50 Cent is shooting down claims that The Game wrote the Get Rich or Die Tryin’ track "What Up Gangsta."
On Friday (Aug. 13), 50 Cent appeared on Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club and debunked a prolonging claim that The Game penned the 2003 song "What Up Gangsta." The Power Book III: Raising Kanan producer said that's not the case.
"[The Game] said he wrote ‘What Up Gangsta,'" he said at the 16-minute mark in the video below. "I’m like, 'C'mon, bro. You wasn't even around when we did that. That was before you even came into the picture.
"That was Get Rich Or Die Tryin’. We didn’t even know who he was until after," he continued. "There’s a point when you [reach] desperation and you’ll say anything."
Actually, it was The Game's manager Wack 100 who made the assertion. Back in March, during a Clubhouse session, Wack revealed that it was the Compton, Calif. rhymer who wrote Fif's explosive opening track on Get Rich or Die Tryin'.
"I'm going to speak on something [The Game] don't ever speak on," he reportedly said before reciting the hook from “What Up Gangsta." "What up, cuz? What up, blood? What up, gangsta? Who you think wrote that? I'm going to leave it alone."