50 Cent explains the challenges of acting

Rapper 50 Cent recently wrapped production on his debut feature film, Get Rich Or Die Tryin'. The rapper explained the challenges he faced on set to allhiphop.com. He said, "I can remember the words to a song without writing it down and lay the whole record. So as far as memorization skills, I don't have issues with that. But I have to be able to make the right expressions facially and respond the way I would respond to different things that fit the actual character. And there is things that the character in the film would do that 50 Cent wouldn't do -- like, I wouldn't cry in front of you, you know what I'm saying? But I had to be able to condition myself to the point that I could cry on cue."


Get Rich Or Die Tryin' is a semi-autobiographical film loosely based on 50 Cent's real-life experiences. The film was written by Terence Winter and the cast includes: Bill Duke, Terrence Dashon Howard, Walter Alza, and Viola Davis. The film is slated to hit theaters in November.

50 Cent plans to reissue his new album, The Massacre, on September 6th, with one new song and videos for all 21 tracks. He said, "I felt like the ultimate album would be the album where you can visually see what the artist was thinking about each song (and) know how they pick what is going to work commercially. Some people are so artistic that they just care about the actual music and their choice. They pick their favorite record, even though their favorite records aren't going to be appealing to the masses. It's not going to actually work. And those artists, 90 percent of them turn out to be VH1 specials."