50 Cent, The Game Make Peace; Holding Press Conference To Announce New Plans
Published: Wednesday - March 9, 2005
Words by Jay Casteel
50 Cent (Photo: Interscope)
Looks like the escalating beef between The Game and 50 Cent is drawing to a close. Just a week after 50 Cent booted The Game from his G-Unit crew, the two are patching things up, and will make a formal announcement at a press conference on Wednesday (March 9).
The Game called into New York's Hot 97 radio station to speak on the peace treaty with Angie Martinez. "It's going to be a positive thing for both sides," said the rapper. "I think it's so much bigger being that the date is March 9 (Biggie Smalls' death date). I'm def doing to do what I got to do... [to be] on a positive note."
The press conference will be held at the Schomburg Center For Research in Black Culture in Harlem, New York at 2:00 pm, where the two hope to resolve their issues.
On top of the beef being squashed, 50 Cent will also announce the launch a new foundation, the G-Unity Foundation, where the two will pledge donations to charity. According to MTV, the rappers will give a combined $253,000 to the Boys Choir of Harlem, and an unspecified amount to the Compton Unified School District music program.
"I'm launching a new foundation, the G-Unity Foundation, Inc., to help people overcome obstacles and make a change for the better in their lives ... to help them overcome their situations," 50 Cent said in a statement. "I realized that if I'm going to be effective at that, I have to overcome some of my own. Game and I need to set an example in the community.
Since 50 Cent's public booting of The Game from G-Unit, the relationship between the two has seemed to have dwindled to almost nothing. But the G-Unit general has since extended a peace offering to the Compton native, which resulted in this press conference.
"I see this as a real opportunity to show the power of our community," The Game said in his own statement. "50 and I are proving that real situations and real problems can be solved with real talk. This can also be seen as a big step for my organization, Black Wall Street, in terms of making a difference. Maybe we can help save some lives ... the way rap music saved mine."
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