G-Unit

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...

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...

XXL's new issue features a reunited G-Unit on the cover, and there's no better way to celebrate the comeback of hip-hop's ultimate crew than by speaking to the Big Homie 50 Cent. In this video profile, directed by Kellen Dengler, edited by Riley Dengler and produced by XXL Editor-In-Chief Vanessa Satten, 50 takes us through the breakups and makeups of G-Unit over the past few years. Che... Read Mo

G-Unit is back to soundtrack your Friday. This time, Kidd Kidd, Young Buck and Tony Yayo go in with drug-dealing bars over Troy Ave's "All About The Drug Money." Pure fire. Previously: Watch XXL’s G-Unit Reunion Documentary, Part Two Watch XXL’s G-Unit Reunion Documentary, Part One The Best Quotes From XXL’s G-Unit Documentary, Part One

G-Unit graces the cover of XXL's October/November issue, and along with the cover story in the print edition comes a two-part roundtable on rap's ultimate crew. Earlier this week we brought you part one of the roundtable doc featuring 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, Young Buck and newest member Kidd Kidd, and today comes the second installment in the series. ...

It's a G-Unit takeover at XXL. This week, we revealed our G-Unit cover for the upcoming October/November issue, which hits newsstands on Oct. 17. We got special access to The Unit by returning to 50 Cent's famed Connecticut mansion where the last XXL G-Unit cover story was shot...

Yesterday, we premiered the trailer for XXL's brand new G-Unit documentary, featuring exclusive video and interviews with 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, Young Buck and newest member Kidd Kidd. The doc will cover the acrimonious breakup of hip-hop's ultimate crew, the miscommunications and fights that brought headlines to the dark period when the guys were split, and the behind the scenes planni

Since April, 50 Cent has been in a legal battle with Sleek Audio, a company that claimed 50 stole their product design and confidential private client information and used the info to help SMS Audio take off. Fif was originally ordered to pay $16 million in damages and lawyer fees but took the case to court to try and have the ruling thrown out. Acc ...

The hip-hop world couldn't help but rejoice when news broke of a long-awaited G-Unit reunion. After releasing their first group project in years and acting as XXL's latest cover stars, things continue to look up for them. 50 Cent, recently chopped it up with RollingStone to discuss some regrets of being the crew's frontman as well as reveal that Street King Immortal will indeed drop in 2015. But

XXL's new issue features the definitive story of G-Unit, from their acrimonious split to their triumphant reunion. And as part of that issue, we also filmed a documentary on the 50 Cent-led crew. Directed by Kellen Dengler, we follow the Unit as 50, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, Young Buck and newest member Kidd Kidd spill the stories of what went wrong and how they were able to put everything back tog

G-Unit is going full throttle in their comeback attempt after dropping several well-received remixes and the EP, The Beauty of Independence. But 50 and the crew have decided to pump the breaks just slightly. After announcing a new project titled, The Beast Is G-Unit, would drop this month, the EP has now been pushed back to a later date...

G-Unit is serious about returning to rap dominance. Today, they release the video for the track "Changes" from the EP, The Beauty of Independence. In the 50 Cent-directed visual, the five-man crew cleans up and discusses boss business while surrounded by beautiful ladies...