50 Cent is sharing his thoughts on Kendrick Lamar and Drake‘s beef. The feud rocked the world earlier this year, becoming a pop-culture phenomenon. However, now that the dust has settled, 50 Cent is sharing the candid advice he gave to Drake after the Internet tagged him as the loser.
The Candy Shop rapper, in a new interview, revealed why he didn’t choose sides during the beef. “‘Ahh, I’m automatically supposed to be on Kendrick’s side because of my association with Dre,'” 50 Cent explained. “And I love Kendrick, but I’ll say it to you — I didn’t see where what [Drake] did was wack at any point. They giving [Drake] the, ‘Oh you wack, you finished.’ I’m like, ‘Nah, come on.'” The artist, whose real name is Curtis James Jackson, then revealed what he said to Drake about the public backlash. He told Billboard Magazine:
“I was telling him, it’s not him. I’m listening on the outskirts, it’s not you. Don’t let yourself think that for a second. On some real s–t, I said, ‘They said you lost, okay. Well what did you lose?'”
He continued, “What exactly did he lose if he got $300-something million on his last tour? You didn’t lose a motherf–king thing, man!” 50 Cent noted that he urged the Canadian artist to keep creating music regardless of what people say. “That s–t was good for hip-hop. It made both of them create quality material faster,” he commented.
Kendrick Lamar Believes ‘Love and War’ Need To Exist Following Drake Beef
50 Cent’s remark comes days after Kendrick Lamar broke his silence on the alleged beef. Despite not mentioning Drake’s name in an interview with Harper’s Baazar, the Compton native dished on what his chart-topping diss track, Not Like Us, means.
‘Not Like Us’ is the energy of who I am. The type of man I represent. This man has morals, he has values, he believes in something, he stands on something. He’s not pandering.”
Lamar added, “I don’t believe I’m an angry person. But I do believe in love and war, and I believe they both need to exist. And my awareness of that allows me to react to things but not identify with them as who I am.”
