50 Cent says that he was able to leave Shady/Aftermath/Interscope with one album remaining on his original recording contract because of his friendships with Eminem and Dr. Dre.
“I’m a special case and situation,” 50 Cent says during an interview with FORBES. “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.”
Yesterday (February 20), Eminem released a statement regarding 50 Cent.
“I’ve developed a great friendship with 50 over the years, and that’s not going to change,” Eminem said. “We know 50 will have success in his new situation, and we remain supporters of both him and G-Unit.”
50 Cent and G-Unit Records signed an exclusive worldwide distribution and services agreement with Caroline/Capitol/UMG. The arrangement keeps 50 Cent with the Universal conglomerate, another reason why he was able to leave Shady/Aftermath/Interscope.
“If it wasn’t all under the Universal umbrella,” 50 Cent says. “It wouldn’t work.”
50 Cent says his new deal provides him opportunities different from his previous situation.
“It’s freedom to invest in your own ideas,” 50 Cent says. “If ever I had a horse that I was betting on at the track, I’d like to be the horse. Let it be me, goddammit, because I’m going to run as hard as I can.
“It’s having the ability to do that versus, ‘It’s out of the question,’” he added. “Now those options have opened up.”
RELATED: 50 Cent Leaves Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment & Interscope Records
Wo basically the Nig Nog owes Universal one more album so he is not Independent they just moved him to a different department under the same umbrella.
partially true.. in theory, 50 will now have most, if not all, creative control over what he puts out, as Caroline is a distribution company. Yes they’re under Capitol, who is under Universal, so yes that makes him not completely independent.
They just shuffled him to their sister staff, when they distribute his album or put it out digitally it will still say Universal. Haha at all the haters that said FIF got dropped, nope he just took a downgrade so he could have more control.
“50 Cent says his deal is structured similarly to Cash Moneys arrangement, which in which Bryan Birdman Williams label doles out a mere 7% of wholesale per album to Universal in exchange for distribution and support.”
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Curtis 50 Cent Jackson spent much of his early life yearning for a record deal with one of the major labels. After a run with Universal-backed Interscope that began in 2003 and saw him sell over 30 million albums, hes spent much of the past few years itching to leave.
Yesterday, he got his wish: hes departing the label that launched his career to forge ahead as an independent artist. He has signed a worldwide distribution deal with Caroline/Capitol/UMG for G-Unit Records and his own releases, beginning with Animal Ambition, due out on June 3rd.
Its freedom to invest in your own ideas, he told FORBES in his first interview since the news broke. If ever I had a horse that I was betting on at the track, Id like to be the horse. Let it be me, goddammit, because Im going to run as hard as I can.
He says his deal is structured similarly to Cash Moneys arrangement, which in which Bryan Birdman Williams label doles out a mere 7% of wholesale per album to Universal in exchange for distribution and support.
In conjunction with Eminems Shady Records and Dr. Dres Aftermath label, Interscope will continue to release and market 50s lucrative back catalogue, including his 2003 multiplatinum opus, Get Rich or Die Tryin.
50 Cent is, and always will be, a marquee artist for us, said Steve Berman, Vice Chairman of Interscope/Geffen/A&M, in a press release. We respect his decision to pursue this new venture and the next chapter in his career, and wish him nothing but the best. He will always be a part of our family.
The timing of 50s split with Interscope comes as a bit of a surprise, given that he still owed the label another album. Artists rarely get out of their deals early without paying some sort of feefive years ago, Jay Z famously bought back the last album he owed Universal for $5 million (and later sold it for $10 million)but 50 says he didnt have to fork over any cash.
Im a special case and situation, he explains. Its also because of the leverage of having the strong relationships with Eminem and Dr. Dre. They dont 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.
Added Eminem, in a statement: Ive developed a great friendship with 50 over the years, and thats not going to change. We know 50 will have success in his new situation, and we remain supporters of both him and G-Unit.
Of 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 wasnt all under the Universal umbrella, it wouldnt work, 50 admits).
The move gives 50 greater flexibility to pursue the sort of unusual release tactics employed by some of his peers latelyfor example, Jay Zs agreement to release his last album via a Samsung mobile app in exchange for a guarantee that the company would buy 1 million copies at $5 apiece.
It also allows 50 to dictate his own schedule for recording and releasing music videos. The latest example: he was able to offer FORBES the opportunity to debut the video for Funeral below.
Its having the ability to do that versus, Its out of the question, he says. Now those options have opened up.
“He says his deal is structured similarly to Cash Moneys arrangement, which in which Bryan Birdman Williams label doles out a mere 7% of wholesale per album to Universal in exchange for distribution and support.”
