Tony Yayo Credits 50 Cent For Keeping Him Out Of Trouble: “He Helped Us Survive A Lot Of Shit”
Tony Yayo claims that 50 Cent assisted him in “surviving” his early G-Unit days. Yayo discussed Pop Smoke’s passing and 6ix9ine’s RICO case in an interview with the Only Way Out Podcast, noting that the only reason he was able to stay out of such risky situations was because of the advice 50 Cent gave him when he was a budding rapper. “There used to be 14 guns on the bus like Bobby Shmurda and them n-ggas, we used to be running around like that,” Yayo said around the 28-minute mark. “You gotta kinda be smart, you have a n-gga like Fif around that help us survive a lot of shit. ‘Cause he’ll be like, ‘Yo, if you gotta bring a gun, why the fuck you going? Just go party in my mansion I’m not even there. Just take over my mansion.” He continued: “He’ll tell you: ‘You know you got a girl in your room that’s a stranger. Don’t get these girls pregnant on the road, ’cause I done seen n-ggas do it.’” In other parts of the conversation, Yayo spoke extensively about how things have ...