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The rumors of inner turmoil at the G-Unit have swirled for quite some time, and now 50 Cent is letting everything be known. His most recent revelation came when he said he's cutting off his crew.
"I told them I wouldn't be assisting them financially anymore," the rapper is quotes as saying in a recent interview with XXL.
According to the hip-hop mogul, his G-Unit Records roster -- which includes Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Mobb Deep and M.O.P. -- have become spoiled and lazy because of his generosity. So to fix the problem, everyone is being cut off.
"Whether I got to give them $500,000 or $300,000 ... Just 'cause they want $300,000 more to make what they [are] doing at the time comfortable. Like, 'yo, I want to get this new place over here,' " 50 explained.
The magazine reports that 50 spent $8.5 million of his own money to take a lot of the rappers on his most recent tour, so that they could bring their entourages -- and so that everyone could travel, as he says, "comfortably."
That's all changing now, he says, and he actually had a meeting to bring his crew up to speed. Those in the meeting included Mobb Deep, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Olivia, and Sha Money XL, while Laze was there for M.O.P. and Spider Loc was on the phone.
"I broke it down," he recalls. "I told them I wouldn't be assisting them financially anymore. Pretty much I was telling them I wouldn't be there. [In the past] they'd make a lot of money and spend a lot of money and have me there to fix it.
"I looked around the room, and I was the only person with G-Unit sneakers on. But they were being paid," he added. "It had become the norm for the check to come, but they were no longer wearing the clothes."
Although 50 continues to rake in the dough -- with several roles in upcoming films, clothing and sneaker lines and an estimated $100 million from his stake in the recently sold Glaceau, who owns Vitamin Water -- its clear now that his team will have to make moves on their own without the financial assistance that had in the past.
Where this leaves the G-Unit family? Time will tell.
Source: ballerstatus.net
"I told them I wouldn't be assisting them financially anymore," the rapper is quotes as saying in a recent interview with XXL.
According to the hip-hop mogul, his G-Unit Records roster -- which includes Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Mobb Deep and M.O.P. -- have become spoiled and lazy because of his generosity. So to fix the problem, everyone is being cut off.
"Whether I got to give them $500,000 or $300,000 ... Just 'cause they want $300,000 more to make what they [are] doing at the time comfortable. Like, 'yo, I want to get this new place over here,' " 50 explained.
The magazine reports that 50 spent $8.5 million of his own money to take a lot of the rappers on his most recent tour, so that they could bring their entourages -- and so that everyone could travel, as he says, "comfortably."
That's all changing now, he says, and he actually had a meeting to bring his crew up to speed. Those in the meeting included Mobb Deep, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Olivia, and Sha Money XL, while Laze was there for M.O.P. and Spider Loc was on the phone.
"I broke it down," he recalls. "I told them I wouldn't be assisting them financially anymore. Pretty much I was telling them I wouldn't be there. [In the past] they'd make a lot of money and spend a lot of money and have me there to fix it.
"I looked around the room, and I was the only person with G-Unit sneakers on. But they were being paid," he added. "It had become the norm for the check to come, but they were no longer wearing the clothes."
Although 50 continues to rake in the dough -- with several roles in upcoming films, clothing and sneaker lines and an estimated $100 million from his stake in the recently sold Glaceau, who owns Vitamin Water -- its clear now that his team will have to make moves on their own without the financial assistance that had in the past.
Where this leaves the G-Unit family? Time will tell.
Source: ballerstatus.net