50 Cent Reminds Why He Turned Down $1.3M and Stood by Eminem


Irv Gotti’s confession comes back around.

A resurfaced 2019 interview clip of Irv Gotti has reignited conversation about one of hip hop’s most storied feuds. In it, the Murder Inc. co-founder admits he intentionally blocked 50 Cent’s career before he signed with Eminem and Dr. Dre.

“I rejected him a lot”, Irv told Marc Lamont Hill on the 2019 Black Coffee episode, claiming he warned others not to work with Fifty because he was “shitting on us” from the jump:

I was blocking him, just quite honestly, because he was shitting on us. He was shitting on us from the conception of his career. He was coming at us. So anybody who called me, they would call me when he would leave the office and say, “Yo, Fifty is an interesting sign”. I’d say, “You’re fucking with him – you ain’t fucking with me. Don’t call me for no records. Don’t call me for nothing”.

I hated on him to where he landed with Em and Dre. I’m a way smarter person now. I would have organised his deal and controlled it. I could have controlled it ’cause I was so hot. I could have controlled that shit, and he would have never got that Dre monster [“In Da Club”]. But I done blocked this nigga to where he fell in the lap of Eminem, the biggest rapper in the universe, with a white fan base that all became his fan base.

Years later, Gotti called it a mistake, but not out of remorse. But because he believed that his decision pushed a determined 50 Cent straight into the arms of hip hop giants.

50 Cent responds with a reminder

When Fifty saw the clip circulating again, he didn’t hold back. In a sharp tweet, he shared:

Yayo did not understand why I wouldn’t do a deal with universal they offered me 1.3 mill and we was broke.👀I said No yall can keep that. Now you see why I love Eminem so much, if he ran your kid over with a car 😟 I’d say No he didn’t! LOL

 

In fact, 50 Cent made a critical decision when he turned down $1.3 million from Universal because of Gotti’s ties to the label. Even when broke, Fif says he trusted his gut and Em.

The feud didn’t die with Gotti

After Irv Gotti passed away in 2025 at age 54, Fifty made it clear that the old wounds never healed. In a controversial post, he posed by a mock headstone that read “RIP” with a hookah in hand and Gotti’s photo attached. The message was cold but consistent with their history.

Honest deal

Despite early setbacks and being blocked out of major opportunities, 50 Cent’s partnership with Eminem proved fateful. Their collaboration launched “Get Rich or Die Tryin’”, one of the most successful debut albums of all time. For Fif, Em was more than a label boss. He was the person who saw value in Fifty’s story and gave him the platform to tell it.

Through it all, 50 Cent has remained unwavering in his loyalty to Eminem. Their connection, built on music, respect, and trust, continues to live on in their friendship – such a rare thing in the cut-throat world of show business.