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50 Cent in the future: G-Unit, Shoes, 50 Cent Game
Although originally planning on releasing a new album before the end of 2003, 50 decided to push the album release back to February of 2005. "I was thinking of releasing the next album in November, but I'm gonna wait," 50 Cent said in April 2003. "Get Rich or Die Tryin - I don't think it will be over by then. I still got records I could shoot visuals for. I don't want to get ahead of myself." 50 Cent has invested in G-Unit related promotions as well as his own clothing line. After the release of Beg For Mercy from his group G-Unit, he teamed up with Reebok to release his own G-Unit Sneakers. Also the rapper invested in bottled water. 50 Cent guest starred on an episode of The Simpsons entitled, Pranksta Rap on February 13th, 2005.
On March 3, 2005, 50 released the album "The Massacre". It was originally entitled "St. Valentine's Day Massacre", but changed when the album release date was set back. He scored a hit with the album's first single, "Candy Shop". The album has sold more than seven million copies worldwide. The album's second single, "Just A Lil' Bit" is currently at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
A video game starring 50 Cent, called 50 Cent: Bulletproof, will be availible in Fall 2005. It is published by VU Games. It will be available on the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox, and there is another version in production for the PlayStation Portable.
G-Unit Records
After the success of 50 Cent's Get Rich Or Die Tryin', Interscope granted 50 Cent his own label, like his mentor Eminem. In 2003, G-Unit Records officially became a record label. 50 Cent appointed his manager Sha Money XL as the president. 50 Cent is the first signed artist to G-Unit Records besides the original Shady and Aftermath Records. In 2003, the label signed on Lloyd Banks (Christopher Lloyd), Tony Yayo (Marvin Bernard) and Young Buck (David Danell Brown) as the established members of G-Unit. In 2004, 50 Cent alongside Dr. Dre signed The Game (Jayceon Taylor) to the label. As of 2005, R & B singer Olivia (Olivia Longe), DJ Whoo Kid, and west coast rapper Spider Loc joined G-Unit Records. 50 Cent had recently been in the press. The rapper has been scouting for a new hardcore rap group. 50 Cent has officially signed the Brooklyn veteran-duo M.O.P., and gangsta crooner Kokane is apparently signed to the G-Unit. The rapper is in talks with Lil' Scrappy and Mobb Deep. There is no official signing of these artists but it may happen within his upcoming Anger Management Tour.
Notable: The attendant controversy surrounding 50 did nothing to harm his major label album debut, Get Rich Or Die Tryin'. Released in February 2003 the album sold nearly 1.5m copies in its first 10 days of release in the US, reaching No.1 and spawning the hit singles In Da Club, 21 Questions and P.I.M.P. With contributions and production from Eminem and Dr. Dre, the album utilises gangsta imagery and thug-life and sets it to a series of dark grooves with a funk bounce, topped off with 50's laidback rap drawl.
Comment: Despite his success, trouble is never far away. "Yeah, trouble's my shadow," he says. Last year's street murder of Jam Master Jay outside his recording studio in Queens, sparked fears of another rap turf war. 50, as Jay's former pupil, was brought in for questioning. And in January 2003 gunmen burst into 50 Cent's management offices spraying bullets.
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