50 Cent tells G-Unit the Free Ride is Over

[baller4life]

The rap mogul has confessed he was overgenerous with artists on his label. In fact, Fitty spent $8.5 million of his own money to take a lot of the rappers on his most recent tour so that they could bring their entourages - and so that everyone could travel, as he says, "comfortably."

Not only that, he'd hand out hundreds of thousands of dollars to them at a time just for the asking, Sacha Jenkins writes in the new issue of XXL magazine. "Whether I got to give them $500,000 or $300,000 ... Just 'cause they want $300,000 more to make what they [are] doing at the time comfortable. Like, 'yo, I want to get this new place over here.' "

Sure, 50's got plenty of do-re-mi: His albums "Get Rich or Die Tryin' " and "The Massacre" sold 20 million copies combined. And though his album "curtis" is delayed till September, he's getting a payday playing a boxer in the Nicolas Cage movie "The Dance," and a drug dealer in "Righteous Kill" with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. And there are the clothing and sneaker lines - and at least $100 million more he stands to make now that coca-cola has bought Glaceau, which owns Fitty's Formula 50 Vitamin Water. But still, he called a meeting and told the artists at his label that the free ride was over.

"Laze was there as representation of M.O.P., Havoc and Prodigy," he told the hip-hop mag. "Banks, Buck. Spider was on the phone. Olivia was there. Sha Money was there. I broke it down. I told them I wouldn't be assisting them financially anymore. Pretty much I was telling them I wouldn't be there. [In the past] they'd make a lot of money and spend a lot of money and have me there to fix it."

There was another problem. "I looked around the room, and I was the only person with G-Unit sneakers on. But they were being paid," he adds. "It had become the norm for the check to come, but they were no longer wearing the clothes."

Still, 50 lives in the largest mansion in connecticut - Mike Tyson's former spread. He moved there from a basement room in his grandmother's house in Queens, where, in a visit beautifully shot by Ben Watts, 50 ruminates: "When I come back here ... it's like my feet are on the ground."

[katastrophe]

yeah, he was supporting the whole g-unit crew and 50 cent almost ran out of money(which is funny because he said in "I Get Money", "I'ma die tryin to spend this shit") but then Coca-Cola bought his vitamin water and he got 400 million dollars for that. and plus he has a new album coming out so i think hes set for a while

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[baller4life]

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Like that? Lol

[BlaqReaper]

I thought Olivia was dropped from G-unit (or was that a rumor?) I think it's also ridiculous how 50 wants them to wear G-unit clothing .

[oOSporkOo]

If you are sponered by nike or adidas, Im pretty sure you should/need to wear that clothing. It's part of their contract I'd say

[Nu Syd]

i can see where fif is comming from, hes being to generious, i would expect everyone to be wearing g-unit clothing

[baller4life]

I thought Olivia was dropped from G-unit (or was that a rumor?) I think it's also ridiculous how 50 wants them to wear G-unit clothing .

I am pretty sure that was a rumor

[baller4life]

If you are sponered by nike or adidas, Im pretty sure you should/need to wear that clothing. It's part of their contract I'd say

Thats what I would think too

[baller4life]

i can see where fif is comming from, hes being to generious, i would expect everyone to be wearing g-unit clothing

Yeah, same here

[Despo]

yeah, he was supporting the whole g-unit crew and 50 cent almost ran out of money(which is funny because he said in "I Get Money", "I'ma die tryin to spend this shit") but then Coca-Cola bought his vitamin water and he got 400 million dollars for that. and plus he has a new album coming out so i think hes set for a while

Just how he can run out of money? It says he spend 8.5 mil dollars. Well if i remember right, after his secound album n stuff he had like 110 mil dollars so wtf? + Yayo said that 50 is getin 5.5 mil checks just for his vitamin water per week.. again wtf??

[baller4life]

yeah, he was supporting the whole g-unit crew and 50 cent almost ran out of money(which is funny because he said in "I Get Money", "I'ma die tryin to spend this shit") but then Coca-Cola bought his vitamin water and he got 400 million dollars for that. and plus he has a new album coming out so i think hes set for a while

Just how he can run out of money? It says he spend 8.5 mil dollars. Well if i remember right, after his secound album n stuff he had like 110 mil dollars so wtf? + Yayo said that 50 is getin 5.5 mil checks just for his vitamin water per week.. again wtf??

Plus, he is selling his lamborghini on ebay

[Despo]

yeah, he was supporting the whole g-unit crew and 50 cent almost ran out of money(which is funny because he said in "I Get Money", "I'ma die tryin to spend this shit") but then Coca-Cola bought his vitamin water and he got 400 million dollars for that. and plus he has a new album coming out so i think hes set for a while

Just how he can run out of money? It says he spend 8.5 mil dollars. Well if i remember right, after his secound album n stuff he had like 110 mil dollars so wtf? + Yayo said that 50 is getin 5.5 mil checks just for his vitamin water per week.. again wtf??

Plus, he is selling his lamborghini on ebay

omg, shut up tard..

[baller4life]

He is selling it

[oOSporkOo]

The article doesn't say he has run out of money, just kastra said it. Regardless of how much he earns, 8.5 mill is still alot of money to invest in flops