Even With All That Money 50 Cent is pretty insecure...

[The Devil's Advocate]

watching this documentary on DMC from Run DMC the other day... it always happens unless you don't really care about the fame in the first place..

one day you're a broke bum or even doing ok.

next year you're saying "wear this" and MILLIONS start wearing it. you write a song and millions sing along and pay money. you do a show and 100,000 people show up screaming your name

next year you're a nobody.. you got all the money but nobody cares about you again. not only do they not care, they shyt on you every single chance you get. your friends say "he ain't got it, lets go" your girl, your brother, all do the same. magazines, label, people you thought loved you, now laugh at your name.

its gotta be depressing if you lived off that. not money wise, but emotionally lived off that love. you thought it was real. that they really loved you. its destroyed many men from business to sports to music. 50 is no different

 

[The Message]

@Venem I feel you but your first line kinda proves it. It's these dudes who are lames before they blow and then become gassed off the fame. I can imagine it eats some people up when that limelight fades. They lose sight of the fact that the shyt is fickle. Only a few stay on top forever.

I remember Will Smith said, that money doesnt change people, it only amplifies their personality traits.

 

[nineteeneightysix]

It's damn near impossible to be rich and not have any insecurities...

What's the point of the money if you have no insecurities?

 

[Egregious Philbin]

Really rich dudes should take a note from 3 stacks, I'm pretty sure he's the best at handling his prestige in stride. Of course he's not super rich but manages to stay randomly relevant no matter the times.

 

[Firefly]

Only thing money does is make you more of the person you already are. Nothing changes mentally really. You're still you. That's why people say money can buy you "things" but can't buy you happiness.

 

[Heelish]

He's the HHH of rap

 

[blackslash]

He's the HHH of rap

Or the Punk of Hip Hop

Spoiler

kayfabe

 

[Barney Pimpson]

50 was making 5,000 a day when he was hustling before rap. He had a Benz and land cruiser at 19. He was one of the biggest youngest dealers in south side before he started rapping.

Hustling is in his blood. Y'all just mad he keep winning.

 

[Mac Casper]

Its the chase for the riches that drive us..Not the actual riches


Material things will never satisfy you

Nothing wrong with having em..but they just wont satisfy

We continue to be decieved by our decietful hearts that the many things our culture glorifies will satisfy us..but once attained..we're always left wanting more

We are the spiritual equivalent of a crackhead thats in the pursuit of a fix cuz he feels it will satisfy but time and time again after he attains the fix he's left wanting more

Such is the nature of vanity

 

[RTF]

Money, Power, Respect.

Money, Fame, Love.

The money always comes first but it's not as important as the other stuff for a lot of people. Dudes like 50/Jay are the biggest examples of this. Jay seems to be better off because he has a better home situation. Married, kid, family is settled but he has issues with the public. He said "LOOOOVE I can't get enough of it", he loves the attention.


50 doesn't have the settled family so his personal insecurities are more obvious.

Someone like 3k isn't in it for the fame and public love, so he doesn't seek that level of fame, power, respect and consequently money.

 

[PHamm]

I cant blame 50. nikka STILL makes good music and his mixtapes are fire better than most rappers in the game.

 

[Bigbigguy]

How would u know he's insecure from behind your laptop.

The only shyt u know about these celebrities is what they let u know u can't judge if they're happy unless u know them personally

 

[razassin]

fukk fame, get money.

 

[The Emperor]

50 was making 5,000 a day when he was hustling before rap. He had a Benz and land cruiser at 19. He was one of the biggest youngest dealers in south side before he started rapping.

Hustling is in his blood. Y'all just mad he keep winning.

You know you done fukk'ed up right?
$5,000 a day and you said made so you meant profit...

365 days in a year...
$5,000 times 365 days a year = $1,825,000

No taxes because it's drug money...

So you mean to tell me...
50 Cent was a millionaire before the rap game...

That's what you're telling me right...

Yet 50 cent was living in his grandmothers house...
Making 1.8 mil a year...

 

[DaPresident]

nikka has no friends cuz he ran em all off...


damn Fif, I fux wit you but you can't beef with EVERYBODY...now that nikka is looking around and has nobody around him he can trust (aside from family) cuz he let MONEY determine the relationship...He musta thought he was gonna stay on top forever...but y'all right, a LOT of nikkas get the money and turn into NEW people...

It seem like he can't even go back to his most LOYAL homie, Tony Yayo, cuz he seems like he burned that bridge too...I mean what's the paper if you can't enjoy it with friends/family and be HAPPY? He doesn't look happy anymore, even in his own skin he look sad...shame, I'm still a Fiddy fan but damn, he look