50 Cent Says GaGa Received An EASY Pop Star Status Because It's Harder For Black Artists To Crossover

Rapper 50 Cent has a new album coming out and things aren't going as smoothly for the former chart-topper as he would have hoped. And he says it's because of race. Get the deets inside....

50 Cent's record label is not happy with the progress of his upcoming Black Magic disc and 50 says part of that is due to his race.

"When you say Lady Gaga, pop artist, they want them to just deliver a song.  Her records go to Top 40 and crossover radio immediately. You can't really compare it to any artist that would be considered a pop artist or a white artist."

It seems as those radio isn't embracing the rap star like it once was and its harder for him to get a record played on Top 40/pop stations.  He says, white artists don't have that issue. 

In his interview with MTV News, he also said,

"What we consider urban radio or rhythmic radio was referred to as black radio at one point. That right there is something I'm conscious of."

I guess he believes radio programmers take race into consideration before they play a track.  What do you think? 

Source: http://theybf.com/2011/06/21/50-cent-says-its-harder-for-black-artists-to-get-airplay-on-pop-and-top-40-radio-stations

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