For fans of New York hip-hop, it was an amazing sight: 50 Cent surrounded by not just the G-Unit, but D-Block, the Diplomats, Red Café, Cory Gunz, Maino and newcomer Trav. What a moment! On Saturday night, Fif held his first ThisIs50 Music Festival on Governors Island (a longtime military base in New York Harbor that is gradually being transformed into a public park), where some of his favorite artists converged on one stage.
“I wanted to make a festival that didn’t necessarily have to have an artist [who has a] single in rotation at the time,” 50 explained to MTV News at the show. “That doesn’t directly reflect good hip-hop. It reflects marketing dollars spent by the major corporations, the companies. Tonight we have everybody that means something to us musically in one spot..”. “Check this out, this is impressive: Now we got Jadakiss out here. This is real! Tell me anywhere else you can go where you can see everybody. It represents different portions of hip-hop. You got the Lox, the new young gunners Cory Gunz, Trav, Maino. Jimmy [Jones] and Juelz [Santana] coming. They say New York City, we don’t actually get along, that’s not true. We could work together and get more money than we can get apart, and they gonna see us do it in the future.”
Despite your thoughts on his music or persona, you’ve gotta applaud Curtis on this one. Hit the jump for some photos…
Flip cam footage of Slaughterhouse, Wale, Cory Gunz, and a few others can be seen here and official video will be released soon.
I hope this is 50’s motive from now on – more unity and less beef. It’s a good look for hip-hop. If they stick together and start grinding together they can take the game back.
Nice Budden and Banks picture.
wow ! dope
i dont really fuck with fif but this is a real good look,i hope it continues.
Is that Uncle Murda & Papoose n da same pic? WTF? Ok 50. .
Besides Wale and the Lox…none of those rappers are actually…good..oh yea Ortiz and Nickel 9
this just might have to be one of the illest concert lineups to DATE! history in the makin for real.good look for Fifty.
GOOD LOOK FOR HIP HOP..PERIOD.
damn…went to elementary school on G.I. wish i coulda been at this…
I see Lloyd Bank lil brotha Loui V in the 9 & 14 pic in the back wearin Red but I wish I coulda gone and I hope to see G-Unit do track wit all of them except Jim Jones sorry but I cant stand him
dope.
Budden x Banks collab hell yes.
Wish he would’ve started this 4 or 5 years ago when he was actually the hottest thing in hiphop…but better late than never.
good to see this. but where was cam’ron?
Way to be 50. Simply put
WOW THATS GREAT. PROPS 50
Maino’s Black Flag shirt designed by Nick Every (nickevery.com)
Maino’s Black Flag shirt (nickevery.com)
trav? from team arliss?? when did he become a “new comer?” this dude started with az in 2001.
Dope, this gets lots of points. But Pap, what the fuck? Wavecap at an event such as this? C’mon son.
*applauds 50
why would he of done this 4-5 years ago when he was tryna make a name for himself…
can’t we just love what this is doing for hip hop and new york.you can hate him or love him he just made history again,not even your favorite rapper done this jay-z etc.
Wow, wouldn’t expect this from 50 of all people. I can’t help but think there’s a hidden motive lol. But nah this is cool, real cool.
Just noticed the Juelz and Jones pic, smfh. The KILLA will rise again!!
good job, Fif.. haven’t really been a fan in recent years, but this is a helluva good look for NYC and hip hop.. gotta lock down NYC again before u try to lock down America..
50 and Wale would be 1 fly track
D-Block, Joell (Fuk the other 3 crooked i is sometimey), G-Unit, Fuck Jim & Juelz, Uncle Murda & (Fuk) PAP. Yea 50 I might start payin attention to u now. Just tell yayo to stop rappin.
EVERY RAPPER IN THERE IS OVER 30 YEARS OLD (NOT WALE) NEW YORK IS TO OLD THE KID WONT BUY THESE PEOPLE RECORDS, MAYBE HIP HOP HEADS 25+…..
YOUNG MONEY JUST MADE 110 MILLION IN TOUR MONEY……
NEW YORK IS TOO OLD, GET YOUNG NEW RAPPERS UNDER 30YRS OLD
Damn.. gotta give it up to Fif on this one.. I’m from TX & have been waiting on NY to unite, so i KNOW this gotta be a good look to the NY peeps..
The idiots that measure skill by age r probably the same fags that still say hater n swag.
Some dude said they’re all too old? Cory Gunz isn’t even 20…. Pap aint 30… I believe Lloyd Banks and Juelz are younger than 30… Wale aint 30… Joe Budden aint 30… neither is Joell…
Omfg people who say New York is too old, y’all retarded fucking morons. There are people from NY who didn’t attend that shit either, take that in account (CH, Tufli, etc).
