Master P Says He Bankrolled 50 Cent’s First Tour

    According to New Orleans rapper and entrepreneur Master P, he played a vital role at the start of fellow artist 50 Cent’s career. While speaking with Vlad TV, Master P revealed that he paid for the Queens emcee’s very first tour.

    He says the tour took place shortly after Fifty released his Get Rich or Die Tryin’ single “Wanksta.”

    “To be honest with you, I was the first one to put 50 Cent on tour. I paid for his tour. His first tour,” Master P said. “Yeah, I paid for [that]. Well, he had a hot record. I had the money to put out for the tour. I put out for the tour.”

    Although P did fund 50 Cent’s first tour, the No Limit Records founder says that due to his low-key demeanor he didn’t associate with the rapper too much during the tour despite the two artists being on good terms with one another.

    “I mean, we was around each other a lot back then because I paid for the tour,” he said. “We was cool. I’ve never been a person to just hang out with people, so—like I’ve always been a loner, man. No disrespect to nobody. I just—Everybody got their own thing. We ain’t never been no groupies or nothing like that. You know? It’s like my homie when I see you ‘What’s up?’ We can do something it’s cool. I’ll go take care of money for the show and then go do what I gotta do. You know? And he was always 100, so it was cool.”

    In addition to speaking on 50 Cent, Master P also mentioned Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons when asked to name a Hip Hop entrepreneur he looks up to. He then took note of the fact that Simmons has always managed to maintain his mogul standing despite what was going on around him.

    “I mean, I would have to say Russell Simmons,” P said. “Russell Simmons is somebody that was able to maintain and not get caught up with all the negativity and stuff like that. So, I feel like [when] you think about somebody that’s a real mogul and a boss, you gotta look at Russell Simmons and say ‘You know what? Even though he was around all the foolishness he was able to maintain his status.’”

    The release of Master P’s interview with Vlad TV comes shortly after Simmons appeared on Hot 97 to speak on Def Jam issues that have disappointed him. While speaking on artists who were unable to reach their full potential, he also addressed the artists whose entourages destroyed them.

    “Things that disappoint me are people that didn’t get to achieve all their greatness in some cases,” Simmons said. “Like I’ve experienced watching brilliant artists not become all they could have been…And I’ve seen many people and their entourages destroyed them. And I’ve seen people who have had to shed some of their entourage in order to keep going. My entourage that [I] kinda needed to shed died [or] went to jail.”

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    49 thoughts on “Master P Says He Bankrolled 50 Cent’s First Tour

    1. his not telling the whole truth. p was already on tour but the tickets weren’t selling so he looked around and saw 50 who at the time was the biggest thing in music and paid him to come on tour with him and tickets started selling and everyone got paid

      1. No he wasn’t and if he did shows, they were at conferences and small theaters, not selling out. Ross prefers theaters to arenas.

      2. Ross prefers theaters to arenas.

        – because his security team can weed out all the gangsters and guns trying to kill him
        – becuase he cant sell out anything bigger, not that he can sell out a theater

      3. Ross does sell out theaters and can sell out arenas had they not cancelled it because of behind the scenes disputes.

      4. NO NIGGA you wrong MASTER P and 50 Cent on BET said this, P Paid for his first tour in the south for $250K it was a flip he made 3 million off. stop yea fake stories fuck nigga

    2. Fiddy concerts look like junior Klan rallys I tried to go to two of them but they said niggas werent invited so I threw my bucket hat at them and ran.

    3. “Shit can get uglier than a Master P sneaker” haha classic line and Banks was on the same tour when he wrote that

      1. banks is a battle rapper… aka a BUM… nigga cant even be consistent on the shit he puts out and blames it on his fathers death

    4. Washed up has been niccaz always tryna take credit for some irrelevant shit. What this nigga gon say next week? He bankrolled the Pyramids? The Bible?

      1. He may be a has been for the rap scene, but you a never was. Dude had more cake than you will ever see in your life. Dude was a pioneer in his heyday, show some respect you bum.

      2. ^^ Most played out answer ever. Like, no shit, this nigga’s richer than me?!!?! LMAO fuck outta here with that dickriding shit

      3. Master P changed the game and paved the way for most of these niggas including 50 Cent, Rick Ross, T.I., Kanye etc…

      4. Ain’t nobody dick riding anyone, see that’s the problem with you fuckheads, you don’t know when to give credit whens it’s due. The answer may be played out, but it’s valid 10000% of the time.

      5. nigga you dickriding stupid. you already took the L for that stupid more money answer. nobody discrediting his credit or anything its just lames like you cant take a different opinion. get back to slurping

      6. @Frost

        GODDAMN son these niggas beating on you out here, gotta pay the price for that Master P dick you sucking

      7. Master P is a multi millionaire, therefore he’s a God and I need to stay on his dick and go diss any nigga that ever tries to show their opinion and criticize P by saying he has more cake than they’ll ever see in their lives.

      8. @ ANONYMOUS YOU WAS BORN A PEASANT AND YOU WILL DIE A PEASANT
        Caps off now get back in your bucket you stupid crab minded fool !!

      9. @ETK

        Only things these niggas are beating are their dicks, cause they are no getting pussy motherfuckers just like you. Take the L, LOL. Only L’s i take are to the dome of this sour. As is your opinions matter, go back to sucking cock fag nuts.

    5. Ma ma ma make crack like this! Thanks P. Fif came out in a bengals jersey in Cincy and shut shit down. Dope show

    6. A nigga say p pave the way for officer ricky.you must b out ur fucking mind gusto can’t even go plat

    7. my classmate’s step-mother makes $75 an hour on the computer . She has been fired for 5 months but last month her pay was $17784 just working on the computer for a few hours. go to this web-site

    8. Master P is also the dude who woke his ass up about what Jimmy Iovine was doing to him in Interscope, so basically he saved him from being trapped on that label.

    9. Trapped? lol He made millions and had complete creative control for years. 50 let the empire crumble with bad signings, a decline in new albums, and beefing with everybody. Lovine don’t need that.

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