More Proof That 50 Cent’s “Sudden Weight Loss” Was a PR Stunt

Sandra Rose June 2, 2010

Rapper 50 Cent will never be considered a serious actor. His recent sudden weight loss for a movie role was nothing but a bullsh*t PR stunt. His entire career is a PR stunt, which is why it’s failing now. 50 Cent’s latest stunt got us all talking because the fake, Photoshopped pics looked so dramatic. He wants us to believe he gained all that weight back in a matter of days. Those of you who remember how thin the rapper Cam’Ron was years ago, will recall that it took him months to return to his normal weight.

http://myspace.com/necee518 yvonne79

He’s so sexy to me! Yeah, I said it!
http://myspace.com/amax79 AKAtastrophy1908

Actually Sandra, PR stunt or not, 50 is a pretty good actor and he gets great roles among A listers. His movies are anything but “State Property” or “Waist Deep” or any other movies typical to rappers. You can hate 50 all you want but his hustle is flawless and he is gonna make some moves in film as he already has.

“He gets money. Money he gets.”

That is all.
http://twitter.com/mrs_truth ms.truth

he should’ve lost some of those teeth.
mirsmommy

ms.truth says:

he should’ve lost some of those teeth.
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mirsmommy

@ 50.

Make a video tellin the world who burned the house down.
Man, I just don’t care™

Acting Talent:
50 Cent > Jay Z (I know Jay isn’t tryin to act, but still)

Rapping Talent:
50 Cent > Jay Z

Business Skills:
50 Cent > Jay Z

**Just saying**
Tink Tink

at Ms.Truth’s gravatar
Tink Tink

@ Man…..you get TWO THUMBS DOWN for that one…fiddy a better rapper than J, you must be joking.
Al-Ameera

50 is doin it well. I have nothing bad to say about him!
http://nwmasssmedia.com NichelleWalker/nwmasssmedia.com

I like 50 Cent he’s A Ok with me… I would to him Umm Hmm
http://oneperfectassistant.com ggouch

I actually like 50. He is def a triple threat: acting, music and business.
Man, I just don’t care™

@TINK TINK
“you get TWO THUMBS DOWN for that one…fiddy a better rapper than J, you must be joking.”
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Nope. Jay is a result of Kanye West producing talent (and half the time rapping talent) and also constantly rapping about New York so they will continously by his new garbage.

He is one of the most overrated figures in any profession of all time.
http://www.ashland86.com TheRealAshland

I am tired of seeing rappers getting movie roles, leave the acting to the actors,….
http://twitter.com/Ms_Missy2791 missy

If it is a a publicity stunt why give him the PR … w/e…
http://facebook.com/renz.renegadesince1985 renegadesince1985

@Man

I agree that Jay is severely overrated nowadays…but…50 a better rapper than Jay?

I don’t listen to anything past the Black Album…it’s all garbage after that to me.
chase

50 over Jay Z rapping????

Lawd have mercy… Kanye was not always by Jay Z side…. Reasonable Doubt? Where was Kanye then?

Jay wins over 50 hands down in the rap game, shoot a sane 50 would tell you the same…
http://charactercorner.blogspot.com attorneymom

@Sandra writes, “His entire career is a PR stunt.”

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You better preach!!!
Man, I just don’t care™

@RENEGADE
“I agree that Jay is severely overrated nowadays…but…50 a better rapper than Jay?

I don’t listen to anything past the Black Album…it’s all garbage after that to me.”
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Yup. 50 is a better rapper. Not that it is saying much because the majority of rappers out there today are superior to Jay:
Lil Wayne, Kanye, T.I., Eminem, Soulja Boy, Nas, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj

The list goes on and on.

BUT, 50 has shown when he has a strong producer on his chit it is slightly above average.
meanNsurly

Ms. Truth….please go to the kona right along with Missy for that damn gravitar! I’m so done…..lmao
http://charactercorner.blogspot.com attorneymom

Damn, I hate to write this but….. I agree with TheRealAshland’s comment #13.
jsquare

@Man – Kanye West wasn’t even around when Jay Z first came out with Reasonable Doubt. Or even back in his “Originator” days. I’m not even gonna go into comparing 50 and Jay Z as rappers, well maybe a little: compare “Hard Knock Life” to “In da Club”. IMO, Jay Z is much better. Business wise, how is 50 better than Jay? Rocawear clothing is soooo much bigger and made way more money than G Unit did.
brucebaner1

@ chase – even an INSANE 50 will tell you the same
Tink Tink

@Sandra: His entire career is a PR stunt….
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….that has earned hundred$ of million$ of dollar$
http://facebook.com/Im2thick4u 2thick4u

Releasing those pictures were a PR Stunt and u are feeding into the frenzy!!!

