50 Cent Slams Alicia Keys

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Alicia Keys has been getting a lot of heat for making negative about rap during an interview with Blender Magazine. She said, "Gangsta rap was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other." She spent an entire week trying to explain herself and the comments saying she was misunderstood, but one person who isn't buying it is rapper 50 CENT.

50 Cent gave Alicia a little piece of his mind. This is what he had to say about the whole situation:
"I don't like Alicia Keys no more though … the same reason why I said that I don't like Oprah Winfrey. I'm prejudice(d). I don't like people who don't like me. If you don't like the content that I write because of my experiences; I am being who I am when I am writing it. I fall into that 'label' as far as you considering artists creating 'Gangsta music,' we fall into that.

If she don't like that, (then) I don't like that classical music shit she be doing. At some point she's playing some shit that don't relate to me. We listen to it and try to figure out why people actually enjoy it. I am trying to enjoy it. That statement changes my perception of Alicia Keys totally. But the magazine is standing behind it, which means they probably have a tape of her in conversation saying it. It's just not really a bright comment anyway."

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Reader Comments

3:55PM 01/24/10 samolakisses

and lets face it, what he said in this interview was plain ignorant, he's a fool anyway

3:54PM 01/24/10 samolakisses

i love alicia keys, but when you're in the spotlight, watch what you say about other artists in general. she made a general comment about rap that was not bright. obviously. but i can't stand 50 cent. like his first album, can't deny that, but he's garbage.

4:51AM 09/12/08 libertas

A Keys, she a'ight but like 50 said, gangsta rap is grand. Rap is rap...hate it or love it faggots

9:37PM 09/11/08 Christian

Hip-Hop dies a millions deaths everytime these lame brain MC's sing about money,cars,window shoppers and all that STALE subject matter. Most of these weak MC's become rappers simply to get laid and get ATTENTION like little kids.

5:36PM 09/03/08 coolguy

this is cool

5:32PM 09/03/08 sha

alicias music sucks..i gotta say 50s right on this one.

9:41AM 08/25/08 doughboi

50 cent make more the alicia keys

6:00AM 08/03/08 houston

i dont like 50 cent or alicia keys (i dislike alicia keys more then 50) but i dont think she really said that about gangsta rap reason being :she and eve had a song togther called GANGSTA LOVIN

10:23AM 07/20/08 alicia[notaliciakeys]

well,personally alicia keys is my favorite singer. but it is true that gangsta rap has an affect on some people to not exactly kill eachother, but it does ENDORSE it,so really alicia keys is right. but 50 cent needs to show her respect,she is a woman,and he is gangsta rap,and a butthole at that,so he needs to chilaxx. oh and im black and i dont listen to 50 Cent,i think hes old and a loser.

2:49PM 07/10/08 897654

I like Alicia Keys and 50 cent but what 50 cent said about alicia keys was wrong also people 50 cent probably acted the way he did because he is upset about his son being lost and having to hear Alicia keys say what she said probably made him feel worser than he already did

5:00PM 06/30/08 Wtf

alicia keys meant nothing by it its just not her type of music, anyways i hate rap to begin with it takes no talent to cuss into a microphone.

4:38PM 06/28/08 vicky

if sum1 does't like some elese music doesn't mean that they mean any dis respect to 50 or any other raper just not her thing get or it

4:03PM 06/24/08 Brickstone

All I know is Alicia Keyes is FINE AS HELL, got dayum!! Every straight dude wants to hit that yo, whether they admit it or not. I get a woody just thinkin about her, lord have mercy! Fitty is kewl tho and he don't give a fuck cause he don't have to. Ain't it grand that there's a brother out there like that. G-Unit!

8:11AM 06/23/08 Yo Mammy

Fuck you lowkey. Alicia can say what ever she wants she is a grown ass woman and she beautiful and rich. 50 is a fucking gay sell out

11:16AM 06/12/08 lowkey

rap music has been around for years dont blame 50 he made it better

10:58AM 06/12/08 lowkey

well i think people should not put someone down to make themselves look good i love 50 and alicia keys is cool 2 but she dont need to say things like that about my man and people who post talkn shit about him he aint an asswhole he just better than you so he can act the way he wants he is a rich man and smart so fuck off alicia keys is gay she like sucking pussy so tell her to keep her mouth closed!

5:55AM 06/10/08 Pam

I an a GUnit Soilder true to the thug life and I lov it 80 cent this Caddi and I got your back

5:53AM 06/10/08 Pam

Well I think 50 cent is right music has never cuase people to kil. It was a stupid comment People killingg each other because they want to. Hard Times drugs and other factures cause killing not any one music.

4:37PM 06/06/08 Ya Mammy

Oh what now 50cent rule the fucking world. Guess what a lot of people don't like 50cent GROW THE FUCK UP!!! 50cent was the only dumb ass to make a big deal about it and guess what. Shes right. you cant convince somebody that you are talking about your "struggles" and you were a fucking drug dealer your self. All that does is encourage kids to be like you because thats they play on the radio today. I experienced it. FUCK half a dollar

4:19PM 06/02/08 Jovan Jones

Just when I think 50 can't be any more IGNORANT.....It doesn't matter what kind of music you like, the point she was trying to make is that glorifying violence is destructive to the community. As far as the bull**** excuse that he just raps about his experiences,the last time I checked, he'd bought a house in Farmington, CT (real gangsta)and his son attends private school. Why doesn't he rap about that? Probably because it doesn't sell.....So he raps about violence to make more money, not to express himself. His life is anything but gangsta now, and no one calls him on it.Sell-outs are those who sacrifice the well-being of their community for their own self gain(ie drug-dealers). In making music that he probably doesn't even let his son listen to, he isn't much better.