Hey fuckhead the world didnt forget how you dissed LiL KiM and none of the LGBT community has forgotten your vile lyrics and half assed apologies and condescending remarks you are no better than the hypocrite Lord “bigot” Jamar. I sincerly hope you learn tolerance but your mistreatment of women is a view into your vile soul. I am now with my post.
Im sure hes super bummed that the LGBT community wont be buying his new album
most of his fans are Gay dumbass.
most of his fans are homophobic like most rap fans
50 will never be a real boss like Kanye or Ross.
maybe ross a boss but jay-z is kaynes boss
and dre and eminem were 50s boss
I respect what Kanye has done as a Boss with G.O.O.D Music but he is still signed to JayZ as a solo artist. I respect what Ross has done with MMG but he was mentored by Draper and Lucas.
50 will never be a successful Boss of a label because he is a shitty leader and cant recruit any real talent to his label. It says a LOT when half the artists on your label have either gone on to diss you or just refuse to fuck with you.
yeah we got it the first few times you said it.
funny how you hate 50 so much but click on all his stories to hate,
ALL THESE STUPID 50 CENT FANS. RETARDED INBRED FOOLS.U FCUKS ARE ALL OVER THE INTERNET ARGUING ABOUT 50 BEING THIS BEST RAPPER N SHIT.HOW COME U BROKE ASS BASTARDS DON’T GO BUY HIS ALBUM N SINGLES WHEN THEY COME OUT.Y’ALL DEFEND THE FOOL LIKE HE WAS UR POPS BUT DONT BUY HIS ALBUM BUT YALL COME ON DX TO DEFEND HOW INTERSCOPE IS TO BLAME FOR HIS POOR SINGLE SALES. NO MURDER FUCKERS,U BROKE ASS FANS ARE TO BLAME. JIMMY AINT TELL U FOOLS NOT TO BUYS HIS SINGLES NOW DID HE.
STUPID RETARDS
where did anyone say hes the best.
its funny cause you probably listen to niggas who never went platinum
>Calls 50 Cent fans retarded
>Spells poorly and looks like he needs to repeat school to touch up on grammar and punctuation.
I only listen to platinum rappers, all the fucks that cant sell a Millie are just tools that can eat my shorts, I have Nelly, Em, Hammer, Master P, Bladk Eyed Peas, Vanilla, Mackelmore, K Dot, and ICP.
dont be stupid. hes shitting on 50 cent fans for supposedly not buying his mediocre albums and singles when his fav rappers probably never sold near what 50 did
He trying to drop his album near that Carter 5 release. Watch when Lil Wayne changes his release date to September, all of sudden 50 Cent will change his release date to match it.
why would he want to do that though? its obvious wayne will sell more
Dre and Em told Jimmy to let their slave free
this butt bandit was trying to solicit Game for butt sex and when Game refused he got mad and kicked him out of GUNIt.
can you blame him, the nigga used to be a stripper,
50 is one of the last hardcore east coast MCs from that legendary early-mid-nineties draft class. As much as everyone bitches about the moves he makes business-wise and musically, he’s one of the only dudes still holdin’ down NY, and still makin’ dope music by the way. I got respect for 50, he’s a unique character in Hip-Hop. He has the rare combination of being hardcore but still having a sense of humor and fun. That’s what Hip-Hop is supposed to be.
50 is a POP tart.
People that want hardcore NY music from the earlymid nineties listen to Styles, Jadakiss, and Sheek.
True hardcore NY lyricists who don’t sing on hooks or make sugary pop records about Candy shops and Amusement Parks.
50 is NOT holding NY down and he never did, he doesent live in NY and he was never signed to a NY based label or had a signature elite NY producer oversee any of his albums.
Dipset are holding it down for NY making that NY music without the overload of Southern influences
JayZ & Diddy are holding NY down on the business tip behaving like Bosses and making Boss moves for the culture.
The young boys ASAP Mobb are holding NY down with the youth movement.
Check out Troy Ave doing his thing and Uncle Murda making noise.
Just like Fabolous said it was 50 who made NY so divided and disjointed because instead of bringing NY together he attacked all the NY artists and allowed the South to take over with their united movement.
The normal people that dislike things simply ignore those things but weird people have to bitch and moan like whores about every little thing they dislike.
The mentally disturbed people spend all day long hating on artists they don’t like and having endless arguments with their fans about who’s better.
If you look thru these comments you will see a lot of sad and lonely people like the guy above… 50 must have fucked his girl or exposed his fav rapper.
“Dipset are holding it down for NY making that NY music without the overload of Southern influences”
THIS GUY CANNOT BE SERIOUS. THERES NO WAY YOU TYPED THAT SHIT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE.
“JayZ & Diddy are holding NY down on the business tip behaving like Bosses and making Boss moves for the culture.”
Holding down NY by exploiting Biggies legacy with cheap ass remade BIG songs by a southern artist??? OKAY….
