“I’d happily sign him up to my label, mentor him and have him working with the biggest rappers on the planet,” he said last month.
Now, the G-Unit CEO is taking things a step further by explaining exactly how much star power he thinks the 22-year-old has.
“His vision on his own is always different from what it is in the group,” 50 told MTV News’ Josh Horowitz at Fizz, Las Vegas, on Thursday, Apr. 23. “Like Justin Timberlake, as Justin Timberlake, away from the group — it’s a lot of potential.”
“That was ballsy of me to say that,” he added, laughing. “Now Justin’s mad at me. But it is one of those things that you can see something interesting come out of him selecting what he wants.”
Not saying Zayn isn't because I know nothing about him, but JT is an amazing dancer and songwriter, and he's a very good voice to back it up. I think JT is the only JT
Zayn Malik is a Muslim, of course he won't be the next Justin Timberlake. Lighten up his skin and remove evidence of his religion and maybe then people will buy into him. That's how it works these days, right? 50 should know better than this.
