50 Cent Says He Still Gets ‘Butterflies’ While Performing Onstage at Every Concert (Exclusive)

Nobody will ever have to tell 50 Cent to retire from performing — his body will do that for him. 

“When I get ready to perform, I get butterflies for the first minute,” the rapper, 49, tells PEOPLE. “It's like nervous energy. I think if and when that stops, you shouldn't do it anymore, because you no longer care about the outcome of a show.”

Retirement isn’t close to happening for 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, especially after he recently announced a mini-concert residency in Las Vegas.

The In Da Club residency is set for six dates at PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino throughout the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025. There will also be a special New Year's Eve performance.

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Because the Vegas concerts stay in one place for an extended period of time and won’t require his team to dismantle the production nightly, as they do on a typical tour, 50 Cent says he can do more interesting things with these shows.

“I've been trying to put this together the whole time,” he says of the residency. “The things that I couldn't do before in my productions, I revisited all those different things. I said, ‘We should try this. Just do this all extra stuff.’ I got a team of guys helping me with the show.”

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While he plans to incorporate new production elements into his shows, 50 Cent, who prays before every concert, promises to still belt out his known hits, such as “Candy Shop,” “In Da Club” and “21 Questions."

“I’m conscious of the way we hear things, like the way the audience is listening to things,” he said. “I make things that bridge my audience ... to the new audience, and stuff like that. A lot of the stuff that I did in the very beginning, it matches up to the tone of things that are going on in the neighborhoods now.”

In addition, the star tells PEOPLE he is conscious of who 50 Cent is, versus who Jackson is. “There’s a huge difference. The aggression and everything that I was subjected to in the environment I grew up in is a part of the 50 Cent temperament,” he said. “Curtis is my grandmother's baby.”

50 Cent: In Da Club goes down on Dec. 27, 28, 30 and 31, as well as Jan. 3 and 4. All shows start at 9 p.m., except the New Year's Eve show, which begins at 10 p.m. Tickets are available here.