In a recent interview with Big Boy TV, 50 Cent revealed that Eminem once turned down a proposed tour with him, Dr. Dre, and Snoop Dogg.
According to 50’s estimate, the massive tour would have easily been worth $100 million collectively, but Em had reservations about its grueling timeline.
“You do not believe how much money was there,” the Queens rapper said. “And Em was like—it was so many dates at the time, the way they laid it out—that he was like, ‘I just don’t want to go on tour and come back, and Hailie’s grown.’”
The proposed tour would not have been Eminem’s first time joining the other artists on the road. Back in 2000, the Detroit rapper accompanied Dre and Snoop on the Up in Smoke Tour, while 50 opened for Em on the 2005 Anger Management tour.
In October 2015, Dre also expressed interest in a joint European tour with Kendrick Lamar, Em, and Snoop. A few months later, Snoop continued to tease the proposed Beats & Rhymes tour, but it ultimately never came to fruition.
Elsewhere in the interview, 50 revealed that he wasn’t originally slated to appear on Ed Sheeran’s “Remember the Name” alongside Em.
“I had went to [Eminem]’s last two dates in London for a show and I was popping out as a surprise on it. Ed Sheeran was there, and they were planning to do something together,” he remembered. “I was there and Ed just added me. He was like, ‘Yeah, let’s all of us do it together.’ And Em was like, ‘What just happened? It was you and me.’”
Earlier this week, 50 said Em is currently working on new music in an interview with Real 92.3 LA’s Bootleg Kev & DJ Hed.
Watch the full interview above, and read all the lyrics to Ed Sheeran’s “Remember the Name” featuring Eminem & 50 Cent on Genius now.
