50Cent and Eedris Abdulkareem Tussle

G-Unit’s Young Buck talks about the incident that happened in Lagos during 50 Cent’s visit in 2004.

A drinks company in Nigeria was hosting a series of sponsored concerts headlined by 50 Cent’s G-Unit and featuring some local acts. A plane was chartered to move all artists to the next city. Rap artistes Eedris Abdulkareem boarded the aircraft and proceeded to sit in the front section of the aircraft, which had been reserved for 50Cent and G-Unit.

A security detail from G-Unit asked him to move to the back section where the local acts were seated. Eedris refused to move, claiming he was meant to sit in front. Security detail removed him forcibly, and Eedris called Charly Boy (Area fada), who showed up on the tarmac with okada motorcyclists. Long story short, G-Unit disembarked and returned to the USA, completing two out of 4 scheduled concerts.

Eedris’ action was apparently borne out of the poor manner in which local artists were treated; foreign stars were invited to perform in Nigeria. After this incident, there were improvements, and local stars started getting co-headline status alongside invited foreign stars after that – but Eedris Abdul Kareem paid the ultimate price as big brands blocklisted him.

Eedris would later apologise to 50Cents in 2007 at the Kora Awards.

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50Cent and Eedris Abdulkareem Tussle