Part of a 50 Cent interview with Complex Mag.
Complex: Shifting gears, in your VH1 Behind The Music episode, there was a part that talked about Diddy taking a meeting with you, and him getting shook because you brought a gun to the office?br />
50 Cent: This is what happened. Jennifer Lopez told Puffy that I was a great writer because Corey Rooney signed me to Columbia Records. Jennifer had been exposed to my material, so she told Puff she thinks I�m somebody he should work with. I came down to write and I was in there writing a couple of joints and Puff left the actual room. There was rustling and rambling at the door and **** like that. I jumped up�when you get hurt as bad as I got hurt, either your fear consumes you or you become insensitive. So I jumped up and figured �as you come through the door, I�ll shoot your ass down right there in the door.?The paranoia heightens your senses. You start to see every little detail, every little thing. You don�t want to miss anything and have it turn out there�s someone shooting you again. When I heard the rambling outside, I jumped up, I had a Mac-10 on me. Pulled the joint out and Puff came in and looked, said, �Oh ****, I can�t do this.�As a matter fact, it was Shyne and Wolf, wrestling outside. Puff was going through that actual case when he called me in to write and I�m in his office with a Mac-10. He was like, �I can�t do that.?After the fact, I looked at it and was like, That�s a legitimate call.
Complex: Getting back to Jay-Z, who ended up #1 on the list. Much has been made of his recent comment that �no one is afraid of 50 Cent.?Regardless, it seems like the general public agrees that Kanye wouldn�t have pulled that stunt if you were on stage instead of Taylor Swift?br />
50 Cent: He wouldn�t. You can�t convince the public, you can�t convince Kanye to say he would�ve did that. If I was there and he did that to me we would have had an altercation. Right there. It�s clear. He [Kanye] would have avoided that, just being intelligent. The interviewer who asked [Jay-Z] about the Kanye situation made him feel like a punk. His presentation is really simple and you can�t have both. You can�t be gangster Jay from Marcy and be the good guy Jay-Z on Oprah. You just can�t. They don�t let you in. That�s Mr. Knowles, he just got that pass. There ain�t any tickets to an inauguration ball with *****s. If you�re from the hood, you have that element or that aura around you, there�s no tickets for you. It�s �safe?people there. This is why those things are happening. This is why he has to convince the person that he�s talking to he�s not afraid of anyone.
Complex: Shifting gears, in your VH1 Behind The Music episode, there was a part that talked about Diddy taking a meeting with you, and him getting shook because you brought a gun to the office?br />
50 Cent: This is what happened. Jennifer Lopez told Puffy that I was a great writer because Corey Rooney signed me to Columbia Records. Jennifer had been exposed to my material, so she told Puff she thinks I�m somebody he should work with. I came down to write and I was in there writing a couple of joints and Puff left the actual room. There was rustling and rambling at the door and **** like that. I jumped up�when you get hurt as bad as I got hurt, either your fear consumes you or you become insensitive. So I jumped up and figured �as you come through the door, I�ll shoot your ass down right there in the door.?The paranoia heightens your senses. You start to see every little detail, every little thing. You don�t want to miss anything and have it turn out there�s someone shooting you again. When I heard the rambling outside, I jumped up, I had a Mac-10 on me. Pulled the joint out and Puff came in and looked, said, �Oh ****, I can�t do this.�As a matter fact, it was Shyne and Wolf, wrestling outside. Puff was going through that actual case when he called me in to write and I�m in his office with a Mac-10. He was like, �I can�t do that.?After the fact, I looked at it and was like, That�s a legitimate call.
Complex: Getting back to Jay-Z, who ended up #1 on the list. Much has been made of his recent comment that �no one is afraid of 50 Cent.?Regardless, it seems like the general public agrees that Kanye wouldn�t have pulled that stunt if you were on stage instead of Taylor Swift?br />
50 Cent: He wouldn�t. You can�t convince the public, you can�t convince Kanye to say he would�ve did that. If I was there and he did that to me we would have had an altercation. Right there. It�s clear. He [Kanye] would have avoided that, just being intelligent. The interviewer who asked [Jay-Z] about the Kanye situation made him feel like a punk. His presentation is really simple and you can�t have both. You can�t be gangster Jay from Marcy and be the good guy Jay-Z on Oprah. You just can�t. They don�t let you in. That�s Mr. Knowles, he just got that pass. There ain�t any tickets to an inauguration ball with *****s. If you�re from the hood, you have that element or that aura around you, there�s no tickets for you. It�s �safe?people there. This is why those things are happening. This is why he has to convince the person that he�s talking to he�s not afraid of anyone.
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