- 50 Cent claimed Eminem turned down $8 million to perform at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with him.
- The pair both performed at the Super Bowl LVI halftime show in February 2022.
50 Cent has claimed that Eminem turned down an $8 million offer to perform with him at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The "In Da Club" rapper said the offer came as a result of the pair's performances at the Super Bowl LVI halftime show in February 2022.
Speaking on "Big Boy's Neighborhood" on Real 92.3 on Sunday, 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson III, said: "Because of the Super Bowl, I got an inquiry about World Cup and they had a budget of $9 million."
"I would've taken one [million] and then the other eight [million] would have been for him," he added.
Jackson said he then tried to negotiate with Eminem's team but was unsuccessful.
"They were like, 'He's not gonna do it,'" he recalled.
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Jackson did not elaborate on why Eminem declined the opportunity, however, Qatar came under heavy criticism before and during the World Cup for its stance on homosexuality and women's rights.
In Qatar, homosexuality is illegal and punishable by prison or, in some cases, death, while women's rights are restricted by the country's male guardianship law.
Qatar also faced criticism for its treatment of migrant workers.
The Guardian reported last year that there had been a total of 6,500 migrant worker deaths in Qatar since the country was named host of the 2022 World Cup back in 2010.
Thirty-seven of those deaths can be directly linked to the construction of World Cup stadiums, the Guardian reported.
That figure had previously been denied by the Qatari authorities, which claimed that there had been three work-related deaths in construction related directly to the tournament.
In November, however, Qatar's World Cup chief Hassan Al-Thawadi said otherwise.
"The estimate is around 400," Thawadi told Piers Morgan in an episode of Morgan's talk show "Uncensored." "Between 400 and 500. I don't have the exact number, that is something that is being discussed."