During his recent concert at London's O2, 50 Cent opened up on a variety of topics during an in-depth conversation with Rebecca Judd.
20 years of the 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' album
"If you had made me a wish in 2003, I would have just wished for my music to be a hit. I wouldn't have seen music with 20 years ahead of me...
"What's crazy is that most artists think they're ready before they're ready.
"Most good artists, they've thought they were ready before they could really do it, but then they have that period of time to work that's going to allow them to become good enough.
"That's why we have 'one hit wonders' in hip hop culture. Because when that happens, they have that first hit and then they get pulled out of the studio to go perform and to go meet all the distractions that come with being a successful artist, then they land back in the studio without being trained on how to create the next song. So they're left with that one hit."
Signed to Eminem and Dr. Dre's record label for $1 million dollars
"I'll never forget it because I bought it right away, it's the first thing I bought when the deal went through.
"Then I went on tour and when I came back my grandfather was on the porch and he was saying, "I just went to work, I hurt my back, and when I came back she had brainwashed my kids."
"I was talking about my grandmother, because I was looking at his car parked in the front yard and he didn't have that car, his was a very old car."
When you can't be naked in your own house
"You can't be naked in your own house, you think how much have I paid to live in this ****ing house and I can't be naked.
"Other people can walk around their house naked if they feel like it. They bought that ****ing house, they own it, they can do whatever they want.
"They can do whatever they want. Isn't that right? Well look I can't because I bought a place that had the staff included and if I walk out of the room naked they see me."
50 Cent's musical tastes
"Get Rich or Die Tryin' is my favorite record. Because of how the public received it. It was unanimous.
"'Many Men' was my least favorite song at the time because musically we were in the boom-bap phase.
"We were in that hard-hitting intensity, the energy of the records and that's the slowest song on 'Get Rich or Die Tryin.'
"And now though it's the beat that artists rap to. Fast tempo, hard-hitting beats were the beats of that era and the whole album had that."
Rebecca Judd: Looking back on the cover, how do you feel when you see yourself? You were literally in top form....
50 Cent: I was small, though, I weighed 86kgs, but that's being a small guy...
The purchase of Tyson's estate
"We went on a world tour and came back. I had $38 million in my account, and the IRS was coming after you, so it was like buy it already, buy what you want because they're going to take the money anyway.
"At that point it was, buy it or they're going to take it from you. I needed expenses. That's when I ended up buying the Tyson estate, the house and stuff.
"I needed to spend. I didn't know what would be most comfortable for me at the time.
"At that time anyone you talked to about finances would look at it and say, yes you can buy a $3-4 million property, since you just made $38 million.
"This is good for your taxes and you also have to buy some cars...."