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50 Cent rolls back the years during memorable debut Edinburgh performance

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AuthorKris Gourlay
Published date21 June 2022
Publication titleEdinburghLive (Scotland)
Appearing at Edinburgh's Royal Highland Centre, Curtis Jackson III certainly had thousands of fans feeling like they were In Da Club, performing some of his big hitters that are known all over the world

The last time 50 Cent visited Scotland, it was back in 2015 at The Hyrdo in Glasgow.

This time around, seven years later and with hip hop having entered a new era, 50 wasn't letting his fans forget what they grew up listening to and watching music videos for.

Albeit with a very young crowd, and making me, a 23-year-old, feel twice that, I can confirm that 50 Cent still has the magic touch.

Some of his biggest hits to date, including 'Candy Shop, 'P.I.M.P', 'In Da Club' and 'Just A Lil Bit', have been listened to over 300 million times each on Spotify, not to mention the tens of millions of albums he has sold worldwide.

Since his last performance in Scotland, not only has hip hop nerfed and entered a new age, 50 Cent's CV has also been updated.

Not only is 50 still very much a rapper, he's also an actor and an entrepreneur, becoming incredibly successful in both trades.

Appearing in his own creation and TV show, Power, as well as various movies such as Den of Thieves, Escape Plan and Southpaw, 50 Cent has adopted a way of ensuring that he will never fade from people's memory, despite his first album, and an iconic one at that, being released almost 20 years ago.

Despite that, when the star came out to 'What Up Gangsta', one of the smash hits from said album, the Edinburgh crowd were rocking.

Despite being situated near the back of the venue, as rubbing shoulders - quite literally - with revellers, some of which were five years younger than me, is a thing of the past, but the view was good enough to see the main man in the flesh, which you don't really process until the next day.

With too many smash hits to mention, 50 definitively ticked them all of the list as he made his way through some 20-odd tracks. Some were his own, some he featured on and some were recorded by G-Unit, the group where it all began for New York-born star.

For those who aren't familiar with 50 Cent, he's...

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