Go back to your earlier posting regarding Curtis weight loss, read it and read it again. You just like the rest of us respected his hustle for acting. You gotta give it to him…he is a marketing genuis!!

Why not show the world you lost weight for a movie the will be released later this year? Don’t the Player, hate the Game that he is perfecting !!
Man, I just don’t care™

@J SQUARE
“Kanye West wasn’t even around when Jay Z first came out with Reasonable Doubt. Or even back in his “Originator” days. I’m not even gonna go into comparing 50 and Jay Z as rappers, well maybe a little: compare “Hard Knock Life” to “In da Club”. IMO, Jay Z is much better. Business wise, how is 50 better than Jay? Rocawear clothing is soooo much bigger and made way more money than G Unit did.”
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Yeah, Kanye wasn’t around when Jay-Z first came out and that’s why he wasn’t even mentioned with the great rappers of the day (‘Pac, Big, Cube, Dre, Snoop). There’s a REASON he started working with Kanye, because he knew himself his chit was straight garbage. I’ll give him credit for that.

Don’t even get started on Jay the “business man.” Damon Dash made ALL the business decisions. You don’t think Roc-a-wear was a Jay Z idea do you? LOL. I’ll give credit to 50 because G-Unit brand was HIS idea and HE got in there. Damon Dash used his wife’s connections.

50 has done ALL of his deals himself. From acting, to rapping, to the clothing line to vitamin water deal. And Jay Z got at least 10 years in the business over 50 and ain’t did chit.
http://twitter.com/mrs_truth ms.truth

Man, I just don’t care™ says:

50 has done ALL of his deals himself. From acting, to rapping, to the clothing line to vitamin water deal. And Jay Z got at least 10 years in the business over 50 and ain’t did chit.

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devil’s advocate here….you really think these rappers are making all of these deals themselves?? same dudes that have no college education and probably didn’t even care about their studies in high school? just curious to know your thinking.
Nupe4Life

Folks – I am going to get the truth for y’all. He was filming in Grand Rapids, MI (where I reside). My frat brother was actually in the movie. I have an e mail into him right now to find out if dude lost the weight or not!! Shout to my NuPe Big Greg … I’ll hit y’all back!
Man, I just don’t care™

@MS. TRUTH
“50 has done ALL of his deals himself. From acting, to rapping, to the clothing line to vitamin water deal. And Jay Z got at least 10 years in the business over 50 and ain’t did chit.

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devil’s advocate here….you really think these rappers are making all of these deals themselves?? same dudes that have no college education and probably didn’t even care about their studies in high school? just curious to know your thinking.”
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“Themselves” as in “they” (meaning the rappers) are the primary person behind the deal. I’m sure there were multiple people involved and the celebrities had the assistance of those with experience and specific knowledge/job skills.

The point is 50 hustled these things up (I’ll let you decide to what degree he did this) as opposed to living off the brain of someone else (as Jay did with Damon Dash).
Mayborn
http://myspace.com/necee518 yvonne79

I agree with Mayborn…
Lady_L

50 is a good, actor, and business man, I also like him as a rapper so hate on haters!! he keeps going straight to the bank!
http://twitter.com/Ms_Missy2791 missy

@mean-whats wrong with my gravi- “His lip gloss is poppin”
Mayborn

Ladies, who would you rather :hump:, Jay Z or 50cent? The Camel or the Bugzy?
M_promp2

OMG, SMMFH. Mario Van Peoples is directing it. I would be embarrassed by some of the stuff you write. Gawd!! The wagon ppl are riding is old and decrepit and is about to crumble.
Cinderella

50 cent needed to succeed in business cuz his rap career wasn’t gonna last. Most of his success is because of diss records/fake rap beef. Everytime he releases an album, he starts mess with other rappers:

Get Rich or Die trying: Ja Rule and Murda Inc…
The Massacre: Ja Rule, Fat Joe, Nas, Jadakiss(who’s a better than 50)
Curtis: See above, he slightly dissed Kanye West
Before I Self-Destruct: See above ,Rick Ross,
http://twitter.com/mrs_truth ms.truth

did some people leave while I was gone?????

