Hey there, it's Ari Melburgh and you're listening to The Beat with Ari Melbert podcast and this is a podcast extra.

I read some of your comments and ratings and you guys talk about what you like and this is something we try to put up pretty regularly where we have longer form interviews or other material I've done that is a lot longer and more podcast form than when we share just the audio of the show. And thanks for listening to all of it. Also, if you want to connect with me, you can always go to ari melbourne.com and sign up for my free newsletter. That's ari melbourne.com. Just type it right in. And you can sign up for my newsletter. I've been sending emails out a couple times a month. I've heard from some of you guys about

them. I comment and respond to commenters there. I found it's better in some ways than a lot of the

social media we use. You can link with me there. Coming up right now, you're going to hear a 40-minute

exchange I had with 50 cent. You may know he's someone we've had on the beat before. He's someone I've

gotten to know a little bit

over these years in media. And this is our big new interview. First time we've sat down in person

since before the pandemic. And we get into his new TV deal. He's got over 20 shows on air, which is

interesting. We get into the anniversary of his huge debut studio album, Get Richard I Trying.

We also talk about Joe Biden, Megan the Stallion, 21 Savage, how his music is now being

sampled by artists around the world. So it's a whole long conversation. Some of it air

on the beat. Most of it didn't. You're going to hear that right now for the next 40 minutes,

and after that, my previous interview with 50 for any hardcore 50 fans out there. We got you covered. As always, thanks for listening. You can always give us five stars, whatever rating you think we deserve, wherever you get your podcasts. And now we are joined by the man, Curtis Jackson, 50 Cent. Thanks for coming back on the beat. Thanks for having me back.

We have so much to talk about, including why we're decked out like this.

This is the coolest studio. It looks good on you. So we got an anniversary. But before we even get to that, this week, you just inked this new deal. Right. It is a non-exclusive Fox broadcast

deal. Sounds like a big deal, but explain what it is. It's exciting for-exclusive Fox broadcast deal.

Right.

Sounds like a big deal, but explain what it is.

It's exciting for me.

So it's an opportunity to work with Fox.

And there's the non-exclusive part of it, because my last deal was an exclusive deal to start.

This deal allows me to work with everyone.

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