$50 MILLION DEAL… AND A RAP WAR BEHIND IT 🔥 Juvenile just opened up about a record deal saga involving 50 Cent that could have changed hip-hop history forever
$50 MILLION DEAL… AND A RAP WAR BEHIND IT 🔥
Juvenile just opened up about a record deal saga involving 50 Cent that could have changed hip-hop history forever.
At the center of it all was Eminem — a name that reportedly shifted the entire direction of the negotiations overnight.
What looked like a simple label offer quickly turned into industry chaos, with insiders calling it one of the biggest “what if” moments in rap business history.
And one final detail about who pulled the plug is now sending the whole story in a different direction…
Juvenile Boasts He Got 50 Cent His Record Deal With Eminem: ‘Ask 50, He’ll Tell You’
Juvenile said he was responsible for 50 Cent inking a deal with Shady Records.
Juvenile at the YouTube Music Leaders and Legends Event held at Nya Studios on June 27, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Gilbert Flores for Variety
Juvenile says he’s responsible for 50 Cent‘s legendary Shady Records deal — and he says 50 can attest to it.
In an interview with Nyla Symone, Juvenile explained how after 50’s near-fatal shooting, he became a pariah of the music industry and that no one wanted to work with him.
“I got 50 Cent his record deal with Eminem,” Juvenile explained. “Ask 50, he’ll tell you, yeah, Juve was the one. 50 couldn’t really go to the studio at the time, and I was one of the first cats with a studio bus, so I let him record on my bus, him, [Tony] Yayo, and [Lloyd] Banks.”
Juve said that Eminem invited him to a music video set while filming for D12 in New York City, and that he brought along former G-Unit president Sha Money XL.
“When I went over there with Sha Money, my first thing was telling him the type of music Em doing and the type of music 50 doing with the diss thing…that’s going to work if he go with him. And it worked,” Juvenile explained, adding that 50 even wrote about Juve’s role in his book, though didn’t specify which one.
Billboard has reached out to 50 Cent’s team for comment.
50 Cent actually recently joked that he’s finally leaving G-Unit, claiming its because Tony Yayo took too long to diss Jim Jones and Memphis Bleek. In a video posted to 50 Cent’s Instagram, the mogul is seen making some jokes while aboard a private jet with Tony Yayo about leaving G-Unit.
I’ve been doing some soul searching, and I think I want out the group, OK?” Fif told Yayo.
“If anything, you just kicking us out the group,” Yayo responded.
“Took too long to respond to Jimmy and Memphis Bleek,” 50 Cent continued. “I’m saying, n—as is talking mad sh–, though. You not even like that.”
Check out a clip from Juvenile’s interview below.
