I do respect him for his marketing stratigys and the simple fact that within a fairly short period of time he went from being a nobody to one of the most recognised people in hip hop. You cant talk down on that..

However. In the last few years, rap's image has gone through a fairly large identity crisis and people like 50 Cent are at the forefront of this. Rappers dont like him because he has defined a steriotype that although not everyone aspires to, is still forced on a large portion of people involved in the rap industry. To industry cats now a days, his image is what is marketable, he has set a standard that is not only weak from an artists perspective but places bad expectations on our genre of music.

To put it more simple..
He sucks, but got popular and now a lot of other rappers who suck are getting big because their seen as 'safe' to invest in for record companies. I believe this is just a stage hip hop is going through and the sooner rappers like 50 Cent start to fade away the better.

I hope this answers your question...

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