50 Cent has put out a friendly reminder for his fellow rap contemporaries who may have forgotten how dominant both he and Eminem were in their musical heyday throughout the 2000s.
The rapper-turned-television-mogul took to Instagram on Thursday (July 13) to share a pair of photos that showed off both the Top 10 rap albums with the biggest first week sales and the most streamed rap albums released in the 2000s.
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In the first photo of the albums with the biggest first-week sales, it depicted cover art for Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP, The Eminem Show, and Encore; and 50 Cent’s The Massacre, and Get Rich or Die Tryin’. It also included albums by Drake, Lil Wayne and Kanye West.
In the second photo, which listed the most streamed rap albums that were released in the 2000s, it included the Eminem albums The Eminem Show, The Marshall Mathers LP, Encore, and Relapse. It also listed the 8 Mile soundtrack. As with the first photo, the 50 Cent albums included were Get Rich or Die Tryin’ and The Massacre.
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Fif made sure to rub in the fact that he’s outsold most of his competition throughout his career and that only his friend and mentor Eminem has moved more records than him. “The funny shit is only @eminem sold more then me,” he said. “I made n-ggas so uncomfortable they don’t want to remember LOL.”
Check out the braggadocios post below:
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50 Cent is never one to mince his words, whether he has a strong disdain for someone or if he’s worked closely with them.
Earlier this month, the G-Unit mogul let his humor run wild on Instagram by poking fun at Redman’s reason for not appearing in Season 3 of Power Book II: Ghost.
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Fif reposted a clip of an interview where Redman was speaking about why he was noticeably absent from the hit TV show this season.
“I walked away from Power,” he explained. “I walked away from Power after the second episode because everybody on the show had to have the jab and I wasn’t with it. That’s what I’m saying. You have to stand your ground.”
“Like, would Power have been a game changer for me? Yes. The money was good. It’s a well-known show that could’ve helped my career. But, is my health less important than being on the show? Fuck no!”
He added: “My health is more important to me. And I had to make a choice. Either I was going to sacrifice myself with this third-world order bullshit or I just walk away.”
Being the consummate businessman that he is, 50 Cent wasted no time by not only bragging about his TV show, but also proudly letting people know that he’s vaccinated and not missing out on the bag.
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“He’s not lying he walked right away [walk away emoji] from the #1 show in African American and Latino house holds,” he said. “SMH [laughing and squinting eyes emoji] I took the shot fuck that. LOL.”
