50 Cent Speaks On The Difference From Him And Jay-Z With His Artists

50 Cent conceded in a recent interview that Jay-Z has been a better businessman than him, based on the drastic differences in which he believes they handle a new artist’s music career. In an unreleased clip from his conversation with Brian J. Roberts, 50 claimed the Roc Nation founder will not collaborate with one of his artists until they are “doing well enough to not need him” on a song. The G-Unit leader said he has worked especially hard to prop up his artists to the point where he “beat myself up looking out for them.” The TV and entertainment mogul suggested Jay-Z takes a businesslike approach with his artists, whereas he treats them like “my people.” “He’s positioning it as business, and working with you when it’s good for business,” he said. “I’m positioning it as they’re my people. I have to get them into the right space, so I work them into a good space regardless.” 50 Cent recalled alleged conversations with artists who felt as though they were not given the same star treatment as someone else, but he acknowledged that other factors, such as timing, play an important role in the trajectory of their career. “I’ve had guys be angry with me because it felt like you made them a star, you didn’t make me a star,” he said. “And I’m like, ‘What?’ I’m like, ‘They had talent, and it was the timing of it, made it happen like that.’