50 doing good shit. Good looks for Hip Hop, no doubt. It’s sad I didn’t see Nas in this… and I laughed that Jay-Z wasn’t there despite having Empire State of Mind and whatnot… I love Jay [||], but his ‘beef’ with Fif is funny, haha.
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THIS IS WHAT WE FUCKING NEED, NYC to rise on top again with unity. Ive had enough of the bullshit from rappers like soulja boy, P-Lies, juice man, its time for real music to rise.
Can we get Cam and 50 to end their beef now?
LOL AT THAT FANS SAYING THEY AINT FUCKED WITH 50CENT IN YEARS AND YET YOU HAVE FOLLOWED HIm IN 4 YEARS WHAT THE FUCK YALL mEAN WHEN HE WAS HOT HE IS STILL HOT YALL ARE THE ONE WHO DECIDED TO JUmP THE bAND WAGON OF HATE
OH AND GHOST IN A SHALL COSIGHN
50 and Wale would be 1 fly track
^^^
yet another rapper outhsines 50 on a track…how fly?
just because folks haven’t listened to Fif’s music in recent years doesnt mean we’ve had our head in the sand.. i could be wrong, but doesnt he have a website? wasnt the 50/Rick Ross beef highly publicized? isnt Fif in the headlines at least every other month? i dont hate the guy, its just that his music in the past few years has become redundant.. not that much math to it..
real good for n.y hip hop, now all they gotta do is make some good hip hop and bring back that n.y shit. its good to see some unity for once in n.y.
g-unit stans fail to realize the mediocrity of their idol..50 aint talented emcee…he was merely a eventful rapper, who dropped off the help of Em’s buzz and Dre’s co-sign…now he’s rich and producing garbage ass bullshit music with mediocre raps and shit..I hate when niggas fake like he perfect, or nothing is wrong with him, when in fact EVERYTHING is wrong with him…well except his production, but that shit is wasted on his clone verses…Call me a hater, but I provided elaboration..
He dissed Ja rule for the same shit he does and contiues to do..he disses people for attention, pretty much anybody in the spotlight..he’s two-faced..he disses Jay, disses TI, then appears on stage with him…dude is a hack..he doesn’t deserves what he has..I don’t care about money or none of that (for the stan who’ll say, YOU HATIN CUZ 50 GOT MONEY) lol…Ima fan of hip hop, and for such a worthless conceited rapper to be so embraced pisses me off…to me, he’s got to be the most overrated rapper of our time..straight up
JAY Z GOT 40, LIL WAYNE GOT 27, THE GAME GOT 30, THE ROLLING STONE GOT MORE THAN 60,I THINK IGGY POP GOT 60, SCARFACE GOT 40, TECH NINE GOT 36, LUDA GOT 30
IF YOU WANT A VERY YOUNG RAPPERS LISTEN SOULJA OR OVER CATS
ME,I DON’T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT THE AGE OF ARTISTS
DR DRE IS MORE OLD THAN THE OTHERS PRODUCERS BUT IT’S THE BEST EVERY YOUNG CATS WANT TO BE DR DRE
i got 24
WHEN I TURN ON THE RADIO, MTV NAD MTV SOULJA BOY, DRAKE, T.I., LIL WAYNE,YOUNG MONEY,THE NEW BOY, KAYNE WEST ARE ON IT 24/7…
SINCE 2003 HIP HOP BUZZ HADS BEEN ON THE YOUNGER DOWN SOUTH RAPPERS YOU GO ON YOUTUBE IF THEY MAKE A DANCE YOU WILL HAVE 100′S OF KIDS GOING A VIDEO ON YOUTUBE FOR THAT DANCE, SINCE 2003 YOU TURN ON MTV,BET YOU WILL SEE THE YOUNGER SOUTH RAPPERS VIDEOS…
NEW YORK BIGGEST FAIL WAY THE IN THE LAST 9 YEARS THE SAME OLD ASS RAPPER HADS STAY AROUND FOR TO LONG….
CHARLES HAMILTON. WALE AND CORY GUNS GOOD YOUNG NEW ARTIST IS TO BAD DEF JAM, ROCKFELLA OR G-UNIT DOES WANT TO SING YOUNG RAPPERS LIKE CASH MONEY IS DOING….
I like the old heads…Raekwon holdin it down…I dont care much for Jay anymore..
damn Rakn, learn how to speak proper english. you don’t get 40 or 27 or 30. Its Jay Z “Is” i know you are trying to be gangster typing like that, but please stop it. And the whole caps thing is so 3rd grade.
And SMH @ IOU. same thing i just said. proper english, no caps. your gay when you type “gangster” putting S’s on everything and mispelling words…. kids are getting dumber and dumber
“when I turn on the radio, mtv nad(?) mtv(?)” What the fuck does that mean? mtv nad mtv
“you go on youtube if they make a dance you will have kids going a video on youtube (again what the fuck does that sentence mean?)
new york biggest fail way the in the last( WTF) 9 years the same old ass rapper hads(Hads?)
