50 Cent Comments On Not Winning A Grammy Award
“I did say, ‘Kanye gets the trophies, 50 gets the checks’ ,” Fif recalled. “I was saying that because when the awards shows came, they overlooked me, forgot to acknowledge my accomplishments. Anytime the Grammys came, every time the award shows came, they overlooked me. You know why - because of where I come from and how I was raised. They project that to middle America. Oh my goodness, their kids might wanna be like me!”
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Get Rich or Die Tryin was the number 1 selling album for 2003 but lost the, “Best Rap Album,” Grammy award to, “Speakerboxx/The Love Below.” He clearly got robbed for best new artist that year, losing to Evanescense. 50’s second release, “The Massacre,” sold over a million records in four days and was the second best selling album for the year. The Massacre ended up losing, “Best Rap Album,” to Kanye’s, “Late Registration.”
Does 50 Cent have a point or competition has just been too tough for him to win a Grammy award?
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84 Comments so far
He does have a point but no one cares
he damn sure has a point especially in 03….kanye might be a better artist to some but u can’t knock wat fif has accomplished
He will get awarded at some point they cant keep overlookimg him, it’s like martin scorcese at the grammys was it. He eventually was awarded
this dumb NIGGER 50 Cent is boring…. i did not even bother reading the top article for 1 second. Most likely this dumb NIGGER is talking shit…. better to make a intellectual album titled NIGGER cause now a days we all are NIGGERS…. well at least in the eyes of the rich, politicians, and most importantly NIGGER killers…. The COPS… I hate them NIGGERS…. FUCK da Police State… December 11, 2012 but first national ID cards May 11, 2008. Dumb ass blog NIGGERS!
speakerboxx /Love BElow was way better than than fiddy that year. As far as best new artist I cant say because I dont really listen to Evanscene. As far as this year he shouldnt have got any nods. He dont make sense because the more grammys you win, the more checks that start coming in from major corporate sponsors. Also the more your songs get used in ads or whatever. After reebok and vitamin water, companies realized that fiddy aint marketable. First gunit clothig, the tides are turning against fiddy, and to be honest I dont know how he will recover. No new artist to break, ur gunit crew aint poppin. Things aint looking good for the boy. He is turning into what ever other artist turns into when they have to carry their label independently. Jay, wayne whoever you want to throw in there. In my personal opinion his cds keep getting worse, while peeps like Kanye get better with each cd. when you build a persona as the industy bully, eventually that gets tired, and you have to stand on his own 2 feet. I predict the end of gunit coming in 2009.
He has a lot of accomplishments, but as far as music, it has not developed too much, i wouldnt compare fifty and kanye musically, he prolly makes more money but as far as music, kanye is way more creative and grammy material, his music develops more than 50
if no one cared y would u read and comment???
50 has a point but unless he bitchs and moan like Gayne I mean’t Kanye he won’t win shit Sad but true. The Grammy are mostly won by white people or black people who are more accepted by white people like Kayne is.
IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF HOW HE WAS RAISED!!!! WTF???? its because of the man he is today, he needs to take a look at himself for real. He didnt get nominated cause he too old yo act like a thug, and his music sucks ass.
His content is to aggressive to win a grammy. They don’t want a nigga like that shinning no more. He did get robbed for a few years so he don’t expect shit no more.
50 isn’t so mainstream to win a grammy but he does have a point in his talk
50’s just havnt been good enof…his last two albums have been awful…and hes beginning to sound lik a broken record wit all these excuses…
1. B wrote on February 11th, 2008 at 11:22 am
He does have a point
but no one cares50 needs to grow up that nigga always complaining about something, when MTV had Lil wayne as the best rapper, here go 50 bitching to get his own segment to cry. Fuck 50, he just mad cause Kanye is more mainstream.
I DIDNT KNOW HE MADE THE REMIX TO “CRY ME A RIVER” U LOST NOW RETIRE
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I GUESS MONEY CANT BY U HAPPYNESS…HE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT HIS MONEY BUT THE ONLY TIME HE TALKING ABOUT IT IS WHEN HE COMPLAINING!!! MESSAGE
Damn, so Kanye does not have to be throwing any tantrums like he does for MTV awards. If Kanye were 50cent probably George Bush would have alot to answer to about not getting a grammy award. LOL!!!
