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"I Know You Don't Love Me" is the third and final single from
Tony Yayo Marvin Bernard (born March 31, 1978), better known by his stage name Tony Yayo, is an American rapper. He is best known as a member of G-Unit, a hip hop group he formed with his childhood friends, 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks. Yayo released his debu ...
's first album, ''
Thoughts of a Predicate Felon ''Thoughts of a Predicate Felon'' is the debut studio album by American rapper Tony Yayo. It was released on August 30, 2005, through G-Unit Records and Interscope Records. Recording sessions took place at Sound One, at Integrated Studios, Sony Mu ...
''. The song features hip hop group
G-Unit G-Unit (short for Guerilla-Unit). was an American hip hop group formed by longtime friends and East Coast rappers 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, and Lloyd Banks. After amassing a string of self-released mixtapes in the early 2000s, the group released ...
;
50 Cent Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, and television producer. Born in Queens, a borough of New York City, Jackson began pursuing a musical career in 1996. In 1999–2000, ...
sings the chorus while Tony Yayo and
Young Buck David Darnell Brown (born March 15, 1981), better known by his stage name Young Buck, is an American rapper. He signed with Birdman's Cash Money Records in 1997, formed the hip hop collective UTP with Juvenile and Soulja Slim in 2000, and j ...
and
Lloyd Banks Christopher Charles Lloyd (born April 30, 1982), better known by his stage name Lloyd Banks, is an American rapper. He began his career as a member of East Coast hip-hop, East Coast hip hop group G-Unit, which he formed with childhood friends ...
rap on their own verses. The song tells the story of how the rappers are engaging in a relationship with the same woman, though she does not know they know, and how they know she does not love any of them because her obvious flirtatiousness and love for other rappers. Several other rappers and performers are mentioned in the song along with examples of what she does that proves she does not truly love any of her men, as evidenced by the chorus: :"I know you don't love me, you ain't the same when
Jay-Z Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American Rapping, rapper, businessman, and record executive. Rooted in East Coast hip-hop, he was named Billboard and Vibe's 50 Greatest Rappers of All Time, the ...
's around :I know you don't love me :I know you don't love me, you scream and holla when
Eminem Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time, he is credited with popula ...
's in town."


Music video

The music video is shown in split-screen with each rapper having their own screen. Whoever is rapping gets the larger screen, and the other three are shown concurrently with other women in three smaller screens below. The main woman in the video is almost always with the man who is rapping, except during the first part of Young Buck's rap when the main woman is seen in a fifth screen on her way to see him. In the end, after meeting with all the men individually, the woman is trapped in an elevator with them and embarrassed by all men revealing their knowledge of her
promiscuity Promiscuity is the practice of engaging in sexual activity frequently with different partners or being indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners. The term can carry a moral judgment. A common example of behavior viewed as promiscuous by man ...
. Actress
Eva Mendes Eva de la Caridad Méndez (, ; born March 5, 1974), known professionally as Eva Mendes, is a retired American actress. Her acting career began in the late 1990s with a series of roles in films such as '' Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror ...
was guest appeared on the music video.


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References

50 Cent songs Lloyd Banks songs Tony Yayo songs Young Buck songs G-Unit songs Songs written by Tony Yayo Songs written by Young Buck Songs written by 50 Cent Songs written by Lloyd Banks Songs written by Gene McDaniels {{2000s-hiphop-song-stub