“is to bad” (?)
http://www.learnenglish.de/ – go to it please!
Maaaaaaaaaaaan, this is totally a good outlook on NYC Hip Hop if this thing continues…sure 50’s had his share of beefs in the past, but I mean he sure is business smarts. If all these artists just started signin’ with 50 guaranteed that the industry would be owned by him…the mainstream industry that is, but still you can make alotta money off of that. I mean Jay-Z’s cool but he’s in his own little world where he thinks he has Nas to back him up, Diddy as a business partner, and nobody else should be fuckin’ with him because he’s married to Beyonce.
Jay-Z hasn’t really put alotta effort into making NYC Hip Hop dope like it was before…now that 50’s making a move maybe we can hear possibly better music outta them? I mean come on, Slaughterhouse x Wale x D-Block would be great to hear onto 50’s team if he made it happen haha, I mean the dude is worth $440 Million right now what’s he plan to do with that money he’s already set for life hahaha.
But in general he’s probably only tryna tear the beef since Before I Self Destruct releases next month and he needs as much support / promotion as possible haha.
derrik- Here you go, new york city is to damn old, jay-z and 50 cent did not do shit to help new york stay new and young don’t be mad cause the south is all over the radio,mtv,bet,online sites since 2003 is over for nyc
same old ass rapper you FAIL ny
NYC AND L.A
Ice Cube (June 15, 1969) – 39
Jay-Z (December 4, 1969) – 39
Raekwon (January 12, 1970) – 39
Q-Tip (April 10, 1970) – 39
Redman (April 17, 1970) – 39
Ghostface Killah (May 9, 1970) – 39
Fat Joe (August 19, 1970) – 38
DMX (December 18, 1970) – 38
Method Man (April 1, 1971) – 38
Snoop Dogg (October 20, 1971) – 37
Busta Rhymes (May 20, 1972) – 37
Black Thought (October 3, 1972) – 36
Nas (September 14, 1973) – 35
Mos Def (December 11, 1973) – 35
Styles P (November 28, 1974) – 34
Jadakiss (May 27, 1975) – 34
50 Cent (July 6, 1975) – 33
Talib Kweli (October 3, 1975) – 33
Cam’ron (February 4, 1976) – 33
Fabolous (November 18, 1977) – 31
Papoose (December 31,1978)- 30
only rappers from NY that were at this event that were under 30 are Cory Gunz, Juelz, Maino, & Ortiz (29). But regardless, NY have your little moment just know hot new NY artist havent popped off in years (i.e. Gunz, Papoose). NY is STILL riding on the back of Jay-Z and 50, all your good artists were doing music in the mid 90s (i.e. Jadakiss, Raekwon, Busta Rhymes, Nas), cmon now. Realisticly NY hip hop is dieing out cuz even some of the best NY artist are making there singles sound like southern rap (i.e. Fabolous, “Throw It In The Bag”)….do i need to explain myself more??? i think not…
and most of those rappers have classic albums that will be respected in hip hop for years to come…. how many classics does Plies, Gucci, Soulja Boy, New Boyz, Lil Bossie, Pitbull and others have?
Because the 90’s hip hop was about hip hop. Now, its “rap” and its not about having a good time or talking about problems and being a man, its about hoes and money. American’s are becoming stupider and stupider every single day. In 30 years, you’ll still remember Nas & Jay & 50. You gonna remember plies and gucci… probably not
true BUMMER, but artist like T.I, Jeezy, Ludacris, Wayne (all from the south) have managed to make amazing albums, while other arist (Soulja Boy, Dro, Rick Ross, BOB, Currensy, Plies. Gucci) maintain a new buzz and add freshness to hip hop that it needs. NY cant stand the fact that the south has orginality that makes them mainstream but it wasnt for that maintstream music then rap wouldnt maintain the popularity that allows for higher success for a group like Slaughterhouse. South is keepin it fresh, while the eastcoast is rehashing the same old music from the 90s
there aint nothing wrong with 50cents music
DAmN THEY TALKING AbOUT THE THISIS50 FEST IN THE NEW YORK TImES AND IT IS ALL A THANK YOU TO THE KING HIm SELF 50CENT I SEE YOU HATER GO ON WITH YA HATE LOVE 50CENT 50CENT WILL REmAIN A FORCE IN HIp HOp I GUESS YOU HATERS GOING TO HATE FOEVER
the south does not have anything orginal. they just use the same exact pattern over and over. make a typical fruity loops beat… and colorful clothes and a 5th grade dance… bam a hit!
DERRICK, I’M FRENCH, YOU SPEAK PROPER FRENCH ?
I SPEAK A VERY GOOD ENGLISH MAN BUT TO WRITE IT’S NOT ALWAYS PROPER BUT MY ENGLISH IS BETTER THAN YOUR FRENCH.
i’m just 24 and i got the time to work my english.