I don’t think he’s overlooked because The grammy’s isn’t about record sales its about the best albums. And if you are into music you know as well as I do that record sales don’t equal the quality of music!! There are plenty of artists overlooked before 50. He is a marketing genius so he will sell!!
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hahhaha.50 has a point 4 get rich or die tryn though it was too gangsta but sides that dnt thnk he’d eva be nominated 4 shit.
sales =/= good album, 50 flops making garbage music and now since he fell off we won’t have to hear it
Oukast sold 10 million. 50 sold like 2.5 mill. ‘Ye had the better album on Late Registration, and sold like 3 mill, Fif fold 2. This year, we know 50’s album wasn’t solid, selling records or not.
Put it like this, if 50 woulda got nominated, then Soulja Boy shoulda got nominated too. And Kanye still woulda won.
you get plaques for record sales not grammys…deal with it…for a filthy rich dude he complains too much for me…what happened to him retiring?
50 always makes sense
@ 20 wtf are u talkin about??the massacre sold over 12mll @ press time and is now over 13
With all the singing 50 does he should be nominated in the same category as Mary J or Keyshia Coles
He always has a point, its just his delivery. People need to give him credit for all he does. He say what people are too scared to say. I RESPECT that man, and I am a female.
33 mil last year damn fif fuck a grammy nobody cares get yo money bwoy gggggggggunit hot fire on the streets again
it’s about quality not quantity (nuff said) somebody tell 50 to shut up and make good music (if he can)PEACE
He has a point. Kayne is more of an asshole that 50 is. You think 50 would walk up on stage..tell other niggas that they can’t drop an album in the same YEAR and expect to win a grammy. You think 50 would tell the Grammy’s that he basically owns the rap album of the year award. You think 50 would bitch about the music coming on after taking a minute to bitch about other shit. NO..THAT WAS ALL DONE BY KAYNE….That dude is so gay and girly. I dont know no nother nigga that bithes as much as he does. He has no class or humility. It WILL come back to bite his ass
The Grammys are overrated anyway. I’d rather have $33 million than a grammy over even 10 grammys
You cats are confusing record sales with good music – 50 may cell records but his music is garbage. Simple as that
50 ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, DUNT EXPECT THE GRAMMYS 2 GIVE AWARDS FOR STREET RAP ALBUMS. HE SHOULD OF WON N 03.
He got robbed for best new artist in 2003 thats it.
Massacre was trash
Fuck 50…. Sore looser
Your music sucks, thats why you never won anyway awards you dumb fuck.
WHITE AMERICA WILL N-E-V-E-R GIVE 50 CENT,AN ARTIST WITH SUCH A HIGH PUBLIC PROFILE,A GRAMMY.WHY?HE EMBODIES THE GANGSTER IMAGE,OR IN OTHER WORDS,THE IMAGE OF HIP HOP.THE VERY SAME IMAGE THAT MAKES WHITE PEOPLE LOCK THEIR DOORS WHEN A BLACK MAN PASSES NEAR THEIR CAR,THE VERY SAME ONE THAT KEEPS BILL O’REILLY AWAKE INTO THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING.
FURTHERMORE,50 CENT IS INFLUENTIAL.THESE E-THUGS SHOUTING “G-UNIT IS TRASSSSH!HIS MUSIC SUUUCKS!WHO WEARS G-UNIT LOLZ?!?”,ARE THE SAME IMBECILES WHO CAN’T FIGURE OUT HOW HE MAKES OVER 30 MILLION EACH YEAR.HIS INFLUENCE EXTENDS TO BOTH AFRICAN AMERICAN AND CAUCASIAN KIDS,AND THIS MY FRIENDS,IS WHY GIVING HIM A GRAMMY PROMOTES THE NATURE OF HIP HOP.
BASICALLY,50 CENT IS TOO ‘HIP HOP’ FOR HIM TO WIN A GRAMMY AWARD,HE TRIED TO RESHAPE HIS GANGSTER IMAGE WITH EFFORTS SUCH AS ‘AYO TECHNOLOGY’ AND ‘FOLLOW MY LEAD’,BUT SONGS SUCH AS ‘I’LL STILL KILL’ AND ‘I GET MONEY’ PROVED TO BE YET ANOTHER SETBACK IN HIS EVOLUTION AS AN ARTIST.
