Talking of Fiddy, his business partner in the G-Unit empire, manager Sha Money XL, has said that the rapper doesn't always get his priorities right between being an artist and being a label boss. Mr Money is quoted thus: "I love working with him as an artist. But artists aren't the best bosses. They don't realise when their project is conflicting with the artists that are signed to them. Their emotions won't always carry out executive decisions because they're thinking, 'I'm an artist, so just fuck it'. 50 doesn't see those corporate components because he is an artist and his heart doesn't reach out to other artists. For example, 50 will say to [Interscope president] Jimmy Iovine, 'Listen motherfucker, clear your roster and get your staff focused on me.' But no artist can say that to 50 [as boss of G-Unit Records]". Not sure what Fiddy would make of his business partner dissing him that way, though presumably his mind is on other things just now.
Jun 25, 2007
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Sha Money XL says 50 Cent puts artist instincts before label duties
G-Unit manager Sha Money XL says 50 Cent does not always balance his artist role with his label boss duties, and that artists make poor bosses.