50 Cent: "Eminem makes my life hell"

Bad boy rapper, 50 Cent says his mentor, "Stan" star, Enimen makes his life hell by constantly tormenting him.

50 Cent, real name Curtis Jackson, turned to the singer / actor for acting advice before shooting his auto-biographical film, 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'', but his friend used his plea to ridicule him.

50 said: "He's not a big help for me. We've become such good friends that he'll take advantage of opportunities to make me uncomfortable for a moment.

"Like, he'll call and go, 'Yo, they told me you're doing a film.' I said, 'Yeah. They told me they thought it'd be a good idea if I did one based on my life, because you did '8 Mile'.'

"And he said, 'You're going to hate it, you're going to be there for eight hours every day. Then they're going to expect you to make amazing songs in between each cut!'

"He made it sound like hell!"

50 - who set to release his third album 'Curtis', after his real name Curtis Jackson - also believes Hollywood is starting to wise up to his box office appeal.

He added: "I think they see me initially. I'm 50 Cent, and the interest that's raised through my music draws my fan base to the box office. That's what makes some film companies feel likes it's a good idea to put 50 in.

"But when you deliver a good performance, they start to see other reasons to actually involve you in projects."