50 Cent posted a throwback photo of himself and Nas on Thursday (April 18), a day before Nasty Nas’ seminal album, Illmatic, turned 25. While the post received thousands of comments — which is typical of anything the Power exec posts — one particular comment stood out.
NBA superstar LeBron James weighed in and asked 50 to re-issue one of his favorite albums — and Fiddy seemed shocked.
“Re release ‘Power of A Dollar”! Straight flames!!!!” the L.A. Laker wrote, a reference to 50’s heavily bootlegged 2000 album, Power Of The Dollar. After all, the album never got a proper release.
50 replied, “@kingjames Damn boy you real be knowing this music shit for real.”
Power Of The Dollar was expected to be 50’s Columbia Records debut in 2000, but as Chuck D always says, “man plans, god laughs.” The Queens-bred rapper was shot nine times in April of that year, which shelved the album two months before its release.
It was, however, bootlegged and circulated throughout the Hip Hop community, clearing catching James’ attention.
The 4x-NBA MVP — who recently A&R’ed 2 Chainz’s latest album Rap Or Go To The League — is a staunch connoisseur of rap. During warm-ups, it’s not uncommon to hear him blasting Eminem, one of his favorite “White Boy Wednesdays” rappers.
man i always thought 50 dindt like nas! “Now here’s a list of MC’s that can kill you in eight bars/ 50, umm… Jay-Z and Nas”
50 goes way back with nas and the bravehearts. queens get the money. nas wanted 50 to give him cormega’s girls number to he could get at her but 50 wasnt with it.
Power of the Dollar was 50 at his lyrical best. Whole crew was rockin that shit.. GRODT had the hits, but anyone who had that POTD first, was disappointed by it
POTD > GRODT
Power of the Dollar was straight flames. I owned that cd.
50 the ass-kisser
Lebron is in HIS comments kissing HIS ass
You hating as bitch were the fuck your money at bitch
POTD is dope but can someone explain something to me that I’ve always wondered? The song “gun runner”, according to Wikipedia, features Black Child from Murder Inc. Does anyone know if this is correct? The 50/Ja beef has been covered in the media ad nauseum, including Black Child stabbing 50, and I’ve never once heard it mentioned that they had a song together prior to the beef, but they were both signed to JMJ Records, so it could be true.
Yes, the beef was after Black and Fifty were signed to JMJ. When Jay couldn’t get their solo projects going. Fif got out his contract and linked up with Cory Rooney. Who was a big music executive at Sony Music; when Tommy Motolla (Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Fugees, Nas) was the CEO over there. Don Inner was running Columbia and Charlie Walk was running Epic under the Sony banner. Cory’s family from Queens and all the big rappers like Run DMC, Tribe, Salt N Pepa knew each other and him. Steve Stoute, who was Cory’s neighbor; knew about 50; with him being really in the streets and then turning to rap. Cory gave him 50’s demo and Steve signed him to Trackmasters/Columbia; when Steve was the head of urban music there. Black got locked up on a violation; but he was close friends with Ja and Irv peoples. When he got out, Ja got popping with Can I Get A and Holla Holla and Irv signed him to Murder Inc. 50 & Ja beef stem from 50 hating Supreme for allegedly killing his mother and one of Fif people robbing Ja for a chain.
A lot of knowledge was kicked in this comment, but it doesn’t quite answer my question. Was that really Black Child on POTD or not?
Everything Le Bozo does outside of basketball is calculated and he gets paid for. He is endorsing 50 on the side making it look like a random tweet. It’s all fake bullshit by two morons. Wow, boy!!! You be real knowing my music (in caveman voice).
Do you cry every time you see Lebron or only when he speaks? Either way it must be rough
Facts
Hater.
50 and black were cool before the ja beef started
So?
The track Ghetto Qu’ran that allegedly caused beefing between 50 and ‘Preme is was an underground single on POTD. Go listen younguns….
Win a championship or your legacy is finished just like that disaster 18-19 season…
Be nice if isaid that, Native American, come say some real shzzzz, bunch of Rich azz shzzzz, come to a real ghetto, I dare u all rappers, u won’t last a day
50 cent changed hip hop. He started the self snitching movement, and now all these new artists are doing just that. Every lyric 50 cent put out was a track statement to the feds! He never was about that gangster life!
You tripping he a true gangsta its haters like you that believe everything you hear on social media
Thank you cuz
You are a fucking hater he’s in New York go tell him that in face
He wont gangsta..?…nigha the nighaz he was beefing wit on the beef dvd said he was gangsta wrkd domination nd bang em smurf said he beat up nighaz in the hood even noggaz wrking for him…learn ya shit u pop music ass nigha
Eternal – your comment hurt my eyes to read.
All I got from that straight up nonsense is that you’re a bit of an imbecile with no education, and that you’ll be stuck in minimum wage employment for life.
Talking like you think your street isn’t big or clever – it just shows you as a silly little boy.
Lmao
They looking 4 attention
Whoever wrote this article should really get the info right, 50 wasn’t shot in April 2000, he was shot May 24, 2000! This album should’ve been given respect and 5 mics in The Source. Columbia dropped the ball with 50
Dave please don’t mind the ignorant author she knows absolutely ZERO about real hip hop culture
We come from NE. Ohio in Akron its this music store called 2 live music and all the major underground hip hop acts would visit so we could bye all the underground west coast music as well as down south and east coast. So we listen to artist like Brotha Lynch hung , Ball&G , Killer Tay, Mac dre bay area music, UGK, Dayton family ect.
New vibe
I been saying this for the longest. He really need to add more bars to corner bodega straight fire
50 & Nas need to squash any petty issues and drop classic collabs. Queens represent