In a new interview, 50 Cent reveals why he hasn’t been releasing music as of late. According to the rapper, while he enjoys making music and doesn’t plan on quitting anytime soon, hip-hop is a young man’s game.
“Look, I’m going to make music. I’m excited that this is the feeling. The general consensus is they want to hear something new from me, right?” he tells Rolling Stone. “You can have the best verse, but I don’t think you should have the best verse at 50 years old.” In the rapper’s opinion, hip-hop is “connected to youth culture.”
He added, “I’m glad I stopped, ’cause you can bang your head against the wall until your brain falls out the other side. And it’s not that the music isn’t right, it’s that they’re choosing something else at the moment.”
50 Cent Calls Out Jay-Z Lyrics After Sharing “Young Girl” Verse
In other news, 50 Cent drew renewed attention this week to a lyric from a Jay-Z verse released nearly two decades ago. In an Instagram post, he shared a meme placing Jay-Z’s face onto the Predator character from the film series.
The image was paired with a line from Jay-Z’s appearance on Pharrell’s 2006 song “Young Girl / I Really Like You.” The track was released years before Jay-Z and Beyoncé married in 2008. The lyric includes Jay-Z rapping, “Hov got a young girl / Still not quite 21.” When the song was released, the line passed with little scrutiny beyond its place in a pop-leaning collaboration.
Viewed now, it has taken on a different weight amid changing cultural conversations. The renewed focus came not from a reissue or interview, but from how the lyric was presented.
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