Rap mogul 50 Cent says he was too generous to the artists he signed to his label, G-Unit Records. After having spent $8.5 million on rappers, he told XXL magazine: "I broke it down. I told them I wouldn't be assisting them financially anymore. Pretty much I was telling them I wouldn't be there. Before they'd make a lot of money and spend a lot of money and have me there to fix it."
"Whether I got to give them $500,000 or $300,000. Just 'cause they want $300,000 more to make what they are doing at the time comfortable, like, 'yo, I want to get this new place over here.' "
Fiddy lost his temper at a meeting after realising the artists were no longer showing loyalty to his G-Unit brand. "I looked around the room, and I was the only person with G-Unit sneakers on. But they were being paid."
"It had become the norm for the check to come, but they were no longer wearing the clothes."
