| DavieVegas |
07-31-2006 09:06 PM |
Two Five or 25: real name Michael Francis is the latest rapper to come out of Southside Jamaica, Queens. He just so happens to be the cousin of multi-platinum rapper 50 Cent.
While many would think having an older cousin who is on top of the rap game guarantees you instant success, think again.
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Then and Now
In fact, there have been reports in which 50 and his representatives have denied that the two are related.
The two are legitimate first cousins, said the 22-year-old prodigy, who says they grew up in the same house hahaha8212; their grandmotherhahaha8217;s.
However, now the two cousins, who once ran the streets together and were so close that neighborhood friends referred to them as brothers, donhahaha8217;t speak to one another.
Ithahaha8217;s been three or four years since their last conversation, said Two Five, who was given the name 25 Cent as teenager hanging around his cousin.
Two Fivehahaha8217;s flow may sound similar to 50, but he remains unsigned and is working on his debut project, which he will release independently some time next year if he isnhahaha8217;t signed. He has also completed a DVD that takes you through his home in Queens and chronicles his dedication to making music. He has not seen 50hahaha8217;s movie, nor does he have an interest to.
Though Two Five believes part of the reason 50 doesnhahaha8217;t want to help him is because he doesnhahaha8217;t want him to inherit his beef, he is determined to make it, even if it means he has to do it on his own.
AP: Do you consider 50 Cent to be a mentor to you?
Two Five: Yeah, he is. He will always be that. I donhahaha8217;t look at dude as my big cousin, thathahaha8217;s my brother. He raised me and did things for me when nobody else would, so I canhahaha8217;t never turn my back on him for that.
AP: Whathahaha8217;s the relationship between you and 50 Cent right now?
Two Five: There is no relationship. Ihahaha8217;m doing me and Ihahaha8217;m handling my own business. I donhahaha8217;t know how he feels, thathahaha8217;s something somebody would have to ask him. My relationship with him, to my knowledge, is, stay on your side of the street, Ihahaha8217;ll stay on mine. I feel like I donhahaha8217;t need him.
AP: What was the last conversation that you had with 50 Cent like?
Two Five: It was an argument. It was yelling and screaming. I think when people get a little money they really donhahaha8217;t show their true colors. But when you get big money and youhahaha8217;re in a different tax bracket, you start to feel yourself more than your supposed to, you get cocky.
AP: So you think hehahaha8217;s gotten cocky and the money and all the success has changed him?
Two Five: I think hehahaha8217;s lonely and bitter. I think hehahaha8217;s that way because there is nobody around you to share your love with. Youhahaha8217;re making all that money just to have 15 security guards, two trucks and nobody around you that really cares for you. And when all your money is gone and there is nobody else there for you, you gotta come back to family and thathahaha8217;s even if wehahaha8217;ll accept you.
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