“I thought I was getting Punk’d.”
50 Cent just revealed the wild, almost-unbelievable moment he first met Eminem — admitting he genuinely thought the whole thing was a setup. No cameras. No prank show. Just a meeting so surreal it didn’t feel real… 👀
What actually happened in that room would change hip-hop forever — and 50 says one detail still gives him chills to this day.
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50 Cent Thought He Was Being ‘Punk’d’ When He First Met Eminem: ‘It Was Wild’
During an episode of ‘Million Dollaz Worth of Game,’ the rapper discussed how he didn’t know whether the meeting between him and Eminem was real or staged
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50 Cent and Eminem in Hollywood in January 2020
50 Cent couldn’t believe it when he met Eminem.
During an episode of Million Dollaz Worth of Game on Wednesday, Sept. 2, the “In da Club” artist (whose real name is Curtis Jackson III), 49, discussed how he didn’t know whether the meeting between him and Eminem (whose real name is Marshall Mathers) was real or staged.
“It was wild. Remember that show they had, Punk’d? I thought they had cameras and they was gonna come out and say, ‘You’ve been punk’d,'” 50 Cent told co-hosts Wallo and Gillie Da Kid.
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50 Cent and Eminem in Hollywood in January 2020
Related: 50 Cent Says Eminem Is the Reason He Performed at 2022 Super Bowl Halftime Show: ‘They Didn’t Want Me There’
The G-Unit rapper added: “He flew me to LA, I came out. I was so bugged out from the experience that I came through the airport with the [bulletproof] vest and s— on … I get there and he’s like, ‘Yo,’ he hugs me.”
50 Cent was so excited he was in disbelief.
“It felt so good that it couldn’t be right,” he said.
In a cover story interview with The Hollywood Reporter in July, 50 Cent discussed his relationship with Slim Shady and how Eminem wouldn’t perform at the 2022 Super Bowl Halftime Show without him.
“They didn’t want me there,” he said of the 2022 event. “Eminem wouldn’t do it without me. That’s how I ended up on the show because he was not coming if I didn’t do it.”
50 Cent added, “When that happens, you go, ‘Damn, so you just lost Eminem because you didn’t bring 50? Damn. All right. Bring 50 then.’ But if it was up to them, they would not have me there.”
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Eminem and 50 Cent in New York City in 2003The Power star said he was “the surprise.”
“I’m not on the bill at all,” 50 Cent said. “But they couldn’t get Em to do it without me.”
In the interview, the “Stan” performer, 51, said that the “Window Shopper” musician “is like a brother to me.”
“50 has proven again and again that there’s really nothing he can’t do, and nobody gets in the way of him getting it done,” Eminem said.
