The rapper 50 Cent thinks deserves extra fame than him

50 Cent has been on the forefront of hip-hop tradition since he signed with Shady Data in 2001 and was arguably one of many greatest MCs of the early-2000s. His debut album, Get Wealthy Or Die Tryin’, overshadowed albums from the likes of Jay-Z and others. Nonetheless, 50 Cent (actual identify Curtis Jackson) needs that there was one other rapper who blew up like him. 

When Jackson first emerged, he made certain to deliver consideration to his crew, G-Unit, comprised of Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks, and Younger Buck. Though 50 achieved an unfathomable quantity of fame with hits such as ‘In Da Club’ and ‘Candy Shop’, trying again, the lyricist needs his counterparts had been allowed to succeed too. 

Jackson grew up with Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks in South Jamaica, Queens and, as youngsters, they started rapping collectively, ultimately forming G-Unit. Following the discharge of his debut project in 2003, the trio launched their collective physique of labor, Beg For Mercy. 

50 Cent used his success and recognition at that second to attract consideration to his friends. Nonetheless, in an interview with Huge Boy on The Neighbourhood, Jackson admitted that he stays unhappy that Tony Yayo by no means reached the identical stage as him. Throughout his dialog, he acknowledged, “My solo album took off so big that I just brought them with me. So it was clear that it was me creating opportunity for everybody else in the crew, but we was all together. I wish it would have been Yayo because then I coulda did all of the business.”

He continued, “If he woulda did what 50 Cent did, then I would have been running the whole thing. It would still be two of us,” he added. “He’d still be 50 Cent as the artist, and I’d be the largest asset to us.”

Tony Yayo had some reasonable success however solely launched one solo studio album, 2005’s Ideas of a Predicate Felon. Nonetheless, he by no means managed to succeed in the heights of fifty Cent.

Regardless of all of this, Tony Yayo was by no means bitter in the direction of Jackson’s success and, in an interview on the Solely Method Out podcast, admitted 50 Cent helped him and others make sure that they stayed out of hassle. You possibly can watch Jackson reflecting on his G-Unit friends under.