50 Cent: 'I'll be more popular when I die'

50 Cent has declared that he will be more popular after he dies.

Despite having sold over 30 million records, the rapper claimed that the media and public are yet to give his talent due credit.

He told The Observer: "As an artist you're greater in your absence than in your presence. Everyone liked Michael Jackson more the week after he passed away than the week before.

"Maybe they'll like me more when I'm gone. I'd definitely like to be remembered as a great artist."

The Dead Man Running actor also dismissed rumours that he plans to quit hip-hop for acting.

"I'll always be a rapper first and foremost," he added. "I may generate more money from my business deals away from rap, but without the finances acquired from being successful as a hip-hop artist, what money would I have to invest?

"I spend my time in competition with myself rather than other rap artists. But it's hard to compare how you felt when you sold 12 million copies of your first record to now."