50 Cent gets $400 Million from VitaminWater deal after Coke buys the company

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Miramonti

Lifer
Aug 26, 2000
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There's no reason to hate on 50 for making $200 million in an investment.

Of course there's no reason to respect him more either, lightening can strike anywhere once, and he's still a completely unskilled piece of crapola.
 

yowolabi

Diamond Member
Jun 29, 2001
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Originally posted by: Kev
Originally posted by: jpeyton
Lots of jealous people here.

:thumbsup: to fitty.

He's a smarter businessman than 99% of you jokers.

LOL. If you think he made the decision for this contract, you're a retard.

It was his money that was used to buy that 10% share. If you think that much of his money was spent without his knowledge and consent, you would be the retard. I'm sure that many business opportunities are brought to him, and he doesn't say yes to all of them. Therefore, accepting this one, and rejecting the others constitutes a "decision".

I'm sure believing that all the good things that happened to him are pure luck, helps you to sleep at night, but it isn't true.
 

Tiamat

Lifer
Nov 25, 2003
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Originally posted by: RossMAN
What flavors do you guys recommend?

So far I've only tried "energy".

Energy is ok, I like Defense quite a bit. Power-C is decent, but not as good as Defense.
 

IceBergSLiM

Lifer
Jul 11, 2000
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Originally posted by: Kev
Originally posted by: jpeyton
Lots of jealous people here.

:thumbsup: to fitty.

He's a smarter businessman than 99% of you jokers.

LOL. If you think he made the decision for this contract, you're a retard.

I'm sure he does make the final decision on whether or not he wants to write a check for FOUR MILLION DOLLARS :roll:
 

IceBergSLiM

Lifer
Jul 11, 2000
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Originally posted by: jjsole
There's no reason to hate on 50 for making $200 million in an investment.

Of course there's no reason to respect him more either, lightening can strike anywhere once, and he's still a completely unskilled piece of crapola.

he was worth 100 mill before this. If he is so unskilled then it should be no problem for you to accumulate a similar fortune in the next 2 years. get to it hater.
 

SSSnail

Lifer
Nov 29, 2006
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My flow, my show brought me the doe
That bought me all my fancy things
My crib, my cars, my clothes, my jewels
Look ***** i done came up and i ain't change.

And you should love it, way more then you hate it
***** you mad? I thought that you'd be happy I made it
I'm that cat by the bar toasting to the good life
You that f****t ass ***** trying to pull me back right?

Edited for expletives.
 

habib89

Diamond Member
Jan 17, 2001
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good for him! i wish i had $4 million to make that sort of investment.. well and of course the big name.. i love vitamin water!
 

Fritzo

Lifer
Jan 3, 2001
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You know this will make him one of the richest entertainers in the world now. That sucks.
 

fallenangel99

Golden Member
Aug 8, 2001
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Grats to him for making a wise investment. I wish I came up with an idea like Vitamin Water (kool aid basically) or buy Apple's stock when it was like $9 back in 2001 (now its around 135).
 

TallBill

Lifer
Apr 29, 2001
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Jesus, I couldn't even spend the interest off that. Hope some of it goes to good and not just platinum wallpaper.
 

RagingBITCH

Lifer
Sep 27, 2003
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Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
Originally posted by: Kev
Originally posted by: jpeyton
Lots of jealous people here.

:thumbsup: to fitty.

He's a smarter businessman than 99% of you jokers.

LOL. If you think he made the decision for this contract, you're a retard.

I'm sure he does make the final decision on whether or not he wants to write a check for FOUR MILLION DOLLARS :roll:

0wn3d.

Regardless (to Kev) - he's still richer than you. He might not have wanted the deal to begin with, but he was smart enough as a businessman to hire people who know what's best for him. What have you done, other than root for a sh1tty football team like the Eagles?
 

Josh

Lifer
Mar 20, 2000
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Originally posted by: SSSnail
My flow, my show brought me the doe
That bought me all my fancy things
My crib, my cars, my clothes, my jewels
Look ***** i done came up and i ain't change.

And you should love it, way more then you hate it
***** you mad? I thought that you'd be happy I made it
I'm that cat by the bar toasting to the good life
You that f****t ass ***** trying to pull me back right?

Edited for expletives.

Or from his more recent hit:

"I took quarter water sold in bottles for 2 bucks
then coca-cola came and bought it for billions, what the fuck??
Have a baby by me baby be a millionaire,
I'll write the check before the baby comes who the fuck cares?!
I'm stanky rich!, Imma die tryna spend this shit.."
 

IceBergSLiM

Lifer
Jul 11, 2000
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Originally posted by: TallBill
Jesus, I couldn't even spend the interest off that. Hope some of it goes to good and not just platinum wallpaper.

