After upholding a long lasting business and personal friendship with one of his biggest influences, 50 Cent showed love to Eminem Saturday with a birthday shout out on Instagram.

The rapper sent birthday wishes to Em and credited him with his career.

"I'm not sure about a lot of people but this guy I'm sure of. I love EM he gave me my shot. SHADY RECORD'S #SMSAUDIO" he captioned a photo of the rapper.

In an interview with XXL, 50 Cent explains his friendship with Eminem as one of the few stable relationships in his life.

"Eminem gave me the shot that I needed at a point where he was so influential that there was nobody more influential than him," he said. " I don't have value for a lot of the relationships that I developed coming up on this journey, but Eminem is the guy. He's the one. He's been consistent with me the entire time and I love him to death. I'd f*** all the way up for him. I'd do some s*** that just wouldn't allow me to come back into a comfortable space because somebody was doing something to [Eminem] that was inappropriate, to this day."

Source: InstagramXXL