2002–present: Rise to fameIn 2002, Eminem listened to a copy of 50 Cent's
Guess Who's Back? CD. He received the CD through 50 Cent's attorney, who was working with Eminem's manager Paul Rosenberg.
[24] Impressed with the album, Eminem invited 50 Cent to fly to Los Angeles, where he was introduced to Dr. Dre.
[4][18][24] After signing a one million dollar record deal,
[18] 50 Cent released the mixtape,
No Mercy, No Fear. It featured one new track, "Wanksta", which was put on Eminem's
8 Mile soundtrack.
[20] He was also signed to Chris Lighty's Violator Management and Sha Money XL's Money Management Group.
In Bangkok, Thailand, February 26, 2006
In February 2003, 50 Cent released his commercial debut album,
Get Rich or Die Tryin'. Allmusic described it as "probably the most hyped debut album by a rap artist in about a decade".
[32] Rolling Stone noted the album for its "dark synth grooves, buzzy keyboards and a persistently funky bounce" with 50 Cent complementing the production in "an unflappable, laid-back flow".
[33] It debuted at number one on the
Billboard 200, selling 872,000 copies in the first four days.
[34] The lead single, "In da Club", which
The Source noted for its "blaring horns, funky organs, guitar riffs and sparse hand claps",
[35] broke a
Billboard record as the most listened-to song in radio history within a week.
[36]Interscope granted 50 Cent his own label, G-Unit Records in 2003.
[37] He signed Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, and Young Buck as the established Candy Shop[/url]", "Disco Inferno", and "How We Do".
[39] Rolling Stone noted that "50's secret weapon is his singing voice — the deceptively amateur-sounding tenor croon that he deploys on almost every chorus".
[40]
From left: With Olivia, Lloyd Banks, and Young Buck in Bangkok, Thailand, February 2006
After The Game's departure, 50 Cent signed singer Olivia and rap veterans Mobb Deep to G-Unit Records. Spider Loc, M.O.P., and Young Hot Rod later joined the label.
[41][42] 50 Cent expressed interest in working with rappers outside of G-Unit, such as Lil' Scrappy of BME, LL Cool J from Def Jam, Mase from Bad Boy, and Freeway of Roc-A-Fella, some of whom he recorded with.
[43] In September 2007, he released his third album
Curtis, which was inspired by his life before
Get Rich or Die Tryin'.
[44] It debuted at number two on the
Billboard 200, selling 691,000 units in the first week,
[45] behind Kanye West's
Graduation, whom he had a sales competition with, as both albums were released on the same day. He confirmed on TRL on September 10, 2008 that his fourth studio album,
Before I Self Destruct, will be "done and released in November". On May 18 2009, 50 cent released a song entitled "Ok, You're Right"
[46]. The song was produced by Dr. Dre and will be included in
Before I Self Destruct.
Non-musical projects50 Cent has established himself in a variety of fields. In November 2003, he signed a five year deal with Reebok to distribute a "G-Unit Sneakers" line as part of his G-Unit Clothing Company.
[47][48] He provided the voice-over as the protagonist in the video game,
50 Cent: Bulletproof, which was released for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and the PlayStation Portable. Its sequel,
50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, was released in early 2009.
[49][50] He worked with Glacéau to create a Vitamin Water drink called Formula 50. In 2007, Coca-Cola purchased Glacéau for US$4.1 billion.
Forbes estimated 50 Cent, who owns a stake in the company, to have earned $100 million after taxes.
[51] He has teamed up with Right Guard to launched a body spray called Pure 50 RGX Body Spray and a condom line called Magic Stick Condoms,
[52] in which he planned to donate part of the proceeds to HIV awareness.
[53] 50 Cent has signed a multi-year deal with Steiner Sports to sell his memorabilia.
[54]In 2005, 50 Cent made a cameo appearance on
The Simpsons episode "Pranksta Rap", in which he makes light of his legal troubles. The same year, he starred alongside Terrence Howard in the semi-autobiographical film
Get Rich or Die Tryin'. He starred in the 2006 film,
Home of the Brave, as a soldier returning home from the Iraq War, traumatized after killing an Iraqi woman.
[55] 50 Cent is working on a role as a fighter in an Angola State Prison in
Spectacular Regret alongside Nicolas Cage, and starred opposite Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in 2008's
Righteous Kill, a movie regarding a police death.
[56] He also started the film production companies G-Unit Films in 2007 and Cheetah Vision in 2008.
[57][58] In August 2007, 50 Cent announced plans to launch a dietary supplement company in conjunction with his movie
Spectacular Regret.
[59]Shortly before appearing in
Get Rich or Die Tryin', 50 Cent released a memoir about his life and how he became successful titled
From Pieces to Weight: Once upon a Time in Southside Queens. On January 4, 2007, he launched his G-Unit Books imprint at the Time Warner Building.
[60] He also co-wrote
The Ski Mask Way, a novel about a small-time drug dealer who attempts to rob his employers, which is to be turned into a film.
[53] 50 Cent said he read Robert Greene's
The 33 Strategies of War and worked with the author on a book titled
The 50th Law, an urban take on
The 48 Laws of Power.
[53][61] In May 2008, Jackson met billionaire Patrice Motsepe to forge a joint venture selling 50 Cent-branded platinum.
[62]Jackson started a reality television show on MTV titled
50 Cent: The Money and the Power; the winning contestant won a $100,000 investment from Jackson. The Winners name is Ryan Mayberry.
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