Flo, OTB, Brown, Krysi, where ya at chicas?
http://twitter.com/mrs_truth ms.truth

speak, where ya at too??
http://twitter.com/mrs_truth ms.truth

MKM, you too!!
mirsmommy

Mayborn says:

Ladies, who would you rather , Jay Z or 50cent? The Camel or the Bugzy?
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Ewwwww. I choose celibacy.
MissGauzzz

@Mayborn… if i just HAD to choose it would be 50…
chase

From what I hear Rachel used Dam to get where she got… I know a few people that have been w/ Dam and Jay from the beginning and you’d be surprised to know what was/is really going on…

If it was not for dudes like Jay and Puff, 50 would not be where he is today.. He used what they did and ran w/ it, he is good at what he does but better than Jay? Not in this lifetime trying to ruin others to get on top is a punk move that he did and it only worked once (Ja Rule), where is his rap career now…

@ Mayborn NEITHER..
Shauny

Mans comparisions and statements in here are so funny that I can’t/wont even respond. Pure hilarity.

@Mayborn – I heard Jay was packin so if I HAD to choose it’d be him. Having a nice body doesn’t do anything for me if you roided your johnson away.
http://twitter.com/eastpointvet eastpointvet

50 a better rapper than jay? i had my laugh of the day 50 only has one good album its not even a halfway comparison. 50 deals are a result of his violater management and chris lighty that vitamin water deal was brokered through him. 50 cent is an employee of shady aftermath. 50 is a good businessman but a blueprint was laid before him. its not hard to start a gunit clothing line when u had rocawear and sean john as a blueprint on how to do it. only thing is people actually wanted to wear rockawear and sean john as the average person wouldnt be caught dead wearing gunit clothing. you can hate on jay all you want but when you add the numbers up he gonna always come out on top. oh and FYI jay biggest selling album to date was vol 2 which had no kanye production on it whatsoever.
Man, I just don’t care™

@CHASE
“From what I hear Rachel used Dam to get where she got… I know a few people that have been w/ Dam and Jay from the beginning and you’d be surprised to know what was/is really going on…

If it was not for dudes like Jay and Puff, 50 would not be where he is today.. He used what they did and ran w/ it, he is good at what he does but better than Jay? Not in this lifetime trying to ruin others to get on top is a punk move that he did and it only worked once (Ja Rule), where is his rap career now…”
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Well if Rachel used Dame to get where she is then his business chops must be real. At any rate, there isn’t a single business move that can solely be attributed to Jay Z. HE even admits his signing of Kanye was out of business move forced by Kanye himself. Jay Z might have a lot of people fooled but I’m not buying it.

I agree, Puff, Jermaine Dupri and Suge Knight (the only difference with 50 and Suge is that Suge doesn’t rap) paved the way for 50. Just like Russel Simmons paved the way for them and Barry Gordy for Russel Simmons. That’s how business works. Trying to “ruin” the careers of others is rapping 101. That’s how it’s always been.

I stand by with the fact that give 50 equal talent at producing and he would kill Jay Z.
Shauny

Correction….DAME pushed for the Roc to sign Kanye #teamDame

50 is Ja Rule remixed #epicfail
Man, I just don’t care™

@EAST POINT VET
“50 a better rapper than jay? i had my laugh of the day 50 only has one good album its not even a halfway comparison. 50 deals are a result of his violater management and chris lighty that vitamin water deal was brokered through him. 50 cent is an employee of shady aftermath. 50 is a good businessman but a blueprint was laid before him. its not hard to start a gunit clothing line when u had rocawear and sean john as a blueprint on how to do it. only thing is people actually wanted to wear rockawear and sean john as the average person wouldnt be caught dead wearing gunit clothing. you can hate on jay all you want but when you add the numbers up he gonna always come out on top. oh and FYI jay biggest selling album to date was vol 2 which had no kanye production on it whatsoever.”
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Yup, 50’s best album to date was produced by Dr. Dre. SURPRISING….not. It was a classic too. Give 50 some decent tracks and producers and Jay Z doesn’t even want to be on the same track because he knows he can’t compare.

Yeah, Jay’s biggest selling album might have been before Kanye, but that was also before internet downloading became as popular as it has. The only reason he has remained relevant and contiuned to be a good seller (by today’s standards) are because of Kanye and his “representation” of Nu Yawk. That’s IT.
Nupe4Life

Ladies and Gents, my frat brother confirmed that 50 did lose a ton of weight. He said when he saw him on the set he did not look like himself at all. So for verification purposes the film was shot in Grand Rapids, MI last month. 50 likes shooting in Grand Rapids because people don’t bother him here (Black folks are not as plentiful in Grand Rapids as they are elsewhere). When he is here he works out at the East Hills Athletic Club … so Sandra he’s not a fraud!
http://twitter.com/eastpointvet eastpointvet

lol 50 has worked with the best producers on all of his albums from dr dre to timberland, scott storch, everybody even had some kanye tracks that he didnt like beat selection has to do with the artist if you pick wack beats then thats on you. kanye was nobody when blueprint came out. kanye doesnt even produce the bulk of jays music on any album but Blueprint 1. jay got better hits with just blaze. and last i checked its plenty rappers that rep new york that aint selling. you keep throwing kanye out there and he hasnt even dropped any kanye produced tracks as singles in forever. and jay and 50 got 2 tracks together the i get money remix which jay murdered 50 on and the sprite commercial they did which jay murdered him on also
http://twitter.com/Ms_Missy2791 missy

The Kanye and Fif beef was pure publicity they were both in on it…They both made money….

