50 Cent on Arriving to a Photoshoot With $3.5 Million in Cash: 'I Thought That Would Look a Lot Bigger'
50 claimed he was inspired by Muhammad Ali's 1964 cover shoot with 'Sports Illustrated.'
50 Cent has explained why he arrived at a photo shoot with The Hollywood Reporter with $3.5 million in cash.
During his appearance on Live with Kelly and Mark, the Queens native was asked about his cover story with The Hollywood Reporter, in which he showed up with two suitcases filled with cash totaling $3.5 million. The cover photoshoot had 50 sitting on top of the money, and he claimed the idea came from Muhammad Ali's iconic Sports Illustrated cover shoot from 1964, in which he posed with $1 million in front of a bank safe.
In Ali's shoot, the legendary boxer was surrounded by what appeared to be a lot of cash. However, the money in 50's photo appeared smaller, and he felt that $3.5 million would look a lot bigger in pictures.
"I was trying to mirror a shoot that I saw by Muhammad Ali, and that's what inspired it," said 50. "I thought that would look a lot bigger."
In the story with The Hollywood Reporter, the writer stated that 50 would add money in between photos, so it's unclear what the denominations were or how much money he had around him in the final shot.
"Every now and then, as he poses for photos, he digs into the stash and adds a few more stacks to the table beside him," the writer stated.
50 has enough money to pose with in pictures but he won't claim billionaire status. During a recent interview with US Weekly, the media mogul claimed he would rather be described as "very rich" than as a billionaire.
