50 Cent

50 Cent’s legacy as an entertainment icon was launched through the art form of rap. Growing up, the Queens, New York native started to experiment with music outside of regular hobbies. Around 1996, he aligned himself in Run-D.M.C.’s Jam Master Jay, who essentially taught 50 how to structure a record and more specifically, lace hooks. He eventually landed a deal with Columbia Records and went on to create his debut album, Power of the Dollar, in 2000. On the effort is a record called “How To Rob,” which tells a fictional story about then-popular rappers getting their pockets run. The track came out and bolted 50 into popularity, though the album didn’t.

Around that time, 50 Cent was ambushed outside of his grandmother’s house, where he was shot nine times. He was dropped by Columbia, but continued to work with his G-Unit collective cooking up music. He infiltrated the mixtape market with efforts like Guess Who’s Back? (2002), releasing his own iterations of popular rap songs at the moment. Soon after that, Eminem was put onto 50 as an artist and signed him to Shady Records through Dr. Dre’s Aftermath label. Fif’s label debut, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, a project led by singles like “In Da Club,” "Many Men (Wish Death)" and "21 Questions." The chart-topping project nearly went platinum in the first week, solidifying Fif as a superstar. A respective movie and video game proved that as well.

He continued to grind through the 2000s, releasing multiplatinum-selling projects like The Massacre, which spent over a month at the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s 200 chart, radio dominant singles like “Candy Shop” and “How We Do” and stretching his solo and G-Unit brand’s reach to video game, fashion and TV spaces. Moving onto the 2010s, his music releases slowed down, but his business ventures shot up with minted endeavors with Branson Cognac, Le Chemin du Roi, Effen Vodka (previously) and of course his television takeover through his production company Green Light that aligned him with networks like Starz.

These days, Fif is rising the ranks as an entertainment role by overseeing some of the most popular shows on TV with BMF and Power, plus he has everything from movies to cartoons coming out in the near future. His music career was more than successful, as he’s accumulated a room full of plaques that are near diamond, and made rap history for dropping some of the most successful and respected rap songs/albums to date. His track record in the TV space should be just as interesting when it’s all said and done.

50 Cent’s In A New Movie
50 Cent’s In A New Movie
50 Cent’s In A New Movie
50 Cent has been everywhere as of late and is showing no signs of slowing down. In the past few weeks, Fif has announced an upcoming independent album titled Animal Ambition, ruffled the feathers with comments about his G-Unit running mates, released a new music video for his song “Pilot”, and debuted a new song with Trey Songz. As if he didn’t have enou...
50 Cent Wants To Work With Drake And Rihanna
50 Cent Wants To Work With Drake And Rihanna
50 Cent Wants To Work With Drake And Rihanna
A couple of weeks ago, 50 Cent stop by Shade 45 radio station for a special “Town Hall” interview with MTV senior writer Rob Markman. In the hour long interview, 50 talked about pretty much everything. He discussed Chief Keef, Jay Z, moving on to Caroline/Capitol, Eminem, G-Unit, the concept behind his new album Animal Ambition and plenty more. When an au...
50 Cent’s New Video Features Trey Songz
50 Cent’s New Video Features Trey Songz
50 Cent’s New Video Features Trey Songz
50 Cent serves up yet another installment off of his new album, now releasing the video for "Smoke" featuring Trey Songz. The video is an action packed clip that finds 50 both tied up and stuffed in the trunk of a Bentley. "Smoke" appears on 50 Cent's upcoming album Animal Ambition...
50 Cent Takes Amazing Selfies
50 Cent Takes Amazing Selfies
50 Cent Takes Amazing Selfies
Last week, 50 Cent tried to challenge the now infamous Ellen DeGeneres' Oscar selfie. He alongside 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes and Mobb Deep got together for their own hip-hop selfie at Red Bull Studios NY during an event for Mobb Deep’s new album, The Infamous Mobb Deep. If you look closely you can peep t...
50 Cent Wished G-Unit Worked Harder
50 Cent Wished G-Unit Worked Harder
50 Cent Wished G-Unit Worked Harder
On their first day on REVOLT TV, Power 105.1?s The Breakfast Club brought in 50 Cent for a very interesting interview. The discuss a bunch of topics such as the state of hip-hop today, his past and current beefs, the awkward flight situation when he was sitting next to his arch nemesis, Ja Rule discuss his relationship with Puff Daddy, his new Trey Songz-featured single “Smoke,” and a bunch more.
50 Cent Featuring Trey Songz “Smoke” (Produced By Dr. Dre)
50 Cent Featuring Trey Songz “Smoke” (Produced By Dr. Dre)
50 Cent Featuring Trey Songz “Smoke” (Produced By Dr. Dre)
50 Cent continues to tease his upcoming album Animal Ambition with several songs. After “Hold On,” “Don’t Worry Bout It” and “Pilot,” Fif releases his highly anticipated collaboration with Trey Songz and Dr. Dre called “Smoke.” Of course, the Queen...
Best Hip-Hop Instagrams Of The Week
Best Hip-Hop Instagrams Of The Week
Best Hip-Hop Instagrams Of The Week
From Benzino being shot to 50 Cent putting a video vixen on blast, this week on Instagram was certainly quite hectic. As many other things also went down, check out XXL's "Best Hip-Hop Instagrams Of The Week."
Best Hip-Hop Tweets Of The Week 3/23-3/29
Best Hip-Hop Tweets Of The Week 3/23-3/29
Best Hip-Hop Tweets Of The Week 3/23-3/29
From Chief Keef and Migos both being shot at to ScHoolboy Q engaging in a hilarious twitter war with Tyler The Creator, this week on Twitter was certainly all over the place. With much more also going down check out XXL's "Best Hip-Hop Tweets Of The Week...
XXL GIFs You The Biggest News Of The Week
XXL GIFs You The Biggest News Of The Week
XXL GIFs You The Biggest News Of The Week
Miss out on the top stories in rap and Hip-Hop this week? Don't worry, we've got your back here at XXL so that you never have to feel out of the loop. We compiled the most viewed stories of the week and chopped them up into 1 easy to share GIF. Get...

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