Was 50 Cent bigger than Eminem during his peak

[⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]

Meant Drake. Wayne was absolutely bigger than 50

Drake was never as big as 50 Cent in 2003. Which may be for the best because he has been more enduring in his position

 

[Take It In Blood]

im gonna say yeah but for just that one year (2003)

 

[⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]

Man yall really sleeping on when The Massacre dropped and went 1.1 million in a short week

Kiss barbecued that man and even he had to admit that shyt was insane. Em never did that. Em putting up more numbers in the long run tho

MMLP did 1.7 million first week and the lead single is one of the most played songs in radio history (when radio was a much more dominant force than it is today, perhaps radio’s peak years)



The Massacre was the beginning of 50 Cent’s downturn, it showed that he had reached his commercial heights and there was no lore upward mobility for his career. The album’s first week sales were a remnant of previous success and the content, image (and perhaps gimmick). He had a hit a ceiling and the content he was putting out was not going to support the height he was it. He had reached a ceiling and he lost the most important segment of his audience when they realized he was no wearing silk underwear, so to speak (see Rocky IV)

 

[Jimmy Two-Times™]

 

[XannyWarbucks]

They overlap. While Fifty was blowing up, Eminem Show and 8 Mile were coming out. Eminem solidified this by coming out with the cac anthem in, "Lose Yourself.". Honestly, they were always pretty close to each other, while Fifty was cooking, Eminem just let him do his thing and made another D12 album/ beefed with Source. By 04-05, Em was pilled up and G-Unit was strong. Fif was bigger from this point until he decided to beef with everyone and people got tired of his shyt.

 

[WSFGDan]

No.

Slightly under equal. Had crossover radio presence but not crossover image presence.

Eminem in 2001
50 Cent in 2003
2Pac in 1996
Snoop Dogg in 1993

These artists (all from the Interscope machine) stood at the pinnacle of the music industry in their peak years. The market value of their presence can only be compared to the market value of the music industry at their respective times

50's peak year was 2005

 

[GoldTeef]

Drake is bigger than Lil Wayne ever was

Drake shouldn't be included in conversations on bigger rappers

and if he is put an asterisk next to his name, most of his biggest records are pop songs.

 

[⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]

50's peak year was 2005

Not naturally. 2005 was inflated

 

[SlurRty]

keep in mind Eminem was huge , but 50 seemed next level during GTODT , he had BOTH co-signs from Dre and Eminem , that be like Drake and Lil Wayne hyping up a artist that turned out to be bigger than them


I’m talking about his prime though movies , video games , clothing line , G-Unit shyt was HUGE

hmm good question.. id prolly go with em though..

 

[DamienWayne]

For a very short period of time yes

 

[the cool]

50 cent was bigger during GRODT. After that he put out garbage and fell off

 

[Jordan>>LeFrozen]

Man yall really sleeping on when The Massacre dropped and went 1.1 million in a short week

Kiss barbecued that man and even he had to admit that shyt was insane. Em never did that. Em putting up more numbers in the long run tho

Em sold 1.7 in the first week brehs for his 3rd album

 

[LiveFromLondon]

Brehs Always small minded with these shyts and think only of western countries, in non white countries Fif was bigger than Em ever was

 

[JYoung24]

Wayne was never as Big as 50 was Jay Z was never as hot as 50 was either

Drake is bigger than Lil Wayne ever was

No drake is not and i hate wayne

 

[Yade]

Brehs I’ll never forget when I bought Curtis

Even being a teenager I knew after the first 3 tracks this shyt wasn’t going to be good
The intro didn’t sound hype I had a feeling it was gonna be bad