50 Cent Tells Us Why More One-Hit Wonders Will Invade Music Biz

[With his crew's The Beast Is G-Unit EP finally on store shelves, G-Unit head 50 Cent tells SOHH why the music biz isn't churning out more veteran artists.]

You got guys that aren’t seasoned artists. That part of it is going to allow more one-hit wonders into our culture because you have an opportunity to put that song out there and make it turn into a hit record but you haven’t been bumped around until you’re good enough to make the next big song and the one after.

With [Tony] Yayo saying to know not to fall in love with music, that’s a lesson that I learned from Jam Master Jay.

I would have a hit record playing and he’d say, “Turn that sh*t off and play your other stuff.” Then I’d be like, “What? Why the f*ck did you turn my sh*t off? That was my one!” He was like, “Turn that sh*t off. You need another one because if that record is what we think it is, we need another one.”

And while you’re in the right mental space, let’s move to [another hit song].