We know who won, What Happened 50? : News

Friday, Feb 1 - Posted By J. R. Fernandez - insidepulse.com

If there's anyone who can talk a big f*cking game, it's Mr. Curtis Jackson. Apparently so proud of his subpar 2007 album, Curtis, 50 challenged Kanye West (whose album was also being released on the same day) to a record sell-off, saying that Kanye West was decidedly inferior to him, even offering to quit his solo career if he was outsold. Just a matters of days later, he reneged on the challenge, stating that it was a joke for Kanye to even think that he was in the same league as 50, and making all of us laugh even harder than before.

After he ended up getting his ass handed to him in said competition, and then subsequently coping with it by picking fights with everyone from actor Frank John Hughes to rapper Lil Wayne, 50 Cent ended up not only looking like a joke, but a complete and utter asshat. But 50 would never actually admit defeat, citing some illogical garbage and saying that he'd actually outsold Kanye in Europe and never actually said he had to outsell him in the United States.

But wait, there was more. Perhaps wanting to get his heat back after getting spanked by Kanye in the duo's record-selling feud, 50 Cent decided to show the world that he's still number one when it comes to spending ridiculously exorbitant amounts of money on things that should otherwise cost very little. He was booked for two separate events in London in September—the Vodafone Live Music Awards and the MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards—and while the six miles between the two locations would cost normal peons like you and me nothing more than the gas money and any applicable tolls, 50 dropped $2 million on transport. Sure, makes sense for a guy who's been known to put on a great show.

After taking the stage at the Vodafone Live Music Awards at Brompton Hall in Earls Court, he somehow managed to utilize three helicopters, several SUVs and a group of men from former Special Forces units in order to get him to the O2 Arena in North Greenwich (a mere six miles away) for an appearance at the MOBO Awards. Asked by British newspaper The Mirror what all of the pomp and circumstance is for, representatives for 50 Cent told reporters that "[h]e is aware that it's extravagant but he wants to get there in good time and chill out before his performance. ... He'll do whatever it takes to get to the MOBOs in ample time."

It was at that p[oint that I declared bullshit, stating that 50 was using this as a bit of a red herring to try and divert attention away from the fact that he looked like an enormous choad after Kanye sold twice as many albums as he did. All of that talk about how "Kanye's not in the same league as me" and "Kanye is small potatoes" and "I look like an Irish Wolfhound" ended up catching up with him, so that was really his only way at the time of showing that he's still worthy of mention. And why exactly would you need ex-Special Forces? In case your ego gets so inflated that it actually floats away and requires reconnaissance? This is something that one would expect from The Ad Hoc Award-Demanding Waste of Skin, but you, 50 Cent... this eradicates any sort of street cred or toughness that you had leftover there from five years ago. You are now officially a bitch, and should from this point on be recognized as such.