Fuck 50, he mad cause Kanye stays busy and loved. Sour ass hating coon ass nigger
Milli Vanilli has a grammy. I wouldn’t sweat not having one. Kanye did deserve his, though.
well first of all the grammys isn’t based on album sales it’s based on who the grammy association feels had the better album which obviously wasn’t him….
Ahijah and t-cup lol co-sign kg u a cake are u serious this monkey needs to sit down his music is played out and weck are u fuckin kiddin me his last time albums were weck the both jus spin offs to get rich or die tyin which was the only good album he had the next 2 ablums he did he has nothin to talk bout same ass shit bullshit he talks bout is he supposed to fuckin retire already kanye smashed his ass on the charts and 10 times better album and wens he loses he has the rite to bitch cuz is s goddamn shame why others would win
yea 50 is right! the only thing he is gettin is a lifetime achievement award! if hes lucky, but in the mean time hes still on of the richest and on his way to be the most wealthiest hip hop entertainers ever!!
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I wish he stop his bitching and moaning and shut his mouth….oh by the way tell 50 his white new teeth looks too big for his mouth so he might not want to talk as much this year….and also tell him that I still think of him as a bugs monkey…now sit yo azz down you hands down your album was garbage and that Kanye made a better album nutbag.
50 doesn’t have a point in this. And realtalkny you are an idiot for trying to defend him based on numbers when the Grammys don’t base there decision soely based on numbers for ANYBODY. They didn’t do it before 50, they aren’t doing it during 50, and they won’t do it after 50, thats just the way it is. The category is “Best rap album” not “biggest selling rap album”.
i think this issue has more to do with sending a message that music about dealin nd shootouts is not acceptable to the grammy ppl, i think 50 is past his prime in rappin but i think that he can still fill a diddy or eminem role as executive/producer
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ay 15 n 35. shut da fuck up he won awards b4 but who cares about da grammys
He has the world sellin best artist and BET Hustler of the year y u need a grammy he not crying he just tellin us y should cry about a grammy
whatever
I agree that he should have won best new artist…
but in the end it’s not about how much you sell…it’s about how good your album is.
who cares about the Grammy’s????
and yeah 50 does have a point!
50 should’ve won for best new artist but thats bout it, the other albums that he lost to were better than his BUT he should’ve won ‘best new artist’ by far
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co-sign. Gangsta rap will never win a grammy yall niggas trippin. Its only dudes like Kanye that wins. HOW THE FUCK DID T.I.s album get nominated when that albums was garbage and didnt get good reviews and all that? Grammys, BET Awards, MTV Awards = Fake shit.
OLA wrote on February 11th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
50 should’ve won for best new artist but thats bout it, the other albums that he lost to were better than his BUT he should’ve won ‘best new artist’ by far
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Totally agree. On all his albums everysong talks about the same thing Money Guns Hoes…Notice that most of the rap albums that won touch on more than that..wen fifty learns to think outside the box thats wen he will get recognize…And for that middle america line he said eminem is from the same place and won so think about it cuz it aint about the color of ur skin
yea at the very least 50 should have won best new artist over Evanescence.
FIF HAD SUM HITS BACK IN THE DAY.. BUT THAT NIGGA RUN IS ALMOST UP. THE LAST TWO ALBUMS WAS DOOKIE AND GUNIT IS FALLIN OFF!!
50 has a point, how the hell can you give a drug addict 5 grammys for singing about not going to rehab and not give 50 his props for telling his story. AND I AM NOT A 50 FAN!
Just speaking the truth. Like Chuck D said
“who gives a f*ck about a gawd damn grammy”
^^^^^^^^ because 50 put out a wack ass album and she didnt. if 50 put out a classic album then im sure he would have gotten some votes. can any of you honestly say that Curtis is award worthy?
