

[@malcomxxx4592]

Who cares? 😒

[@jayes460]

He took the longevity

[@SobridMusic]

The potential income and advantage of having both Eminem and Dre with the backing of a major label is definitely worth more than a million. Obviously, look at GRODT. Certified classic that wouldn't have been if he signed somewhere else. Smart move!