50 Cent is explaining just how close he came to missing out on the 2022 Super Bowl halftime show , saying his surprise performance might not have happened if it werent for fellow rapper Eminem .

They wanted to leave me out of it. They didnt want me there, he said in a Hollywood Reporter interview published online Wednesday, referring to entertainment company Roc Nation. Eminem wouldnt do it without me. Thats how I ended up on the show because he was not coming if I didnt do it.

When that happens, you go, Damn, so you just lost Eminem because you didnt bring 50? Damn. All right. Bring 50 then. But if it was up to them, they would not have me there.

People at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, were stunned when 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, appeared upside-down to perform In da Club, just as he did in a 2003 music video. In addition to Eminem, hip-hip stars Dr. Dre, Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar also performed.

The halftime show was produced by Jay-Zs Roc Nation. 50 Cent has had a long-running feud with the 99 Problems rapper, previously saying on social media that he resembles a gay painter and sharing a photo of Jay-Z alongside an image of late neo-Expressionist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

50 Cent has downplayed their rivalry in the past, saying in 2011 that Its not like we have something against each other to make us enemies. But he said last year that Jay-Z and his team still harbor some energy towards me.