^^^^^^Even If 50’s album was wack to you it was better than Kanye LMAO at Kayne winning best rap album of the year haha more like best pop album
damn 50 actually might have a point there…even though i ain’t really a big 50 fan, cant believe it. He actually might be on to something.
and Ahijah, that is ur opinion, you didnt really make a point either. Grammy’s arent for everyone. what i dont get is how these cats say, “fuck the grammys” and then bitch when they dont get one.
he mad fuck him
get rich or die trying a classic and he did get robbed that year. but as far as developing his style and furthering his material, kanye got him beat. both kanye and 50 are on top of the rap game, but kanye comes with some different shit each album. 50 shit a lil formulaic and he hasn’t really switched up between this album and his last shit
WHY PPL R SO STUPID ,I SWEAR, I DONT UNDERSTAND. AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS ENGLISH? WELL IM A BREAK IT DOWN FOR Y’ALL SLOW LEARNERS , IT WAS ASKED A QUESTION TO 50 CENT, AND THAT WAS THE ANSWER HE GAVE(IS NOT LIKE HE TOLD THE REPORT TO ASK HIM THAT) AND HE SAID THAT HE CARE LESS FOR GRAMMY’S REASON WHY( GO READ THE ARTICLE AGAIN CAUSE I AINT GO TIME TO TYPE THAT SHIT OVER AGAIN), AND PPL R TRYIN TO SAY THAT HE IS COMPLAIN OR BITCHIN , BUT U R THE SAME PPL WHO SAY THAT 50 SHIT IS POP THAT’S WHY HE IS BLA BLA BLA , AND KANYE WEST WHICH IS MORE THAN POP IT’S MAYBE SUPER POP, U GUYS CALL IT HIP HOP (RAP) AND THEN I START THINKIN, DO U GUYS REALLY THINK BEFORE YOU TYPE OR U JUST FEEL LIKE TYPIN SOME SHIT ON THE NET SO U CAN H8 ON ANOTHER BROTHER OR NIGGER (FOR THE WHITE KIDS), U GUYS R REALLY SAD, THAT IS WHY Y’LL AINT GONNA BE SUCESSFUL IN LIFE, CAUSE U DO REALLY NEED A LIFE IN ORDER TO BE SUCESSFUL, AND IT SEEMS LIKE Y’LL AINT GOT ONE !
This nigga never stops whining
Is that even a real question? This dude is straight up garbage. His shit ain’t been hot since Get Rich or Die Trying, which was dope, but wasn’t anywhere near as creative or special as Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.
He loses to ‘Ye everytime, not because “they” don’t like him, but because his shit is straight ass compared to full fledged orchestras like on Late Registration.
In the words of Lil Jon’ stop bitching and STEP YO GAME UP!!
Peace and Love
Tell em 50. Get $,4get a Grammy.
get the fuck outta here 50
first of all, your wack queens music could not compete wit speakerboxx/love below- they are creative your not period
people from the same background as 50 have won grammys and will continue to win grammys. jayz won, snoop dogg won, t.i. was just nominated wasnt he, he bout to go to jail.
and true they dont want they kids to be like you, but thats not white america nigga i dont want my kids to be like you either. nor do i want my kids to be like kanye, he’s arrogant, snobby, big headed, throws tempertantrums, and acts a lil feminine.
the facts are that his music has passion and heart and its real, its creative, its not afraid to be different to be new to be fresh.
he’s real, your not. when kanye makes music people of all colors listen carefully. if u like lyrics, beats, art, creativity.u listen
50 stop cryin go cash your checks, while u still have checks to cash
He needs to stop bitchin how he was raised dont have nothing to do with anything if thats the case why did mary j. blige diana ross win grammy’s clearly raised from the projects somebody needs to stop complaining about everything and realize that hes not a good rapper point blank..i mean soulja boy was even nominated for a grammy
I think 50 should have gotten the best new artist awards in 2003. But, that’s the Grammies. 50 ujst needs to step his game ujp immediately because if he don’t it may be over for him & G-Unit. He just needs to be more consistent in putting out better material.
I think 50 should have gotten the best new artist awards in 2003. But, that’s the Grammies. 50 just needs to step his game up immediately because if he don’t it may be over for him & G-Unit. He just needs to be more consistent in putting out better material.
