50 Cent Looks Beyond Breakout Success

Billboard chatted with Ta-Nehisi Coates of the Village Voice and Shady Records chief executive Paul Rosenberg about the big success 50 Cent has seen, as well as 50’s rep at Violator Management, Chris Lighty, who says that while they worry about oversaturation, they’ve tried to avoid it. “There is always that fear that we are doing too much,” admitted Lighty. “But in reality, we haven’t done anything but allow him to display his artistry.” Coates addressed talk of possible violence affecting 50 blaming it on record companies that are “perpetuating the myth of black male violence” to sell records.