Get Rich or Die Tryin' - 50 Cent & Danger in Every Corner

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50 Cent & Danger in Every Corner

Shooting the film forced 50 to relive some of the most painful moments from his own life, including the shooting that nearly took his life. "Yeah, the most difficult part for me was the actual being shot.

Not the being shot in the actual scene where they're shooting me, like where I'm running, stuff like that outside the cars… It was more difficult to do the operation portion, I guess because the part where I'm actually being shot outside the car I'm running, so it was physical and in order for me to make the scene right I had to focus physically on what I was doing also, to get it exactly where it's supposed to be on film cinematically, and then the portion where I was actually being operated on, I was sitting on a table for eight hours while the doctors were shooting their portion.

I've got my eyes closed and I'm sitting there, but I've been in this position before. These guys over me are just good actors, so they don't understand how possible it is to be in that situation. But when you've already experienced it, you're a little more conscious of it."

So, which is harder, rapping or acting? "Well, for me, I'm already conditioned to be a rapper. This was the first step towards establishing myself as an actor. I take my time with it. I'm not in a hurry. Plus Denzel and them are getting old." (Laughs)

Besides the movie, 50 also has a videogame called Bulletproof that should release around the same time as the movie. "I spent 20 hours doing voiceover. I had to do the motion, when you put on the suit, the motion suit. I did all kinds of work with them on the actual video game. Terry, I used the same writer for the screenplay, to create the thing for the video game. Since he had all the information, he was the guy to do [it]."

"You know what, I spend so much time on the tour bus – I watch [my friends] spend maybe four or five hours while we're going from city to city… So I just wanted to be a part of that form of entertainment. And that's why I'm actually in the videogame as opposed to just making the videogame and saying 50 Cent or G Unit videogames, just putting all my music in it. But I see that they'll play music from another source.

They'll turn the stereo on and play my music while they're playing the video game that they like. So I changed, a lot of the material that I put out for promotional purposes, that a lot of people wouldn't actually be able to get unless you are the guy that goes onto the Internet and search for this music – because it was something that I put on a mix tape. I got everything and I cleared it on the actual videogame, so they can actually get the 50 Cent mix tape. They'll hear the music. It gave me the opportunity to make the music that they don't really know. And then there are four new records that I wrote for the actual videogame. There's a portion in the menu that you go under video and you can see all the videos that we put out commercially through G Unit."

After the interview, I went out and laid on South Beach to relax. Over the course of a half hour, three planes flew by overhead. The first featured a picture of 50 Cent for Vitamin Water. The second, a promo text for the re-release of The Massacre. Finally, the third advertises G-Unit shoes.

"Rappers prepare themselves mentally like fighters," says 50. "Right now I just happen to be the champ."

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