50 is right……….Grammy’s are for SAFE NIGGAS. House niggas like Kanye, Common…etc. Aint nothing ya nerds can say period. How can Kanye and Common win the best rap collabo for a song NOBODY FUCKIN KNOWS. Some boring trash. UGK and Outcast should’ve got that. Shit is a joke.
man the man didnt complain he just said what is true this page is full of 50 haters when some one on top ur just wanna bring him down is all good people
grammys dont mean anything… kanye has more than jay-z ..does that mean he is better? hell no.. grammys are pop awards
50cent music is for streets tho
i doubt the ppl who decide who wins the grammy can 100% feel wut 50cent is rappin about
we are not 50 haters we just stating our opinion
well i’m a 50 hater so i guess i lost that
but how can u make a statement sayin grammy’s go to the safe choice.
lets be honest here…..
who would be safer on stage accepting an award
kanye or 50cent
amy winehouse or 50cent
50 cent is safer than both of those artist, 50 will accept his award and go party.
kanye might say sum flagrant shit u might have to cut the mic (remember president bush doesnt like black people) thats not safe at all
winehouse might collapse or go into withdrawls during her performance thats not safe
nobody wants they kids to be femine and arrogant like kanye (i’m a fan of ye) and nobody wants they kids to be a crack head like winehouse.
so your argument is completely flawed, when u was new you was hot,u deserved an award but now your old and need to be replaced just like a side bitch
Vegas NYC you stupid you say you didn’t have time to read the article but you had enough time to put the long comment down. You just hate that you know that 50 Cent is the most talked about rapper in the game.
Curtis wasnt a good album not good enough to even be considered for a grammy. his best album was get rich or die trying and he got nominated but his album still wasnt better than the double cd from outkast they sold diamond off of that album if he wants to talk about record sales. if it was because of where he came from he wouldnt have even been nominated. Jayz wouldnt have any Grammys since they are coming from the same place and no rapper from the “hood” would have a grammy. that argument doesnt make any sense the real reason hes not getting ne credit is because when you think of 50 you think of an image not a lyrical artist. hes not top 5 alive or even top 10. “I’ll let you lick the lollipop” arent great lyrics… Step ya rap game up
in myopinion, Grammy’s are for ARTISTS. he can say safe niggas all he wants but thats not always the case. they are given to people that make real music. i mean MUSIC. but everyone will side with 50, so oh well. he doesnt even CREATE, he makes tracks and sells them, he sells BEEF. and as far as amywinehouse goes,im sure there are more people that abuse drugs alcohol, etc than people that proclaim tobe killa’s. i guarantee that. but above all, THE NIGGA CANNOT MAKE GOOD MUSIC!!! I know thug ass niggas that liked Ye’s shit better.
fuck all u lame commenting rubish,50 should at least be nominated he still d most talked about artist and we need 50,if 50 retires rap retires.u punks
50 Was Robbed In ‘03. It was a fucking tradegy..at that point in time he was the hottest thing on the fucking planet. Now that he’s not now, what makes anyone think the Grammy’s will award him now.
Congrats to Kanye since he adores those metal statues so much but if i was 50, i wouldn’t give a fuck about it. Stay just how you are, you can’t feed your family with a Grammy.
grammys dont mean anything… kanye has more than jay-z ..does that mean he is better? hell no.. grammys are pop awards.
And i dont knw y people on here are acting like real rappers win grammys… when has any hood rappers won grammys? jada, style, beanie, 50, mobb deep, fab, and the list goes on.. the rappers first who first started to win grammys were the em’s, nellys, the commercial rappers..jay-z has won grammys but he has been out for 15yrs, and kanye has been out for 5yrs , and kanye has more than jay-z.. what does that tell u about grammys.. they dont mean shit…
alalal..wow dat was sad…idc tho…lol….he trash.kanye is 10 times better den him..
50 cent has to be just about the dumbest nigga i didnt win a grammy because of where i come from the projects kanye won hes from the hood the block 50 just mad because kanye beat him if u look at the quality of 50 vs. kanye work kanye is well rounded honestly what has 50 cent done to win a grammy look at black award shows real talented rappers like mos def, common,and talib kweli never win awards what do the hood and the block have 2 say about that i do think that alot of talented blacks are over looked at award shows like the grammys but their overlooked at their own award shows as well
i get money money i got i get it lol
I aint tha biggest 50 fan by no means but “I get Money” in my opinion was tha hottest song that came out last year(the rest of tha album was trash tho).He sounds like he cryin’ bout it. So u didn’t win shit…. Get ova it
why does everyone hate on 50 is he too gangsta to violent what ya mommy won’t let you little bitch asses listen to him if you listen to the get rich or die tryin soundtrack he is lyrically dope so listen don’t just assume listen