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G-Unit “Big Body Benz”
G-Unit “Big Body Benz”
G-Unit “Big Body Benz”
With a limited edition of G-Unit's recent EP, The Beauty of Independence now available in stores, boss 50 decides to unveil one of the two bonus tracks that appear on the physical copy. Just a little while ago Jackson free'd up a head-nodding new banger titled "Big Body Benz" which features himself Kidd Kidd and Lloyd Banks...
Check Out XXL’s Final Installment Of The G-Unit Reunion
Check Out XXL’s Final Installment Of The G-Unit Reunion
Check Out XXL’s Final Installment Of The G-Unit Reunion
XXL's October/November 2014 issue features a reunited G-Unit on the cover, as well as exclusive interviews with 50 Cent, Young Buck, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo and Kidd Kidd about the breakups and makeups of hip-hop's ultimate crew. We also released a two-part roundtable discussion with the crew, filmed after midnight at 50's massive, 50-plus room Connecticut mansion, as well as individual video inter
Engineer Ky Miller Says G-Unit Has Almost 50 Songs Done
Engineer Ky Miller Says G-Unit Has Almost 50 Songs Done
Engineer Ky Miller Says G-Unit Has Almost 50 Songs Done
Ky Miller has been 50 Cent and G-Unit’s trusted guy behind the boards for nearly 10 years. During his time with the legendary crew, the 39-year-old producer/engineer has been a part of hip-hop history, fine-tuning platinum-selling albums like Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, The Massacre and Beg For Mercy. Outside of his ...
Read XXL’s Entire G-Unit Reunion Cover Story
Read XXL’s Entire G-Unit Reunion Cover Story
Read XXL’s Entire G-Unit Reunion Cover Story
Crew Love They made history selling millions of records as hip-hop’s most successful crew and then broke up. Now six years later, the G-Unit brothers are back together and ready to take over hip-hop again. Compiled by Vanessa Satten, Eric Diep and Miranda Johnson Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the October/November 2014 issue of XXL Magazine. The May...
Kidd Kidd Explains How He Linked Up With G-Unit
Kidd Kidd Explains How He Linked Up With G-Unit
Kidd Kidd Explains How He Linked Up With G-Unit
Kidd Kidd The New Member Interview by Eric Diep Most new rappers would probably look at New Orleans rhyme slinger Kidd Kidd as lucky. Sure he missed out on The Unit’s hey day and didn’t ink with G-Unit Records until the crew was already broken up, but still, the history and power of the brand will always be respected purely for what they accomplished. And being ...
Tony Yayo Looks Back At The Glory Days Of G-Unit
Tony Yayo Looks Back At The Glory Days Of G-Unit
Tony Yayo Looks Back At The Glory Days Of G-Unit
Tony Yayo The Easy Going Guy Interview by Eric Diep The emotional side of Tony Yayo might’ve been the real catalyst for the G-Unit reunion. On Feb. 19, 2014, Yayo, the last to fall out with 50, made several comments to fans on Instagram about the state of G-Unit including: “to much stress I flew the world already dropped an album time to try new things and the unit not together fuck it.” Plus: “I’
Check Out XXL’s Video Interview With Tony Yayo On G-Unit’s History
Check Out XXL’s Video Interview With Tony Yayo On G-Unit’s History
Check Out XXL’s Video Interview With Tony Yayo On G-Unit’s History
For Tony Yayo, loyalty is everything. The G-Unit soldier has been down with 50 Cent since 1997, and he held out the longest before falling out with the Big Homie in February of this year. But now that the Unit is back together, Yayo is in a reflective mood with his brothers by his side...
Check Out XXL’s Video Interview With Lloyd Banks On The G-Unit Reunion
Check Out XXL’s Video Interview With Lloyd Banks On The G-Unit Reunion
Check Out XXL’s Video Interview With Lloyd Banks On The G-Unit Reunion
Lloyd Banks was always the softer spoken member of G-Unit, but he was also the most quick-witted, earning the Punch Line King title early on in his career. But when G-Unit disbanded, he largely took a step back from the music scene, slowly trying to forge his own way without 50 Cent's guiding hand...
Check Out XXL’s Video Interview With Young Buck On G-Unit’s Return
Check Out XXL’s Video Interview With Young Buck On G-Unit’s Return
Check Out XXL’s Video Interview With Young Buck On G-Unit’s Return
Young Buck has always been G-Unit's wild card, the fiery Southern influence on the Queens-based hip-hop crew. But that fire and impulsive streak also led him towards a rift with 50 Cent and his Unit brothers and eventual tax issues and bankruptcy and an 18-month stint in federal prison...

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