Hold onto your headphones, because Eminem’s latest album, "The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)", has officially dropped and the internet is buzzing. None other than 50 Cent—aka Curtis Jackson—took to social media on Monday to shower his mentor with praise. And it’s no small feat: the album racked up over 100 million streams in just two days. Talk about starting a fire!
50 Cent didn’t mince words: "Yo [Eminem], s-t is crazy. It takes me a while to understand the details of this one." If 50 Cent needs time to process it, you know it's got layers.
The bromance between Eminem and 50 Cent goes way back to 2002 when Em was riding high off the success of "The Eminem Show". He saw something special in 50 and signed him, giving the world the anthemic "In Da Club" and the iconic album "Get Rich Or Die Tryin'". Since then, their collaborations have been the stuff of legend.
Reflecting on their relationship in a Billboard cover story last year, 50 Cent shared how their dynamic has evolved. “Em’s not going to say the s–t the way I say it because it just is what it is,” he recalled. “There’s his humble nature — he’d call me and ask to do him a favor and rap with him on a song. Like, ‘You know I’m on your label, right? Yeah, whatever you need me to do.’ He would always ask me, ‘Could you do me a favor? I always thought it would be dope if we did this together.’ I’m like, ‘All right.’”
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