I know he has in the past made heft donations as well as showing up in his neighborhood and giving out clothes and sneakers to kids. Of course the press never covers that.
 

Kev

Lifer
Dec 17, 2001
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Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
Originally posted by: Kev
Originally posted by: jpeyton
Lots of jealous people here.

:thumbsup: to fitty.

He's a smarter businessman than 99% of you jokers.

LOL. If you think he made the decision for this contract, you're a retard.

I'm sure he does make the final decision on whether or not he wants to write a check for FOUR MILLION DOLLARS :roll:

0wn3d.

Regardless (to Kev) - he's still richer than you. He might not have wanted the deal to begin with, but he was smart enough as a businessman to hire people who know what's best for him. What have you done, other than root for a sh1tty football team like the Eagles?

My only problem was with "smarter businessman than 99% of you jokers" - woopdeedoo, his agent and/or lawyer set him up a good deal. He's a genius. Give him the reigns of a fortune 500 company, already. :roll:

 

IceBergSLiM

Lifer
Jul 11, 2000
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Originally posted by: Kev
Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
Originally posted by: Kev
Originally posted by: jpeyton
Lots of jealous people here.

:thumbsup: to fitty.

He's a smarter businessman than 99% of you jokers.

LOL. If you think he made the decision for this contract, you're a retard.

I'm sure he does make the final decision on whether or not he wants to write a check for FOUR MILLION DOLLARS :roll:

0wn3d.

Regardless (to Kev) - he's still richer than you. He might not have wanted the deal to begin with, but he was smart enough as a businessman to hire people who know what's best for him. What have you done, other than root for a sh1tty football team like the Eagles?

My only problem was with "smarter businessman than 99% of you jokers" - woopdeedoo, his agent and/or lawyer set him up a good deal. He's a genius. Give him the reigns of a fortune 500 company, already. :roll:

could you be anymore jealous?
 

Kev

Lifer
Dec 17, 2001
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Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
Originally posted by: Kev
Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
Originally posted by: Kev
Originally posted by: jpeyton
Lots of jealous people here.

:thumbsup: to fitty.

He's a smarter businessman than 99% of you jokers.

LOL. If you think he made the decision for this contract, you're a retard.

I'm sure he does make the final decision on whether or not he wants to write a check for FOUR MILLION DOLLARS :roll:

0wn3d.

Regardless (to Kev) - he's still richer than you. He might not have wanted the deal to begin with, but he was smart enough as a businessman to hire people who know what's best for him. What have you done, other than root for a sh1tty football team like the Eagles?

My only problem was with "smarter businessman than 99% of you jokers" - woopdeedoo, his agent and/or lawyer set him up a good deal. He's a genius. Give him the reigns of a fortune 500 company, already. :roll:

could you be anymore jealous?

Tell me about it. I dream of being him every night of my life.
 

multiband8303

Senior member
Aug 8, 2005
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Originally posted by: jpeyton
Lots of jealous people here.

:thumbsup: to fitty.

He's a smarter businessman than 99% of you jokers.

No he's an idiot, his business partner Wyatt Earlenson (Whom is a harvard MBA grad) is the one who pointed him in that investment.

I could imagine the conversation

"Hey 50, I've done x amount of research and I think you should invest 4 million dollars in this, yada yada"

"O.K, should be in my sock drawer, just grab the cash"

now everyone believes he is a smart business man. The only smart choice was whomever referred him to Wyatt.
 

thepd7

Diamond Member
Jan 2, 2005
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Originally posted by: herkulease
Originally posted by: thepd7
Originally posted by: TheFamilyMan
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Originally posted by: NFS4
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Originally posted by: Anubis
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Originally posted by: NFS4
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Originally posted by: FallenHero
So now he is a POS that is 400 mil richer. Great.</blockquote>

Why is he a POS?:confused:</blockquote>

His music sucks
He can?t speak English
His name isn?t a really name and you can?t have "50 Cent" its "50 cents" it?s a damn plural
</blockquote>

And how does this make him a POS?</blockquote>

He's a POS because he's peddled marijuana, coke, crack and God knows what else to kids. He's also been linked to and personally involved in assaults varying from simple beatings to, potentially, murder. Plain and simple...he's a POS that is out there showing kids that dealing drugs and murdering your own can get you the cash you need to record a CD. Good people everyday are killed for no reason and this one walks the earth without so much as a splinter in his finger...go figure. Why, oh why, couldn't just one of those 9 slugs that he got hit with a few years ago have hit a major organ/artery...

