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50 Cent Says Future Is ‘Way Bigger’ In The Streets Than JAY-Z.
American artist Curtis James Jackson III, known professionally as 50 Cent, believes Future is currently a more prominent artist than Jay Z.
The hip-hop mogul was asked if he agreed that Future is “bigger in the streets” than JAY-Z during his interview with MSNBC’s Ari Melber.
“Future said in the streets he’s bigger than Hov,” Melber said while discussing what makes an artist relevant in hip-hop.
“Yeah, he is, way bigger,” 50 responded before making a case for Future’s catalog. “There’s consistent music from him that didn’t chart that [are] huge records that people love and appreciate that.”
While Future may be big in the streets, 50 stated he has less chart-topping hits. “Future’s gonna have to be No. 1 internally because those records didn’t chart,” he said. “Later in his career, they’re not gonna look at the stats and say, we should pay you this kind of money because of records that were great on the street.”
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Future reiterated 50’s remarks in December 2021 when he claimed, “On the streets, I’m greater than jigga.” Fans reacted differently to his tweet.
In the streets im bigger then jigga. Ima run me a B up easy.
— FUTURE/FREEBANDZ (@1future) December 18, 2021
Melber also asked 50 Cent whether he agreed that JAY-Z, Kendrick Lamar, and Nas were the top 3 rappers. He said: “They’re still good artists, but not of all time.”
He also didn’t agree that JAY-Z would be No. 2 after him. “Probably not. It depends on the time period. To me, how do you not look at the No. 1 selling artist?” he said, suggesting that Eminem should be in the top 3 because he’s “sold like 90 million records.”