I ♥ 50 Cent with a passion

I ♥ 50 Cent with a passion

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The thuggish swag

In a suit

but especially when the clothes come off

I don't care what you say about him, I love me some 50 Cent. I remember the first time I met him. Wanksta was just starting to get a buzz, I was doing radio down in NC, my boss at the time and mentor to this day knew how big of a 50 fan I was so he warned me the day before. Knowing I was never hype about anyone that came to the station, he knew he had to give me a heads up on this one. I was the only person in NC that was really f'ing with 50 like that. Every mixtape had heavy rotation in my lil ride.

My heart has never beat so hard in my life. Usually I was the one who went to the door to get the artists when they came in and got them ready for their interviews. Bring them into the studio, get them all set up with their headphones and whatnot. I get to the station and I tell my boss, I don't want to go get him. Told him I was so nervous I didn't even want to be in the studio when they did the interview. I would just go to the concert they were doing that night and be content with that. Boss asked me if I was sure and I said yes.

His entourage called the studio like 30 minutes before 50 was to arrive to let us know that his security was there. We had to let loads of security in the building before he would enter to check all entrances, exits, etc. Til this day I will never understand who he thought was going to try and get him in Greensboro, NC but then I thought about it, as soon as you let your guard down no matter where you are is when you leave yourself open to get got.

My boss called me in the studio right before 50 walked in to bring him some research. I thought I was going to be able to leave before he entered but I was wrong. In he walks and I thought I was going to melt. I couldn't even look at him. Banks was with him and a nobody at this point. Didn't even say a word the entire time.You can even see Young Buck in the corner of this pic.

I think 50 could feel how nervous I was. He introduced himself, shook my hand, and asked me if I could write down the name of every person that worked for the station, including the interns so he could sign glossies. While I was writing I felt him staring at me, when I looked up he said "Oh you're left handed. I'm left handed too." I was smiling from ear to ear.

He really sat there, even after the interview was over, until every autograph for every person at the station was signed. Here's mine.

He gave me a hug and we took a picture.

Radio station perks were the best. I had front row to a concert that was suppose to be general admission. He shouted me out at the end of the show "biggups to my girl Ebonne from 102 Jamz jamming in the front row." I knew every last word to every damn song and was yelling it hard. I could have been his hype girl I was jammin so hard. When I smell p*ssy dropped I just about lost my damn mind.

That was my jizzam back in the day. Here are a couple pics from that concert.
I've had the pleasure of meeting him 2 times after that. One of which was when he came back to the station the following year because he was performing at North Carolina A&T's homecoming concert and he remembered my name. I couldn't believe it and it made me melt all over again. He signed the cover of my Get Rich or Die Tryin' album this time, which I still keep in plastic til this day because that album was classic. I've also seen him at least 3 more times in concert since then.

I was so crushed when I didn't have an in into his party at his CT mansion a couple years ago.

Then just when I was starting to fall a little bit out of love with him, his skin started clearing up and he ups and gets his teeth fixed.

Now although I'm not as in love with his music anymore, I still love this man. He doesn't even have to make music anymore as far as I'm concerned. Just record himself laughing. I love his laugh. Tickles me every time I hear it.

I don't always agree with the beefs he chooses to take on, primarily because I feel that he has the clout to pick and choose his battles, yet he just goes at anyone... I still love him.

He is most definitely a Renaissance Black Man. The empire he built while he was making it to the top was genius. The movies, the books, thisis50.com... whether you feel he has fell off musically or not, you can't deny how business savvy he is and whether you like him or not, whenever he is on the news you are interested in the specifics of the story.

His most recent multimedia masterpiece is the weekly series "Pimpin Curly." Here is the latest episode.

50 Will you marry me?