Go listen to Cam last album, that shit was straight up NY
Gotta give 50 credit, he brings out a lot of hate. He got people who hate him clicking on his stories and typing up 10 sentences about why he sucks and who’s better. Some of them seem to care more than the fans do which is sad if you think about it.
Dipset hasnt been a factor since they ditched Cam to hang out with 50 Cent.
It was a normal HipHop convo untill the 50 Dickrider got emotional.
Gotta give 50 credit he has so much power over his geekbase that they enter discussions about NY HipHop and add nothing of substance but bitching and complaining about the discussion itself.
That my friends is why he went from 8 million fans to 500,000 fans in a span of 4 albums.
every time you here this nigga jim jone going south po and featuring southern artist. It was them that went the strip club direction.
co sign Sensaye.
u got lots of replies my dude lol
Jim Jones is probably one of the worst rappers ever to come out of NY, even worse than Tony Yayo!!! And Juelz isn’t much better, especially as of lately.
As far as ASAP Mob holding down the NY movement you’re tripping, those kids think they from Houston!
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another article about this sorry ass nigga! damn DX, we get it he needs attention, lol.
His articles get the most clicks next to Lord Jamar stories so its good for business. He brings out the haters and lonely people.
i c u my dude. i guess I AM tired of hearing about him. i’d rather hear some quality music than something we all could have figured out from one press release.
he got a new song in the video section go check it out, getting good reviews.
That track Funeral is a breathe of fresh air. thanks for the heads up
He needs it and you pay it, faggot!
“People that want hardcore NY music from the earlymid nineties listen to Styles, Jadakiss, and Sheek.
True hardcore NY lyricists”
Funny I just saw them in the studio with 50. Thats gotta burn your soul a little.
I was overjoyed to see D Block trying to help revive 50Cents rap career, they just dropped an Album on ITunes that was fire, maybe they can help 50 and GUNIT release an album also.
i thought it was an EP and it sold so poorly it only appeared on HHDX sales for 1 week, i dont think it did 20k yet, 50 will easily do more in pre-orders first week
HHdX is exploring 50s name because they know all the net nerds worship him and reboot his stories.
they know all the lonely haters with nothing to do on a friday night will flock to these articles to express their deep hatred for him hoping to get some 50 fanboys to respond and chat with them
50 got dropped yo.
Can you read? He left.
ur a dumbass
He says his deal is structured similarly to Cash Moneys arrangement, which in which Bryan Birdman Williams label doles out a mere 7% of wholesale per album to Universal in exchange for distribution and support
Who needs 50 Cents and GUNIT when you have Kendrick Lamar and Black Hippy.
why not have both,
its on now GGGGGGGGGGG-UNIT
He didn’t get dropped, more like told his services were no longer needed.
how you figure that when he got a major distribution deal? straight facts homie don’t need your emotions lying to the people real stupid comment
they moved him to a different label but its all universal in the end but a better situation for him
Now Fiddy has the same deal that Fat Joe has.
Fat Joe wishes he had a deal life 50.
50 got one of them Birdman, Jay-Z deals.
They dropped him for Kendrick.
In that case, Fiddy come back!
youmg buck and fifty this is murder this is not music go hard
This bum got demoted to a sub division, he barely went Gold with the machine behind him so I predict he will sell 70k total.
Because you’re a hater. Nothing more to it. Your predicting another man’s success. Even if he sells 70k, what have you sold? I’ll wait! SMFH! You crabs in the bucket are on the computer hating on a star regardless of what he’s doing at the moment which is still better then what you’re doing.
seems like he’s following the footsteps of any other great legendary artist out their. say for instance ice cube and lench mobb records. or cash money records. All independent. He’s up to something.
I just want my music heard thats all, im not looking for no record deal, getting famous ‘r anything like that.! so please just spare a few sec. to check me out, & if you like what you heard please SUBSCRIBE so ill know you actually listen & support
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaSNK0pm4eY
he should sign some acts and make money
no one wants to work with this Gorilla. All he does is beat his chest and bark. He’s a none skill having in a booth snitch
this nigga 50 put so much hate out in the music industry with all his many beefs and negative comments on other artists. after reading most of the post under his articles, it’s no wonder he has so many haters and rightfully so! LOL
Because he is a joke and a cancer to this industry, so many people hate him, because he deserves it after what he did to game, buck and many others.
“what he did to game, buck and others.”
You mean make them multi platinum superstars?
Exactly why they still beg to work with him because they’re going broke without him.
50 might not be relevant right now but I believe what he’s going through is going to catapult him into a conscious (MalcolmX) state of mind.. When you get older you mature naturally and when your paradigm shifts that’s it.. If that boy was around me I’d have him reading, watching documentaries, learning not just Black History but African History.. 50cent has an American mind only, and that’s his problem.. 50 don’t know Marcus Garvey (born in 1887) and his philosophies and opinions but once he does learn that this guy who came to America from Jamaica had 6 million members with no internet or cell phones his eyes will open because he’s naturally a boss.. So be patient people because we all know that this dude is no dummy at all but when he figures it out he’s gonna need security for other reasons.. Get yo hand out of my pocket type security..
