50 Cent has taken a nostalgic look back on his two-decade journey in the rap game alongside iconic collaborators Eminem and Dr. Dre.
On Friday (March 22), Fif took to Instagram, where he paid homage to his friendship with Em and The Doctor while taking fans on a walk down memory lane.
“20 years [eyes emoji] Damn that went fast,” 50 captioned photos showing the trio in 2004 and 2024.
The post, amassing over 450k likes, resonated with fans who flooded the comment section to salute the G-Unit boss’ longevity in the industry as well as his youthful appearance.
“Black doesn’t crack, Eminem is one of us [laughing face emoji],” wrote one fan. “Legendary trio!! 20 years later and 50 is still a nonstop machine. The big lesson to note here is that 50 really took advantage of the mentorship and executed on the plays,” a second comment reads.
“That’s a good friendship bc I never heard of any beef between them,” reads another message.
A fourth user hilariously poked fun at Em and Dre’s evolving look, quipping “The only difference I see is that Dre’s hair ended up on Eminems face [laughing face emoji].”
Check out the post below.
Throughout their extensive history, 50 Cent, Eminem, and Dre have forged a strong bond, with the legendary producer providing beats for 50’s 2003 debut album Get Rich Or Die Tryin (including hits like “In Da Club” and “If I Can’t”), while Em appeared on that album’s “Patiently Waiting” and “Don’t Push Me.”
Notably, the 9x platinum project was released through Em’s Shady Records and Dre’s Aftermath, in conjunction with Interscope and 50’s own G-Unit Records.
Dre also contributed to the New York rhymer’s 2005’s The Massacre on hits like “Outta Control” and “Gunz Come Out” as well, and the triumvirate have remained loyal friends ever since.
In similar news, earlier this week Dr. Dre was awarded with a long-overdue star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (that ceremony is where the “2024” photo in 50’s post was taken).
On Tuesday (March 19), some of Hip Hop’s biggest names pulled up to Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles to pay their respects to the N.W.A veteran as he received the honor.
Among the many people who showed up to the ceremony were Eminem, DJ Quik, Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent. Additionally, Jimmy Iovine was also present for the event.
“Dr. Dre is the greatest ever,” he said. “In fact, Billboard just named him the greatest hip-hop producer of all time! And I heard some of the other music he’s making right now — he’s coming for other genres.
“Dre is the greatest partner, friend, ally you could possibly have. For all you people out there that are aspiring to get into entertainment, when you go to bed tonight, pray you meet a Dr. Dre.”
In a press release announcing the above honor, it was revealed that Dr. Dre’s star was fittingly placed right next to Snoop Dogg’s, which was unveiled in 2018.
Amid celebrating Dre’s birthday last month, 50 Cent teased that the pair have “new heat” on the horizon.
“Happy Birthday to my boy Dre, we got some New Heat coming,” he wrote alongside a throwback photo of the duo.
Despite the buzz, no further details have emerged about their potential new project.
This motherfvcker is the biggest joke in the industry. Only five solo albums in twenty years with one of them considered as a classic while the others are below average. Can’t believe people are ranking him as a top 10 rapper. Interscope and Shady Records did a fantastic marketing job. Being able to blow 50’s career out of all proportion is really an achievement considering how his catalog is “meh”.
Kinda right. I mean, the chronic and 2001 are both solid got different reasons, though both (mostly 2001) have a lot of cringe stuff in them. Dre Presents the aftermath sucks. Compton sucked. So I think he has 4 solo albums, not 5. Most of his “best beats” had their melodies, the most important parts, produced by others. In da club? Dj quick. My name is? Basically copied and pasted a sample from another song. Dre is good at taking OTHERS work and making it sound nice. He’s not however good at making anything from scratch, at all. That’s more like DJ Premier. Dre is extremely overrated. And I’m someone who once bought into the hype that Dre was the godfather of hiphop. It’s bogus. He’s just good at marketing. Dude hasn’t been good at music sonically for over a decade. Compton sucks if you know it’s Dre. If not Dre, it’s averagely good, much worse than TPAB, which was released 1 year prior.
All i know here is another trigger for HasBenzino. Stay tuned.
Trigger? He’s clearly just doing all this junk for his own marketing scheme. And Em nought right into it, and so are Em fans and Benzino haters. It’s very obvious. Ignore it, or keep shedding light on it to help him… idrc it’s all lame on all sides. Grown men acting like teens.
“My assignment since he said retirement
Hiding behind 8 Mile and The Chronic
Get rich but dies rhyming
This is high science”
Damn Nas seen this from the get go