50 Cent Reveals How Floyd Mayweather Really Felt About Conor McGregor
50 Cent also talks 'Power,' Jay Z's '4:44,' and Donald Trump during his latest sit-down with Hot 97.
After years of not being allowed into the Hot 97 studios (which stem from a shooting outside of the station in New York City back during the G-Unit vs. the Game days), 50 Cent made his return to Hot 97 to talk about a number of topics with Ebro, Peter Rosenberg, and Laura Stylez.
One of the biggest revelations occurs towards the end of the interview (38:47), when Ebro asks if 50 spoke with Floyd Mayweather after the Conor McGregor fight. 50 says they Facetime'd a few days ago, and says that Floyd wasn't really feeling Conor. "He really didn't like him," 50 said. "All that, he's getting away with touching his head? That's not Floyd, he ain't like that." 50 also said that when he heard Floyd tried to bet $3 million on himself, he made sure he got his bet in (although he won't reveal what he made).
50 also spoke on Cardi B hitting No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (at the 19:32 mark). "What Cardi does is so amazing for our culture; it means that there's no rules." He calls Love & Hip-Hop the "graveyard," and says that now the visibility of the show will mean that Cardi won't be the only success story.
Now 50 Cent was actually there to promote 50 Central, which is his upcoming variety show on BET. "There's a lot of cool sketch comedy," he reveals, but does say that you might not see much Trump talk. Not because he's shook, but because he doesn't want to do stuff that a Saturday Night Live has already made their mark with. 50 does have an interesting take on Trump's presidency, though (around 34:36): "his presidency is an accident." He takes it further, revealing his theory that Trump was "doing that to build his profile for a bigger deal on television," which is something a number of people theorized during the debate season.
50 also speaks on Power being the No. 2 show on cable television behind Game of Thrones, goes back and forth on WHY Ebro can't blame him for the state of New York hip-hop, his views on 4:44, and much, much more. Check out the full interview up above.