“50 got one of them Birdman, Jay-Z deals”
Only difference being his album won’t be coming out anytime soon.
June 3 bitch nigga, pre-order on March 18 and get 2 free songs
“how you figure that when he got a major distribution deal?”
I realize he’s your hero, but this deal is equivalent to a sports franchise paying a former star to basically sit on the bench. It’s been what, four years since an album? 50’s done. He’s got zero leverage and this announcement, ironically made the day Interscope took away his parking space, proves that. He’s playing with you hoping you think he’s still the man.
loL, look at how the PUSSY seeps out of his words
Quote-Man wants you oh so desperately to believe his words while he thrashes yours, but ask him to provide proof to back his statement? you’ll wait for years!
A REAL adult with knowledge doesn’t expect a 50 Cent to be what he was in the beginning to know this is creative control, freedom, and said artist already achieved within a corrupt system what many try to, within and without, aka “independently”
don’t YOU live this “marvelous” life where you’re so rich and great that you can IGNORE 50 Cent’s press? You on Kendrick’s dick now, the consummate hater.
Why should we EVER believe YOU?
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5-0 deserves a lot of hate, because he’s a cancer and a sociopath just like p. shitty and gay-z
and he’s just as ruined another legacy, this time the late tupac shakur.
You must be female….
hes autistic too, he been hating on 50 on every rap site for years.
I have been following the Op for over 5 years all over the Internet and he is a Moron.
this nigga blames 50 everyday for ruining his ability to listen to hip-hop music instead of just ignoring him and listening to nas and 2pac, his fav rappers
Stalker
50 Cent has the same deal that artists get at Koch/E1.
Artists at Koch/E1 have worldwide distribution and their own creative control without being on a major.
50 has a Joe Budden deal right now.
That type of deal works well for someone like Budden. He’s not going to sell alot anyway, but 50 needs the major label doing it for him, which is fine. Someone with his past sales shouldn’t have to downsize. I bet he’s getting next to nothing up front.
OP has no idea what hes talking about
i wonder what kind of deal OP has?>
Fiddy does not need Major Label attention, he can do it like Joe Budden does now that they have the same type off deal.
Major labels are for artists like Eminem, Jeezy, Kanye, Kendrick, J.Cole, Nas, Wayne, Drake and JayZ.
Fiddy has a new deal now thats like the ones that Camron, Fat Joe, Styles, and Ja Rule have.
the major flaws in your argument are:
1. Koch is not like Universal, so for you to even try to compare the 2 says you don’t know what you’re talking about.
2. Cash Money Bros has had a P&D with Universal Music Group for years. Y’all have NEVER said that’s a “Koch” deal.
This is a conversation where your opinion does not matter, be advised.
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I didn’t realize I was talking to Russell Simmons. Come on genius. Tell us how much 50’s making up front. Then list the album’s budget, and how much he’s going to have to sell to see another dime. You aren’t mentally equipped to list these facts, so go play while the adults discuss business 101.
“pre-order on March 18 and get 2 free songs”
If I recall Fif was saying for the past four years STK was coming out. Animal Planet was supposed to drop in January. Now it’s June? lol While your at it, pre order Detox.
wtf is STK
LMAO ANIMAL PLANET
loL, like we didn’t know you would be sashaying all thru here like a scorned bitch who got revenge.
But you’re the omnipotent one who thinks artists under contract execute their release dates.
Your whole aura is fraudulent and your dialect screams for professional help.
Quote-Man, ladies and gentlemen, a true, pure breed fuckboy.
Maybe 50 can join SluaghterHouse to get a buzz or he could start a beef with ASAP Mob.
Slaughterhouse really isn’t buzzing, it’s sort of a burp when Eminem records with them.
Hopefully we get some new music!
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“But you’re the omnipotent one who thinks artists under contract execute their release dates”
Half a man. You keep fighting logic to the point where I’m about ready to front the bill for you to get your life dissected by a shrink. You scream single parent home. Tell me I’m wrong. Anyway, 50 Cent has spent his entire career telling the world how he called the shots, and when he repeatedly told outlets when his album was going to drop and it didn’t, it made him look bad.
So he got a new deal and now hes calling the shots. BOSS SHIT
“Fiddy has a new deal now thats like the ones that Camron, Fat Joe, Styles, and Ja Rule have”
That deal must have been scooped out of a garbage can then cause last time I checked those names you listed are has been’s.
He gets to boss around Hot Rod lol
Great 50, and FU Jimmy Iovine