50 Cent has acknowledged that when he was writing Lloyd Banks’ hit song “On Fire,” he took a lot of inspiration from Nelly.
In an interview with Hot 97, the G-Unit general admitted to copying Nelly’s 2002 hit song “Hot In Herre” when writing “On Fire.” He even explained how he basically reworked the tune.
When the proper production was found, he claimed, “I could take someone else’s record and make my version of it, and it would be a hit again.”
After repeating the chorus from “On Fire,” Fif started rapping the hook to “Hot in Herre,” highlighting the parallels between the two tracks.
“That’s the same record,” he admitted. “Let Banks do it; it’s just new production and new melodies.”
50 Cent has contributed to the writing of numerous records outside of his own discography, including “On Fire.” He recently disclosed that Diddy’s verse on the “I Get Money” remix was written by him and JAY-Z.
When asked about words from Puffy’s verse that have now taken on a new significance in the wake of his legal problems, the Power mogul pondered on the heavyweight 2007 duet during his appearance on The Breakfast Club last month.
They claimed you composed two verses specifically for Diddy. One was on the “I Get Money” remix, while the other was on [G. Dep’s] “Let’s Get It.” They claimed that you wrote it and that it was his admission of guilt! Have you noticed the meme? God asked Charlmagne.
“Bo knows but Diddy did it / Cars, jewelry and big homes, yeah, Diddy did it / Shootouts, coastal beefs, yeah, Diddy did it / But my lawyer’s so good that Diddy got acquitted,” the radio host said, playing a section of Diddy’s verse in which he raps.
Fif interrupted right away, saying, “Jay helped me with that,” before he and the hosts burst out laughing.
Jay said, “Shootouts, coastal beefs,” right there in the passage. That was like East Coast-West Coast, and I wasn’t present [laughs]. After mentioning the former gang member’s allegation that Diddy offered him money to kill 2Pac, he said, “And then Keefe D comes out and says…” before he trailed off.
“Now, artists freestyle and freestyle and freestyle, but Jay remembers the idea in his head so he can just say it without writing it down,” 50 said, praising Jigga’s creative abilities despite their long-standing feud. “Put it in there,” I said, because it was already ready.
