*50 Cent received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday and the ceremony featured a surprise appearance from Eminem.
This marked the first time the rapper has been photographed in public in over a year.
“Out of all the things that I don’t remember about 2002, I have a very clear memory of the first time I met Fifty,” Eminem said. “I think one of the things I noticed when he first walked into the room was his presence, right, because it just kinda felt like he’s gonna be a star, like just the way he carried himself, swagger, everything. It just seemed like he was the whole package. What’s crazy about it to me is the charisma and the personality matched the intensity of his music and that first album is so classic.”
He continued, “The first time time I met Fifty, I was so excited to meet him, so I started rapping all his songs to him and I didn’t really let him talk.I kinda was trying to show him how into him I was. But I think I might have probably overdid it.”
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Eminem also recalled producer Dr. Dre’s first impression of Fifty.
“I knew that the dude sitting in front of me sitting across from me was just different. It just seemed like, I don’t know man, something, just something about him just drew you in and I think Dre and me knew that…if it worked on us, that it was gonna work on the rest of the world,” Eminem said. “I’m glad we trusted our instincts.”
Born Curtis James Jackson III, 50 Cent rose to fame with his 2003 debut studio album “Get Rich or Die Tryin,”‘ which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart sold 12 million copies worldwide. He has since bagged numerous Grammy nominations, winning his first Grammy award in 2010 for best rap performance by a duo or group for “Crack A Bottle.”
In addition to cementing his lane in the hip-hop world, Fifty is also a music, film and television producer, and his acting credits include the films “Den of Thieves,” “Southpaw” and “Spy.”
He is among the executive producers of “For Life,” a legal drama premiering on ABC Feb. 11.
Check out more from his Walk of Fame ceremony via the YouTube player above.
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