Dame Dash is calling 50 Cent’s bluff with a bold challenge, inviting him to a network showdown of sorts.
Taking to Instagram on Wednesday (September 4), the entrepreneur and record exec threw down the gauntlet, daring 50 Cent to launch his network with an original movie drop. In return, Dame Dash promised to do the same and let the people decide who reigns supreme!
“@50cent I heard what you said so I challenge you to drop your network today,” he began.
“50 Cent Action *pause and I’ll drop my network today America Nu @americanunetworks and put a new original movie on it The Prince of Detroit @theprinceofdetroitfilm and let the people decide who’s is better…being that I’m broke and you got the resources this should be easy work for you,” he continued, before teasing an interview scheduled for later today.
Dame’s challenge comes fresh off 50 Cent roasting him for dismissing his million-dollar record deal as “no real money.”
In 2002, 50 Cent signed with Eminem’s Shady Records under the Aftermath/Interscope banner. Before that, he gained fame with his street single “How To Rob,” where he hilariously detailed plans to rob Hip Hop’s biggest names, including Dame’s former partner Jay-Z.
When Wallo asked 50 Cent about his first deal on the latest episode of the Million Dollarz Worth of Game Podcast, Fif couldn’t resist a little irony about his chat with Dame Dash.
“The only person that pointed out that a million dollars was no money was Damon Dash, and he has no money now,” said 50. “That ain’t no money. After you get a watch, a chain, you look out for the homies and you do this, that and the third… it’s nothing.”
50 Cent went on to reveal how Dame’s comment resonated with him. “And I was like, ‘N-gga, I’m from 134th Street. A million dollars is a lot of money.’ I’m thinking I hit the lotto! How you gonna say it’s no money? I just never forgot that because of how it felt.” For 50, a million bucks was like striking gold in Southside Jamaica Queens, making Dame’s dismissal all the more memorable.
A clip of Dame explaining the cost of advance money in a record deal has been circulating on social media for years.
Meanwhile, 50 Cent’s Shady Records deal turned out to be a jackpot of its own. His debut album, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, flew off the shelves with over 800,000 copies sold in its first week in 2003. Not to be outdone, his sophomore album, The Massacre, racked up an impressive 1.4 million in its first week in 2005. Talk about cashing in on that “no money” comment!