issue 156

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 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. ...

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

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

I think I was meant to be the member of a hip-hop crew. See, I’m a team player, I pick sides, I’m ride or die, and I’ll take on my buddy’s beef, holding grudges until the end of time. Those were some of the qualities I always loved about G-g-g-g-g-g-G-Unit. So when they broke up,...

For the 156th issue, XXL takes it back to the essence with G-Unit. After six years apart, 50 Cent and crew have reunited and offer XXL an in-depth look at their breakup. G-Unit was shot by Tom Medvedich and interviewed by XXL’s Vanessa Satten, Miranda Johnson and Eric Diep at 50's famed Connecticut mansion, which was the same place as the last XXL G-Unit cover (May 2008) and the last time the Unit

Scarface needs no introduction among hip-hop heads. The Houston OG has spent the entirety of his career representing some of the realest hip-hop the genre has ever produced, both as a solo artist and with the Geto Boys over the past 25-plus years...