50 Cent admits a huge career regret just wasted his time
Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ creator 50 Cent has had an illustrious career and, over the years, has embarked on various journeys. From rapping and acting to producing TV and creating businesses, he has packed a lot into his 25-year career.
That said, during an interview, the emcee reflected on his journey and admitted that he has some regrets and feels that he has wasted a lot of time doing some unnecessary things during his early years.
Although the time wasted didn’t stop him from achieving his goals in the long run while speaking to Mesfin Fekad of The Hollywood Reporter, the ‘In Da Club’ rhymer disclosed that his temperament when he entered the game meant he spent more time arguing with other MCs than focusing on his craft and looking for business opportunities.
50 Cent has never been one to shy away from beef and built a reputation for instigating feuds during the early 2000s. In fact, Hot 97.0 host Ebro Darden even accused Fifty of killing New York hip-hop by putting so many artists on the defensive. According to the host, this led to rappers wanting to avoid collaborating with each other.
Although the emcee disputed the hefty claim that he killed New York hip-hop, he has since disclosed that he regrets all of the feuds, arguments and tension he created prior to entering Hollywood. Unveiling to Fekad that it was a waste of his valuable time, Fifty explained, “Look, I think we wasted too much time arguing, me and Fat Joe, me and Cam’ron. There’s other guys like Jada[kiss]. We cleared it up easier.”
The Curtis creator continued, “But we wasted time because it was just our competitive nature. It wasn’t like we crossed paths and had real heat for each other.” Although the 59-year-old now says they never hated each other, at the time, it felt very real to fans.
Still, Fifty stated that his beef with Fat Joe was worse than the others, telling The Hollywood Reporter, “It went on more with Joe because he’s more like me. He’s closer in character to me. When we’re at odds, we are at odds, and we did that for a long time. And because of his loyalty to Irv [Gotti] and Ja [Rule], because he worked with them, I was seeing him not be happy from the things that were making me happy.”
The New York native also described how he and his Bronx peer relate now, saying, “When you look back at it, you go, ‘Wait, what happened?’ Because we didn’t even have no altercation or no specific thing that created it. Now he’s like my friend, and I don’t care that he has relationships with people that I don’t because he’s always had those relationships.”