
Alicia Keys recently made a statement to Blender magazine about gangsta rap being a conspiracy. Keys said Blender misrepresented her words in a press release that followed the magazine hitting the stands.
50 Cent is highly upset with her. "I don't like Alicia Keys no more," 50 said. He goes on to explain his thoughts on Alicia Keys statement while the interviewer reminds 50 that she clarified those statements. 50 wasn't accepting of the original statement or the clarifying comments.
"If she thinks what they consider [to be] gangsta music is [made] to bring black people down then I think my sh*t falls into that category. I don't like people who don't like me. I don't like her then because that's what provides the life for me. I think if you ask Ice Cube the same shit, he'll tell you, "F*ck Alicia Keys" for even saying that. Because the success he's had as an actor and a businessman, there was no opportunity for that sh*t without N.W.A. But I don't think that [her] classical sh*t is cool. I don't give a f*ck if you can classically play the piano. I haven't been classically trained, because my upbringing, nobody put me in front of a piano at that time. If they did, I would know how to do it as well as she does. I could learn how to play the piano if I was passionate about it right now. That's obviously my perspective evaluating what she does, and I could f*cking care less about the sh*t. So she doesn't like the music that embodies the harsh realities because they're not her realities. She hasn't been subjected to the same things."
