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50 Cent, Kanye West face-off on BET


(AP)
Updated: 2007-09-07 10:37





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Rapper 50 Cent poses in New York on August 7, 2007.[AP]

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Like candidates trying to sway voters on Election Day, Kanye West and 50
Cent will appear on BET's "106 & Park" on Tuesday, when both their
heavily anticipated albums hit the stores.

West and 50 Cent have hyped the albums as an epic battle of rap titans
鈥� 50 Cent has said he'd retire if West's "Graduation" outsells his
"Curtis" CD in their first week out.

BET is treating the Tuesday-evening event like a top heavyweight fight,
even borrowing Stuart Scott from ESPN to deliver a statistical breakdown
of the two rappers. Both are set to perform, but whether they will engage
in a rap battle remains to be seen.

While the two have engaged in plenty of trash-talking in recent weeks,
Stephen Hill, an executive vice president at BET, says this clash of
hip-hop hotshots isn't about bad blood.

"I don't think it's a battle, I think it's a lot of fun. I think Kanye
will tell you he moved his date to 50's date to draw this type of
attention, to create this marketing opportunity," he said. "We're gonna
have fun on Sept. 11, the only place they are going to be together."

Left out of the fun? Country star Kenny Chesney, whose new album is also
being released on Tuesday. The country star has put both rappers on
notice that he may emerge as the ultimate victor when the week's final
tally is released.

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