And Fif has a G.E.D and sounds more educated than 99% of these rappers and not having a diploma doesn’t make you dumb/fool there are plenty of dudes walking around with degrees and are still stupid as rocks…

You can hate fif as an artists but you can’t hate his hustle he did it 6-8 years the rest of these other rappers did it in like 10-15 yrs….YEAH YOU CAN”T HATE HIS HUSTLE….
artistman999

Come on 50 a better rapper than Jay, insert pause– Seriously….Even when Jay was rapping fast he was a better rapper. Both of them have a huslte and do we really believe 50 did all his deals by himself..Nope somebody was in his ear just like somebody is in Jay ear on deals.
Shauny

Another correction Reasonable Doubt is NOT Jays biggest selling album. Some of Jays best songs are NOT Kanye produced…although Ye puts FIYAH on the songs he does produce.

@east Kanye was doing his thang when Blueprint came out.

Also…does that make Kanye a better producer than Dr Dre

@missy say what you want but 50 still is NO JAY. And the 50 sounded more educated than 99% isn’t saying much. What he says in interviews is what made me STOP liking him pretty early in his career. Pure ignorance.
Man, I just don’t care™

@ARTIST MAN
“Come on 50 a better rapper than Jay, insert pause– Seriously….Even when Jay was rapping fast he was a better rapper. Both of them have a huslte and do we really believe 50 did all his deals by himself..Nope somebody was in his ear just like somebody is in Jay ear on deals.”
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Why are people acting all “shocked” and surprised? 50, Ja Rule, and a whole slew of “whack azz” rappers slay lame azz Jay Z! It’s not even close.

Nobody does business alone, but who is 50 riding on like Jay RODE on Dash? Um… NO ONE. Jay better be glad he stole out on the Roc-a-wear deal because he ain’t made one good business move since. Nor will he, BECAUSE HE’S NOT A GOOD BUSINESS MAN!
http://twitter.com/eastpointvet eastpointvet

lol yeah thats why jay on top of the game and 50 last album didnt go gold and ja thats not even worth typing about. yeah you cant be that great in business when you on top of forbes list every year nooooo that cant be good business lol
Man, I just don’t care™

@EAST POINT
“lol yeah thats why jay on top of the game and 50 last album didnt go gold and ja thats not even worth typing about. yeah you cant be that great in business when you on top of forbes list every year nooooo that cant be good business lol”
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What game is Jay on top of? It ain’t the rap game, that’s for sure. 50 is about his paper, not record sales. That’s why he’s trying to get into this acting thing real serious. ~~Mr. Beyonce Knowles~~ **ahem** Jay Z keeps on “retiring” hoping that will increase sales because that’s his ONLY avenue of income, which is fastly dwindling. I’ll let you see though. Give it a few years. 2 years maximum.

Jay ain’t been on no “Forbes List” of nothing “every year!”
http://twitter.com/eastpointvet eastpointvet

how about u actually look up forbes list jay was number one in 06,07, number #2 in 08 because of 50 vitamin water deal, and back number #1 in 09 so when you get off the floor laughing you can read some facts. i guess his stake in the nets, share of rocawear, ownership in armand de brignac, owner of several restaurants, real estate ventures, stake in carols daughter, brand management, record label, budwiser dont count as income.
cocoa49

i felt the same way about the weight gain until i read that he started eating again on May 1st. He is probably taking lots of protein shakes, eating high calorie foods and working out. i can believe he put the weight back in within a month. i have a male relative who had slimmed down and decided to bulk back up and with in a month he was huge again. So i just have to go with his word on this. the man gets to much hate as it is. Oh and how did ugly a$$ Jay Z get into this topic lol
http://twitter.com/Ms_Missy2791 missy

@Shauny – I don’t take what Fif. says seriously (well most of the stuff he says) I feel he does it as a business ploy…He knows what he is doing…I don’t like everything Fif says but I still think he is a cool dude…
winenroses

So what if it was a PR stunt. That’s what people do to generate interest

in what they’re trying to sell to the public. That’s why we have Ad

agencies; why we see commercials on t.v. If you’ve made a movie you want

the general public to know about you’d be a fool not to promote your

project in one form or another. It’s not like he parachuted onto Time

Square. And even that would be a form of advertising. Again, so what?