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Fiddy talks about Jay, collaborates with Robbie
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 22 January 2009
50 Cent has spoken to the New York Daily News about the influence Jam Master Jay had on his career. He was talking about the late producer because he’s planning on releasing a film about the Run-DMC man via his new film production company Cheetah Vision.
Fiddy says of Jay: “He’s the first person I went into the studio with, with the intention of producing a song for an album which was never released because Jay’s touring schedule was so hectic he wasn’t able to focus on it”.
Despite the fact that album never saw the light of day, Jay’s advice proved vital for Fiddy: “I learned to market myself, like Jay had done. A lot of the major labels and companies were ignoring me because they were only looking at my street life. It makes me rub it in now. Right in their faces. I want to go into their offices and say, ‘I remember you. Didn’t they fire you yet?'”
Elsewhere in Fiddy news, there are reports that a collaboration with Robbie Williams will feature on the hip hopper’s upcoming new album ‘Before I Self Destruct’, despite the fact that the pair had something of a falling out back in 2005.
You may remember, because I think we reported on it, that the artists clashed when they were both staying at a hotel in Germany at the same time. Williams said Fiddy was pissed off the he was greeted with chants of “Robbie, Robbie” on his arrival at the hotel.
Elsewhere, it was reported Williams complained when Fiddy’s G-Unit Crew made a lot of noise at 4am; though Fiddy maintained that Williams complained because he was upset that the rapper had not been able to meet up with him.
Anyway, ‘Before I Self Destruct’ is expected to land in March, and is set to feature a number of collaborations with the likes of Eminem, Dre, Nate Dogg, and Swizz Beatz, and maybe Mr Williams.
