"The Chief Keef project is the 50 Cent project. It's the same project," 50 Cent told DJ Jenny Boom Boom regarding the similarities between himself and Keef, whose growing rap sheet threatens to outstrip his music.

"He's completely influenced by his environment, but that's the nightmare," 50 Cent continued, comparing Keef's legal battles with ones he fought earlier in his own career.

"I actually was attracted to the Chief Keef thing because I was like, I can help him. I know what to do. He didn't listen, so I wouldn't actually offer (what was said) to the general public.

"To reach out to him and actually talk to him, I did that. He's a man, a young man. My son is a year younger than him. So when I'm talking to him, he don't have to take it. I'm not his father, that's his business.