In 2004, at the peak of his fame off the back of Get Rich or Die Tryin', 50 Cent travelled to Iraq with his G-Unit crew to perform for American troops.
He flew into Camp Anaconda, a base so volatile it was nicknamed "Mortaritaville" because of the constant bombardment.
The base, also known as Logistics Support Area Anaconda near Balad, was one of the most frequently attacked US installations in the country, taking regular indirect fire from mortars and rockets.
Wearing a bulletproof vest and surrounded by military personnel, he delivered an energetic concert that lifted the spirits of the soldiers
By multiple accounts of the visit, an officer warned him before he went on, "You could die today," and he opened the set with "What Up Gangsta."
they stopped blaming their parents. their ex. their childhood. not because none of it hurt, but because they figured out they're the only one who can fix it now. the day you own your part is the day you get your power back.
Channing Tatum says Jonah Hill shut down an interviewer by telling them nobody cared enough to google them
“We were in an interview one day and somebody brought something up from my past. It wasn’t even really embarrassing, but they were definitely throwing shade”
“Jonah leaned forward and goes, ‘So you were at home, looked this up and found this random thing to try to make him feel something. I want you to know that no one’s looking you up’”
“‘No one cares about you enough to Google anything about you.’ I was like, ‘Oh my God, that’s really good.’ Case closed”
Just learned my dad has been in a prank war with his coworker for 19 years. It started when the coworker stole my dad's sandwich in 2005. My dad retaliated by filling his spare car keys with pudding. It escalated. We're talking hiring a mariachi band to follow him, swapping his contacts with fake ones, elaborate schemes. I found out because the coworker just retired and my dad seemed genuinely sad. My mom was like "honey, are you okay?" and he goes "I just realized Steve was my best friend." MY MOM GOES "STEVE? THE GUY YOU PUT ON A BILLBOARD?" Yeah. Apparently five years ago my dad paid $2000 to put Steve's face on a billboard that said "This man thinks he's better than you." They never had a normal conversation. Never got lunch. Never hung out. Just pure psychological warfare for two decades. My dad's now worried he doesn't know how to make friends normally. He's 56.