50 Cent: "I'm Not Tupac"

The comparison was obvious, but the rapper from Queens pushes back against it. As AllHipHop reported on December 6, 2002, 50 Cent was often compared to Tupac because he had survived nine shots. Tupac had also survived shots; according to AllHipHop, he had been hit five times (the 1994 shooting). In an interview with Don Diva magazine, 50 Cent said he was completely different from his predecessor.

“In his heart”

Tupac was “cool” as a rapper and had wanted to change many things “in his heart”. He himself, on the other hand, only cared about his own child, not about the children of others. In the event of an early death, he had made provisions: instead of expensive cars, he paid for life insurance. His mother had died when he was eight, his son was now five.

Perpetrators Never Found

In May 2000, 50 Cent was shot in the face, hand, and legs while sitting in a car in Queens. The perpetrators were never found. An act of revenge was suspected because of his song “How to Rob”, in which he described robbing well-known rappers. He always carried a weapon and watched out for unfamiliar faces, he said. According to AllHipHop, his 1999 debut album Power of the Dollar suffered from weak promotion, bootlegs, and trouble in the industry.