MOST people look forward to climbing the charts to raise their profile - but 50 CENT reckons his popularity will soar when he DIES. It’s a bit sketch to think that some people look forward to dying in the sense of popularity. One seems to questions whether they say things like this to get a reaction and have higher sales while they are alive or merely because they don’t care how much they make now, but to always be remembered.
Surely 30 million record sales prove he's pretty popular when he's alive.
It’s just astonishing that what he’s actually saying is pretty true. I mean I’m pretty sure the popularity doubles when an artist dies only because the artist is no longer there to make more of what was being made. It becomes a bit of a collector’s item to have what they put out when they were alive. At the same time one can argue that if they weren’t making bank to begin with then how much can one actually be remembered for when dead? You have to have a fan club while alive if you wish to have any when dead.
He said: "As an artist you're greater in your absence than in your presence.
"Everyone liked MICHAEL JACKSON more the week after he passed away than the week before.
"Maybe they'll like me more when I'm gone. I'd definitely like to be remembered as a great artist."
The Dead Man Running actor also denied plans to quit music for acting, saying: "I'll always be a rapper first and foremost."
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