The headline of this piece is one of the most obvious statements in sports. It is like saying water is wet.

When Hip-Hop mogul 50 Cent released his controversial single “How To Rob” in 1999, it turned the industry inside out. A newcomer to the game, he braggartly namedropped 48 high-profile musicians and celebrities, poking fun at them in a bully-in-a-grade-school-cafeteria type of manner.