50 Cent says that Eminem turned down an offer to perform with him at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar in a collaboration organizers were willing to pay $9 million for.
The 47-year-old musical artist, appearing on Big Boy’s Neighborhood on Real 92.3, said that Eminem, 50, declined the offer.
The If I Can’t rapper said that officials in Qatar were hoping to hire the pair after their involvement in the lauded Super Bowl halftime show last year in Los Angeles, which also featured Dr. Dre, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg and Anderson .Paak.
The latest: 50 Cent, 47, sys that Eminem, 50, turned down an offer to perform with him at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar in a collaboration organizers were willing to pay $9 million for
‘Because of the Super Bowl, I got an inquiry about World Cup and they had a budget of $9 million,’ said the rap artist, whose real name is Curtis James Jackson III, adding that he ‘would’ve taken’ $1 million and the remaining $8 million ‘would have been for’ Eminem.
The Candy Shop artist said that he tried to negotiate the appearance with Eminem’s camp to no avail: ‘They’re like, “He’s not gonna do it.”‘
50 Cent said, ‘If you would do a one-off show, maybe you would do the biggest live sporting event in the world.’
The soccer competition held in Qatar was marked by a number of controversies, including the country’s human rights records, discrimination against women and the LGBTQ community, and the deaths of migrant workers who built the stadiums the competitions were held in.
The If I Can’t rapper said that officials in Qatar were hoping to hire the pair after their involvement in the lauded Super Bowl halftime show last year in Los Angeles
50 Cent was supported by Eminem when he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in January of 2020
The rap veterans were snapped with one another at a film screening in NYC in July of 2015
Among the notable names who were present or performed at the competition included David Beckham, the Black Eyed Peas, J Balvin and BTS artist Jung Kook.
In November, Dua Lipa took to social media to deny rumors that she would be among those to take the stage in Qatar.
‘I will not be performing and nor have I ever been involved in any negotiations to perform,’ she said. ‘I look forward to visiting Qatar when it has fulfilled all the human rights pledges it made when it won the right to host the World Cup.’
Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy told CNN that month that they were planning to have ‘an inclusive, safe tournament’ welcome to all ‘regardless of race, background, religion, gender, orientation or nationality.’
