50 Cent Claims He Will Retire If Kanye West Beats Him ; Rapper Angered By Video Leak50 Cent is betting his entire rap future that he'll beat Kanye West on Sept. 11 - the day both artists drop hotly anticipated albums.
The two have long competed, but Fitty upped the ante yesterday when he swore to hang up his mike if his CD Curtis didn't outsell West's Graduation.
"Let's raise the stakes," said 50 Cent. "If Kanye West sells more records than 50 Cent on September 11, I'll no longer [perform] music. I'll write music and work with my other artists, but I won't put out any more solo albums."
West knows how to make hits: His last CD, Late Registration, has sold 2.8 million to date - but 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin'? has sold nearly 8 million.
"They would like to see Kanye West give me a problem because I've worked myself into a space where I've become the favorite," 50 said. " Everybody roots [for] the underdog when he goes against the favorite. And I bet this: When Kanye West's sales come in, he's gonna have a 70% decrease cause Def Jam is gonna buy records [the first week] to keep him closer to 50 Cent. So watch the first week and then watch the second week. Watch his a - drop off the planet.I didn't get one trophy for The Massacre. ... I don't get trophies, I get checks. He gets the trophies. ... And I'll be sitting here like, ?It's cool 'cause I get the check.'?"
Last week, Fitty accepted an offer from BET of a debate with Kanye to be televised on the network; in it, the two would decide which had the better-produced record.
"I accept the challenge," Fitty said on BET's "106 & Park." "Kanye, he's not going to want to show up."
Kanye shot down the proposal saying "What am I going to debate about?" West asked reporters at the MTV Video Music Award nominations Tuesday. "I thought [the debate] was the stupidest thing. When my album drops and Fifty's album drops, you're going to get a lot of good music at the same time."
Although 50 seems confident of beating out Kanye , people in his record label at Interscope Records angered him yesterday when they allowed the song and the video of his collaboration with Robin Thicke called "Follow My Lead " to leak online.
"Follow My Lead" wasn't supposed to be released until further down the line in Curtis' run, especially since 50 has videos for "I Get Money" and "Ayo Technology" already in rotation
50 didn't take the news too kindly, causing quite a stir at the G-Unit offices. 50 reportedly erupted, ripping out a plasma TV, throwing his cell phone through a glass window and saying that he was going on vacation.
To watch the video for "Follow My Lead", CLICK HERE.
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June 29, 2009, 04:00:10 PM
