50 Cent recently spoke with MTV News about how he feels about Kelly Rowland’s career thus far and where she’s going. “I’m so happy Kelly got that hit record. She’s due; she’s so due. She’s the most underrated female soloist in the game, and it’s finally time for her. That’s why when it came time to do ‘Baby by Me,’ I wanted her to be in the video, because she was smoking hot everywhere else my record had to be hot at. They thought I was doin’ her a favor because here in the U.S., they wasn’t hip.”

On Rowland playing the background in Destiny’s Child, he explained, “There wasn’t no dance moves Beyoncé was doin’ that Kelly wasn’t doin’. It’s just the right song. You got the song, now you can forget about it. It’s going. They all did the same moves. If you look and say one is prettier than the other, I beg to differ — it’s just what you think is pretty. I think it’s just time for her. This year is her year.”