Do you think that 50 cent deals drugs? That's just, wow. I am not saying he never has I don't know him but I can guarantee you he doesn't now, he's not that stupid.


Oh and everyone check out the TMac commercial, not bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H3tco5ZErs&NR=1


I don't think forbes would state that he's a former drug dealer if it wasn't true. Whether he still engages in those activities who knows.

But he would be stupid if he still does. It would make Michael Vick throwing away of money look like nothing.

That's fine, I can't speak to his whole life. But I can tell you I would be shocked if he still deals drugs which was the implication in the post I quoted. That he IS a drug dealer, not that he WAS a drug dealer.
 

cubby1223

Lifer
May 24, 2004
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Old thread - but reminds me of Brian Urlacher wearing a Vitamin Water hat during the Super Bowl media day, gets fined $100k by the NFL, Vitamin Water pays the fine, plus gave him stock in the company so Urlacher made out huge too in this deal - all for violating league rules.
 

zanejohnson

Diamond Member
Nov 29, 2002
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Originally posted by: KLin
<blockquote>quote:
Originally posted by: Anubis
<blockquote>quote:
Originally posted by: NFS4
<blockquote>quote:
Originally posted by: FallenHero
So now he is a POS that is 400 mil richer. Great.</blockquote>

Why is he a POS?:confused:</blockquote>

His music sucks
He can?t speak English
His name isn?t a really name and you can?t have "50 Cent" its "50 cents" it?s a damn plural
</blockquote>

then why do they call a half dollar a 50 cent piece?


50 cent is slang for a half a gram of either cocaine or methamphetamine.....

because it would register .50 on digital scales.
 

Josh

Lifer
Mar 20, 2000
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Originally posted by: zanejohnson
Originally posted by: KLin
<blockquote>quote:
Originally posted by: Anubis
<blockquote>quote:
Originally posted by: NFS4
<blockquote>quote:
Originally posted by: FallenHero
So now he is a POS that is 400 mil richer. Great.</blockquote>

Why is he a POS?:confused:</blockquote>

His music sucks
He can?t speak English
His name isn?t a really name and you can?t have "50 Cent" its "50 cents" it?s a damn plural
</blockquote>

then why do they call a half dollar a 50 cent piece?


50 cent is slang for a half a gram of either cocaine or methamphetamine.....

because it would register .50 on digital scales.

I've never heard that slang...

But, the reason 50 cent calls himself 50 cent is after the gangster, Kelvin Martin, that used to roam the streets of NY (who was a lot smaller than the rap artist 50 cent) and rob anyone and everyone. Friends estimate that, throughout his life, Martin had sustained at least 24 bullet wounds. Ultimately, gunshot wounds were his cause of death. He was shot on October 20, 1987 on the stairway of one of his hideouts, dying four days later in hospital. No witnesses came forward regarding the incident.

Kelvin Martin was known as '50 Cent' for the basic fact that he would mugg someone even if they only had 50 Cents, hence the nick name.

Kelvin "50 Cent" Martin. The story of the the infamous NYC stick up kid the rapper 50 Cent got his name from:

Part 1: http://youtube.com/watch?v=SBUu3OlyMWM
Part 2: http://youtube.com/watch?v=uYBoFZPyre4
Part 3: http://youtube.com/watch?v=9o84B88zYxc
Part 4: http://youtube.com/watch?v=g1V3Huhjk0M
Part 5: http://youtube.com/watch?v=d7Av-gsbjLQ
Part 7: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Oey3PBya9Mo
Part 8:http://youtube.com/watch?v=WBmLuJ_rAgc
Part 9: http://youtube.com/watch?v=6f8PSNHFduE
Part 10: http://youtube.com/watch?v=QCB7OfZB3eg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin_Martin
 

miketheidiot

Lifer
Sep 3, 2004
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Originally posted by: OMoT
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Originally posted by: FallenHero
So now he is a POS that is 400 mil richer. Great.</blockquote>

Jealous?

because clearly anyone who doesn't like a rich dude is just jealous.
 

Kev

Lifer
Dec 17, 2001
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Originally posted by: multiband8303
Originally posted by: jpeyton
Lots of jealous people here.

:thumbsup: to fitty.

He's a smarter businessman than 99% of you jokers.

No he's an idiot, his business partner Wyatt Earlenson (Whom is a harvard MBA grad) is the one who pointed him in that investment.

I could imagine the conversation

"Hey 50, I've done x amount of research and I think you should invest 4 million dollars in this, yada yada"

"O.K, should be in my sock drawer, just grab the cash"

now everyone believes he is a smart business man. The only smart choice was whomever referred him to Wyatt.

Stop being jealous. 50 Cent is the next Warren Buffett