The term “unlikely pairing” might have never been truer than it is right now, concerning this fascinating news tidbit.
50 Cent‘s relationship with Drake goes back to at least 2014, when Fif and a recently re-assembled G-Unit squad surprised the Toronto OVO Fest crowd with a performance of “What Up Gangsta.” Recently, Drake chose a different NYC crew to surprise his concert crowd–it was Dipset, on the fourth and final night of the Summer Sixteen Tour’s NYC residency–but 50 wasted no time linking up with the OVO squad.
After publicly squashing his riff with Cam’ron, whose issues with 50 have had a beating heart for the last decade or more, Fif posed for a photo with PARTYNEXTDOOR, and promised that new music was on the way.
One of the great street rappers to ever live, paired with the psychedelic protege of the man that helped steer rap from its street-first lane? This will be very interesting.