50 Cent is making sure that he stays involved in all kinds of sports events. Like it or not, he’s a smart business man. Fif will be performing at the summer X Games in Barcelona (starting today) on May 18th. Check out what he had to say about it and why athletes get along with hip hop artists…
Via Kia Makarechi at HuffPost:
Entrepreneur, philanthropist, rapper: 50 Cent is many things nowadays. Come May 18, however, he’ll reprise a lesser-known role as a featured performer during the X Games in Barcelona.
The “Magic Stick” rapper has played 2011’s Winter X Games, but this is his first time doing so at a summer games. He joins EDM starlet Zedd and NACH, one of Spain’s favorite rappers, as headliners of X Games Music, a concert series that features a bevy of local and international artists. The headlining performances will be streamed live at XGames.com.
“I’ve experienced Barcelona before, so I’m anticipating a good performance out there,” 50 Cent told HuffPost Entertainment. “I don’t know how to explain it, other than that their appreciation for our music culture is extremely intense. They can still find the separation between who is a celebrity and who’s a star. In America, a reality star can command as much as an actual musician, if their publicist is great.”
Choosing 50 Cent seems to be somewhat of an inspired choice for the Games. When discussing the lives of professional athletes, the rapper couldn’t help but draw parallels to his own craft. “My office is on 40th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues, right? The other day I was riding and I saw a dude on a skateboard, just going back and forth, jumping on a rail on the side of the street. He found something to challenge himself with. All day — because I had two or three meetings and different periods, and when I came back, he was still doing it,” 50 marveled.
“The passion for those things are different, and I understand now why [these athletes] reject people that aren’t a part of their culture and are pretending to be,” he added. “They have an attachment to music because of how long they’re out there practicing.”
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