50 Cent shares “wild” first meeting with Eminem
nme.com50 Cent has opened up about his “wild” time meeting Eminem for the first time.While appearing as a guest on the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast, the ‘Many Men’ rapper – real name Curtis Jackson – took the time to recall his initial meeting with Eminem – real name Marshall Mathers – after being asked how they ended up collaborating.50 Cent reminisced that back in 2000, he was invited to Los Angeles to speak with the ‘Without Me’ rapper, without knowing what the purpose was.“It was wild,” he said. “Remember that show they had, Punk’d on MTV?
I thought they had cameras and they was gonna come out and say, ‘You’ve been Punk’d.’ I was in California. He flew me to L.A.
I came out, I was so bugged out from the experience that I came through the airport with the (bulletproof) vest and shit on.
I’m lucky I took the shock plate out the front of the joint because when I came through it (didn’t go off).”The ‘In Da Club’ rapper then went on to share how enthusiastic Eminem was upon their initial meeting. “I get there, he’s like, ‘Yo!’ Hugs me, feel the vest and shit and was like (shocked).“(I said), ‘Yo, this is going to be the biggest shit ever, right?’ He’s like, ‘Yo, so excited.’ It made me question whether what was happening was right.
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