From the Archives

For the second installment of XXL's Get Rich of Die Tryin week, celebrating the 10-year anniversary of 50 Cent's monumental debut, we look back at an extensive narrative penned by writer Kris Ex on 50's imminent return to the rap game, right before his blockbuster debut which was cosigned by Eminem and Dr...

Originally published in the May 2000 issue of XXL, the following interview was published when 50 Cent's controversial single "How to Rob" made noise throughout New York City. While it didn't sit too well with many rappers that were comically victimized on the song, several, including NaS who 50 later openly dissed on record, reached out to the then young Queens rapper and built an early