He who fears fate lives like a coward

Either you are a victim or you victimize someone and in the hood it's no holds barred. The kid in the schoolyard that doesn't want to fight always leaves with a black eye.

There's a small group of guys in hip-hop that really have money. The whole culture talks about money, but it's a small group that actually has it.

When I put out my first mixtape, '50 Cent is the Future,' it was the first tape where an artist did the entire tape in song format.

I think it's impossible to actually be a role model. I think on some level, you'll have your flaws or defects of character, regardless.

I think either you're creative or you're not. In general, I don't think you need to be in pain to actually be creative unless you're writing love songs. Then you might need to have some ups and downs within your emotions to start to capture that.

You gotta be smart enough to pick up the information as you go.