In part 4 of the interview 50 Cent talks about how having his son impacted his career and how he tried to have the relationship with his son that he didn’t have with his own dad. “I do feel that kids are an opportunity to make a better version of yourself”. 50 doesn’t see his son going into rapping because his passion is for basketball and says that even when he was around the music his son was more interested in what went on in the production of the record and what Dr Dre and others would do in the studio. 50 goes on to say that although he has been successful in business and in music, “The part that I’ve lost consistently has been in my investment of friends and relationships.” Continue reading

Rock The Bells 2013 Launch Party (Photos)

The Rock The Bells 2013 artists were announced Tuesday night by way of a 30-minute freestlye from MC Supernatural.SONY DSC

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In part 3 of the interview 50 Cent shares how he became involved with Vitamin Water and how he was able to leverage his payment in shares of the company. 50 also describes how his boxing promotions company started out of his friendship with Floyd Mayweather. 50 opens up about his friendship with Floyd and says that he only has 3-4 fights left in him. 50 also pulls no punches when talking about Kanye West saying “Kanye gets the trophies, I get the checks!” Continue reading

In part 2, 50 Cent talks about the 10 year anniversary of his major label debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin. When talking about success 50 states: “No matter how much you feel that you are prepared for something it never happens on your time…it always happens when its supposed to happen…The period when you feel ready and people are not acknowledging the material the way you feel that they should (because its good) is the time that you actually develop skin thick enough to survive when it does work….As a new artist you get people that hear it (your music) but don’t know that it has a value to it… Continue reading


Hip hop superstar 50 Cent sits down with Nick Huff Barili as part of SXSW’s interview series to discuss his meteoric rise to fame from humble beginnings in Queens, to his incredibly successful musical career and hip hop empire, as well as his current work with SMS Headphones and the upcoming release of his album “Street King Immortal”. This hour long interview will be posted in separate parts. In part 1, 50 Cent talks about how he has time for all his projects including music, book writing, headphone line, boxing management company, acting, etc. 50 goes on to talk about Eminem and how he feels Em is not given enough credit for talking race out of Hip Hop by being as lyrical as he was. 50 states that Hip Hop is now Pop. Hip Hop is about telling your own story, not replicating someone else’s story. Continue reading


In part 3 Iggy talks to Nick Huff Barili about going to India to shoot her video for Bounce and why its important to bring fantasy back into music videos. Iggy is a product of viral videos which let her connect with fans on one level but she also believes that music is supposed to serve as escapism for people that want to get away from their lives for a bit. On twitter recently Iggy posted that conquering ones own mind is one of the greatest challenges. She states that she is working on not sabotaging herself and that the music video for Bounce almost didn’t happen because she didn’t want to give her passport to the embassy to be able to go to India. Continue reading


Exclusive in-depth interview with Iggy Azalea. In part 2 Iggy talks to Nick Huff Barili about touring with Nas and developing a friendship with him. Iggy states that she didn’t know what to expect from Nas at first and wondered if he would like her music or not. After sharing a conversation Nas had with her and 2 Chainz, Iggy says that although she thinks she can get Nas and Kanye to do a track with her based on their friendship, she is not going to ask because she wants to work on her craft some more stating Im not on their level yet. Iggy who has been the subject of some irresponsible tabloid headlines shares the story of how she found out she was the woman Kanye was cheating on Kim Kardashian with. Continue reading


Exclusive in-depth interview with Iggy Azalea. In part 1 Iggy talks to Nick Huff Barili about race in hip hop and the comments that Scarface made in a recent Hard Knock Tv interview stating that hip hop is white now and is controlled by white executives that don’t care about the culture. Continue reading


Exclusive in-depth interview with Scarface backstage at Paid Dues. Part 3 of our interview starts with Scarface asking why white contemporary singers sell more albums than their black counterparts. Scarface proceeds to say that he heard an executive at a tv network that deals with music say that they are now going to target the network for a young white audience. Facemob is concerned that the new generation doesn’t know who Kool Herc is and soon wont know who people like KRS-One and himself are because they are being written out of Hip Hop history. “If you gave a fuck about this culture in any shape form or fashion you would not put the shit out that you put out. You would slam the door on artists that came in there with that shit!” Continue reading


Exclusive in-depth interview with Scarface backstage at Paid Dues. In part 2 Facemob talks to Nick Huff Barili about the current state of Hip Hop saying that he loves Kendrick Lamar but that older white executives that are in control of Hip Hop are not in touch with the streets and don’t care about the culture. Scarface goes on to say that he thinks its a conspiracy to make black people look stupid and brainwash a generation of hip hoppers with Continue reading