I've never been a fan of rap music but I know who 50 cent is and I've even watched his movie.
Just the other day I ran into this article on wordpress and after watching the documentary, I'm starting to respect the guy more!
http://adammaikkula.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/maturation-of-hip-hop/
Now, I am never easily convinced that people have good intentions until they truly show it, and while it's great that he's doing this, it wasn't the fact that he was doing humanitarian work that made me say "wow". In the documentary, it was when they asked him to sing a song. Most rappers would bust out rapping, "cracka ho, cracka, head, dope slanging, dope ranging", but 50-cent said that it was inappropriate given the reason why he was there.
So it's things like this that makes me respect the man. Good job dude!
Just the other day I ran into this article on wordpress and after watching the documentary, I'm starting to respect the guy more!
http://adammaikkula.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/maturation-of-hip-hop/
Now, I am never easily convinced that people have good intentions until they truly show it, and while it's great that he's doing this, it wasn't the fact that he was doing humanitarian work that made me say "wow". In the documentary, it was when they asked him to sing a song. Most rappers would bust out rapping, "cracka ho, cracka, head, dope slanging, dope ranging", but 50-cent said that it was inappropriate given the reason why he was there.
So it's things like this that makes me respect the man. Good job dude!