50 Cent says Eminem passed on $9 million collaboration to perform at the World Cup in Qatar

50 Cent says Eminem turned down an offer to perform with him at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar in a collaboration the organizers were willing to pay $9 million for.

The 47-year-old musical artist, who appears on Big Boy neighborhood in Real 92.3He said Eminem, 50, turned down the offer.

The If I Can’t rapper said officials in Qatar had hoped to book the pair after their appearance in last year’s lauded Super Bowl halftime show in Los Angeles, which also featured Dr. Dre, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg and Anderson .Paak.

The Latest: 50 Cent, 47, sys Eminem, 50, turned down an offer to perform with him at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar in a collaboration for which organizers were willing to pay $9 million.

“Because of the Super Bowl, I got an inquiry about the World Cup and they had a budget of $9 million,” said the rap artist, whose real name is Curtis James Jackson III, adding that he “would have taken” $1 million and the remaining $8 million ‘would have gone to’ Eminem.

The Candy Shop artist said he tried to negotiate an appearance with Eminem’s camp to no avail: “They’re like, ‘He’s not going to do it.'”

50 Cent said, “If you did a one-off show, maybe you’d do the biggest live sporting event in the world.”

The soccer competition held in Qatar was marked by a series of controversies, including the country’s human rights records, discrimination against women and the LGBTQ community, and the deaths of migrant workers who built the stadiums in which they took out the competitions.

The If I Can’t rapper said officials in Qatar were hoping to book the pair after their appearance in last year’s lauded Super Bowl halftime show in Los Angeles.

50 Cent received Eminem’s endorsement when he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in January 2020.

The rap veterans were photographed together at a film screening in New York in July 2015.

Notable names that were present or performed at the competition include David Beckham, the Black Eyed Peas, J Balvin, and BTS artist Jung Kook.

In November, Dua Lipa took to social media to disprove rumors that she would be among those taking the stage in Qatar.

“I will not act and I have never been involved in any negotiations to act,” she said. “I look forward to visiting Qatar when it has fulfilled all the human rights promises it made when it won the right to host the World Cup.”

The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy of Qatar said CNN that month that they were planning to have “a safe and inclusive tournament” welcoming everyone “regardless of race, origin, religion, gender, orientation or nationality.”