9:21AM 05/30/08 paul

yean 50 i dont like people who dont like me too, she is a big girl , and she mean everything she say. f**k her

3:42PM 05/29/08 Kyle

I have to agree with 50 on this one. I think Alicia Keys has a phenomenal voice and incredible piano playing skills, but she needs to leave rap alone. She doesn't know what it's like living in the ghetto or selling drugs, just to put food on the table. And for all you 50 haters, he WAS shot nine times; not 3 like some of these idiots think on youtube. Ya, Oprah and Alicia are powerful women and, if they want to try to change the world, more power to them, although, everybody knows one person CANNOT change the world. Maybe one country if it's small enough. I don't recall anybody saying that Alicia was racist. I think she was being hypocritical of rap music by sang it's the reason why we have violence in the streets. There's violence everywhere, people! Get over it! Basically, she's saying she doesn't give a damn about where 50 came from and the hardships he went through. We all go through hardships, but he could turn around and say he doesn't give a damn about her graduating valedictorian at some "prestigious" performing arts school. Hell, Tupac went to Baltmore School of the Arts!

3:08AM 05/06/08 Lili

50 Cent should just grow up or change his name to 50 IQ. Alicia and Oprah are powerful women, trying to make a change. They're not satisfied with just making money, they want to better the world. I think he handled that interview really badly (saw it on youtube). He just reacted badly, targeting Alicia directly, when Alicia said nothing personal against him. 50 Cent should just grow up. He has no right to say that Alicia says isn't "bright". While he was bludging off his grandparents she was graduating valedictorian of her prestigious performing arts school she worked her ass off to get into. And to all you 50 supporters who say she's racist- you must be just as stupid as 50. Her work in Africa, and her music PROVES that she isn't.

4:31AM 05/05/08 Teresa

50 has a nerve to critize anyone for anything that they say! He sounds ignorant 60% of the time...if people stopped talking to him because he said something ignorant, he would have no friends.

0:08PM 05/02/08 AKfangirl

Please leave Alicia alone she was just misunderstood i got her back 200 percent she is not racist

2:55PM 04/29/08 DIME

i like both 50 & alecia but alecia as gone too far & is being bias & prejudice against gangsta rap so fuck u alecia if u dont like el jefe

1:44PM 04/27/08 Vicki

What a dumb subject.. I like both 50 & alicia.. I think alicia was misunderstood..

1:56AM 04/27/08 Tron

The reason why 50 Cent is "RICH!!!!!" as you put it is because idiots like you work your slave asses at your minimum wage job and then go out and buy his CD's. You think just because he grew up in a less than fortunate environment that you have something to relate to. That's like somebody saying I enjoy eating that means I can relate to Jeffrey Dahmer. Get a life you loser prats and try doing something useful like contributing to society.

7:59PM 04/23/08 SHANIQUA K

misunderstood

7:58PM 04/23/08 SHANIQUA K

SHE WAS JUST MISUNDERSOOD

4:40PM 04/21/08 eris

Well if 50 cent is such an idiot why is he so RICH!!!!!! I'm with fif on this one. That Bull shi.. Alicia puts out these days is boring! At first she was down with it now she is changing it up Can you say BI POLAR!

11:01AM 04/21/08 asdfghjkl

he's an idiot, i'm glad he's retiring

4:47AM 04/21/08 45150

Wasnt really expecting that this ghetto airhead would understand classic music!

4:43AM 04/21/08 45150

I got Alicias back 110%!!!

6:15PM 04/20/08 Zip

Alicia Keys can't sing and her songs suck. Yes, she is a wonderful piano player and is very attractive, but that's it. As far as Gangsta Rap goes...if Oprah and Alicia had any guts they would attack Gangsta Rap, Satanic Rock, Racists Rock, Death Metal, Hate Radio, Hate TV News, The Sopranos, Soap Operas, Queer As Folk, CSI, The L Word, Sex In The City, Monster's Ball (a favorite of Oprah's), violent Arnold Schwarzenegger movies (Arnold being a personal friend of Oprah), Desperate House Wives, racist and sexist reality TV, and finally the violent movie Smokin' Aces which starred Alicia Key's as a murderous hit woman (talk about a hypocrite???)...as being morally distorted views of society that encourage people to engage in wrong minded activity...including real life violence and twisted sexuality!!!

This is no different than rap music...but because black men are the majority of the genre's creators, they become an easy target for attack by people like Oprah and Alicia Keys. Alas, Oprah and Alicia fall to attack their white peers for the same thing??? If they were sincere, they would attack all offenders equallly, regardless of color...or art form!!!

As for 50, he is a supporter of George Bush and Dick Cheney...so he is just as much of a fool as Oprah and Alicia Keys!!!

2:07PM 04/20/08 lissa

uugghhhh.....can't stand this arrogant airhead! Bling is dead and so is 50.....