50 Cent Speaks on Rappers Being Exposed
XXL reports:
The lack of hardcore hip-hop has seemingly coincided with rappers being exposed in the last two years.
Though not a rapper per se, Akon’s street credibility took a hit when thesmokinggun.com reported that the hookman’s rap sheet was fabricated back in April 2008. Kon had reportedly only spent a few months in prison for stealing one BMW rather than serve a 4 1/2 years term for being the ring leader of a car theft ring. Meanwhile, three months later, Plies, hip-hop’s self-proclaimed “goon” came under fire for allegedly being a college kid who lied about his criminal past. Last but not least, Rick Ross was outted for being a correctional officer the same month. Presently on a campaign to bring hardcore hip-hop back, 50 Cent weigh in on the correlation between rappers’s questionable street creds and the lack of interest in gangsta rap.
“With Plies, if you say he’s a college kid, so what?” the Queens rapper told XXLMag.com. “I wish I was a college kid. I wish I didn’t grow up under the circumstances I had to grow up under. I would have liked to just go to college and study business.”
“I see him rap about the girls a lot, so that’s true,” he continued. “From my perspective, Plies, his strong hit records are about females…and ‘Bust It Baby’ and that type of material. To me that’s authentic. He gon get the girls. You see him, decked out, he’s right, girls like him. That’s official.”
As expected, Fif had a different take on the Rick Ross controversy. “What was awkward was being part of law enforcement and completely writing drug dealer material and the biggest drug dealer in the world material,” Fif explained. “That was a little bit fictional. I mean hip-hop in general…I don’t think anybody is actively out, anybody with good sense ain’t actively out doing exactly what they said on the record or they won’t actually last cause you’ll get attention from law enforcement based on what you saying.”
“Can you imagine what it’s like…when you convince the general public that you’re that person, you’re also convincing law enforcement,” Fif added. “This is why you don’t see me out and about as often as you see these other guys at frivolous events, just wherever. I’m not with it.”
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Comment by YoungEllz on July 7, 2009 at 12:21pm - plies aint no goon homeboy its a full time job just like thugin
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Comment by thisisstitch on July 7, 2009 at 11:52am - fif can't speak on gangsta rap anymore...maybe in 2003 he coulda...fif can't be goin on tracks wid bette midler an tryin to be gangsta at the same time...fif needs to drop all this hip pop and go back to his roots...his genuine roots from the streets...thats the fif that i miss and thats the fif that got him to where he at
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Comment by King_G19 on July 7, 2009 at 11:29am - 50's the smartest and best rapper alive next to eminem and dre
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Comment by GULLY THA GANGSTA on July 7, 2009 at 11:28am
- THAT SHIT 50 SAID IS NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH AND ME BEING FROM THE SOUTH IT'S FUCKED UP BECAUSE THESE DUDES TALKING ABOUT THIS SHIT AND NOT REALLY LIVING IT. THAT'S WHY I RATHER LISTEN TO THEY FUCKING INSTRUMENTALS....HAHAHAHAHA
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Comment by FR on July 7, 2009 at 11:25am - he always "speakin" on something!! STFU! aint his business or place to speak on ERRYBODY else.. speak on YOURSELF. even tho he right bout the last part.. eitha way, shut up . lol
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Comment by T-Money on July 7, 2009 at 11:09am - Fif is smart. He see the angles that a street nigga with money on his mind see. I respect Plies and that Plenty Money go hard but at the end of the day real recongnize real and the way these guys spit in they raps let you know what they really about.
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Comment by yOuNg CrEeZy on July 7, 2009 at 11:09am - I like hip-hop more when it's something that's out of the ordinary. I don't always want to hear guns, drugs, and prison. I respect someone more when they're being true to themselves. I still remember Joe Buddens saying "Everyone's claimin to be a murderer but the bodies just ain't adding up" or something like that.
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Comment by jody on July 7, 2009 at 11:00am
- u right fifty if u dont talk u wont walk the yard
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Comment by Minque on July 7, 2009 at 10:57am - Baby you always know what to say...ur so smart, sexy, rich, and good looking...um um um
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Comment by Hell Wave on July 7, 2009 at 10:44am
- This nigga 50 got alot of wisdom.Ross ego was bigger than his rap sheet,fuckin piggle diggle.
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