Source: Genius
What you need to know
- 50 Cent has revealed how he convinced Steve Jobs to help sell the iPod.
- He was reportedly paid $150,000 for the privilege.
- he says it was the first time Apple did product placement in a music video.
50 Cent has revealed how he convinced Steve Jobs to help sell the iPod with his P.I.M.P. music video.
As reported by Genius:
The video for 50 Cent's 2003 hit, "P.I.M.P.," opens with a lingering shot of the rapper using an iPod. In a recent interview with MSNBC's Ari Melber, the Queens native revealed he pitched to the idea Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and claimed he received a six-figure payout for the groundbreaking device's first product placement in a music video.
During the interview 50 spoke about how he first saw the iPod whilst meeting with Steve Jobs in Jimmy Iovine's office:
"You think you could sell an iPod? I could sell an iPod," 50 remembered telling Jobs, after learning about the gadget. "Jimmy will tell you, in that 10 minutes that I sat there, I got [Steve Jobs] to give me $150,000. [It was] the first time Apple did product placement in anything, any music video."
The iPod made an appearence in 50's P.I.M.P. music video, a cameo that netted the rapper $150,000. Not bad.

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