Born: Queens, NY, 1976
Years Active: 2003-2009
Member of: G-Unit
Influenced by: The Notorious B.I.G., Mobb Deep, Nas, MC Shan, Master Ace, Jay-Z, Marley Marl, Kool G Rap, 2Pac, Big L
Genre: Hip-Hop
Biography: Though he would later struggle with the nature of his fame as well as market expectations, 50 Cent endured substantial ...
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Jul 03 2009 10:30AM
by Sharks
Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News, What's Beef?
The Boombox Music Blog: The Game has been known to tell a tall tale or two, but his newest yarn takes the cake. According to the Game, recently deceased pop legend Michael Jackson attempted to intercede during the height of the beef between 50 Cent and Game, calling the ... Read moreJun 30 2009 8:30AM
by Tracey Ford
Filed under: Hip-Hop News, What's Beef?
The Boombox Music Blog: 50 Cent is putting the blame on his label for making him release so many club songs. The Queens, NY, born rapper stated in a recent interview that labels don't market "hard-core hip-hop." According to 50, his label, Interscope Records, pushed him to ... Read moreJun 05 2009 8:30AM
by Sharks
Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News, Side Gig, Movies
The Boombox Music Blog: Having successfully portrayed a drug dealer who gets shot and takes up rapping in 'Get Rich or Die Tryin',' Vitamin Water millionaire 50 Cent (a former drug dealer who was shot and became a rapper) has decided to finally get serious about his film ... Read moreVideos (45)
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05/11/09
Rick Ross Busted Wearing Counterfeit Shades Rick Ross is being called out by Louis Vuitt...
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04/10/09
50 Cent Claims to Have Damaging Rick Ross Video In a recent interview with Los Angeles r...
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03/19/09
50 Cent Replaces Forest Whitaker in New Sylvester Stallone Flick 50 Cent has inked a dea...
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03/17/09
50 Cent Announces Plans to Release Two Albums This Year 50 Cent has yet another special ...
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03/12/09
50 Cent Screws Rap Rival with Revenge Porn Tape 2Pac vs Biggie, it ain't -- but now the ...
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02/06/09
50 Cent, Rick Ross Battle Hits Miami Airwaves It's becoming clear that 50 Cent has no pl...
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02/03/09
50 Cent Takes Another Shot at Ross, Makes Video With His Ex When Rick Ross mocked 50 Cen...
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01/30/09
50 Cent Responds to Rick Ross With 'Officer Ricky' It didn't take long for 50 Cent to of...
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01/12/09
50 Cent Calls Lil Wayne a 'Junkie' An avid lover of "beef," 50 Cent berated Kanye West a...
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01/08/09
50 Cent Appears on Turkish 'Deal or No Deal' It looks like hip-hop star 50 Cent is the e...
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01/07/09
Check Out New Eminem, 50 Cent Tunes Meanwhile, a new 50 Cent song, "I Get It In," debute...
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01/06/09
Dr. Dre Lends a Hand to 50 Cent's Upcoming Album Originally scheduled for release last N...
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11/17/08
50 Cent Responds To Donald Trump's 'Copycat' Comment Rapper/actor 50 Cent is not shy abo...
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11/14/08
Donald Trump Predicts 50 Cent's Reality Show Will Fail Trump and 50's "sort of " friends...
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11/06/08
50 Cent, 'Get Up' -- Video Premiere Why You Should Watch: The rapper, who admits he was ...
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11/05/08
50 Cent, Bette Midler Join Forces for Garden Project You know when you've officially cro...
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10/31/08
50 Cent's New Video Inspired By 'I Am Legend' The lines between 50 Cent "the rapper" and...
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10/24/08
50 Cent to Star in '13 Tzameti' Remake 50 Cent is becoming quite the movie star.
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10/23/08
50 Cent and Ex-Girlfriend Reach Agreement in Custody Battle 50 Cent and his ex-girlfrien...
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09/25/08
50 Cent Pulls Inspiration From New Album, Directs Accompanying Movie 50 Cent is always c...
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09/24/08
50 Cent Video Game Release May Be Canceled 50 Cent leaves no business stone unturned.
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09/09/08
New Releases: LL Cool J Makes His Exit, Kardinal Offishall is 'Not 4 Sale' The veteran M...
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09/08/08
50 Cent Wins Visitation Rights With Son 50 Cent appeared in a Long Island court earlier ...
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08/22/08
50 Cent Talks to Authorities About 'Suspicious' Fire 50 Cent can't seem stay out of the ...
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50 Cent: Heavy Weight Part 1 The 50 Cent presently before the music industry closely res...
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THE GAME FEATURING CHRIS BROWN, BOYZ II MEN, USHER, POLOW DA DON, MARIO WINANS and DIDDY
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50 CENT F if, however, takes a slightly different approach.
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07/04/09
The Game Says Sorry to 50 Cent, G-Unit and Fans Rapper the Game apologizes for past beha...
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07/04/09
50 Cent Releases 'Forever King' On AllHipHop.com And Other Websites Rapper 50 Cent relea...
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07/04/09
Vibe gave urban culture respect This week an independent magazine backed by private equi...
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07/03/09
50 Cent Releases 'Forever King' On AllHipHop.com And Other Websites At 10:00 PM Rapper 5...
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07/03/09
The Game Claims King of Pop Tried to Mediate Beef With 50 Cent The Game has been known t...
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07/02/09
Game On 50 Cent Beef: 'I Did A Lot Of Dumb Things' "I just got off that plane," Game sai...
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07/02/09
Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 5-11 Actress Katherine Helmond ("Who's The Boss...
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07/01/09
Watch: The Game's Michael Jackson Tribute Video The team behind the Michael Jackson trib...
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07/01/09
50 Cent, Lil Wayne Classics Fused With Michael Jackson's On New Mixtape The waterworks o...
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06/30/09
50 Cent Blames Record Label for 'In Da Club' 50 Cent is putting the blame on his label f...
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06/30/09
Michael Jackson Tried To End 50 Cent/ Game Beef between 50 Cent and the Game, as the Cal...
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06/30/09
Hip-Hop Rumors: DJ UNK Robbed! Chris Brown Gets Madeup! 50 Cent Turns Nice, All content ...
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06/29/09
Today in History Today is Monday, July 6, the 187th day of 2009.
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06/28/09
Television movies for the week of June 28 Excited people want to use a lovable Saint Ber...
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06/26/09
50 Cent Pays Tribute To Michael Jackson In New Songs The second song is called "Where Yo...
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06/25/09
Bette Midler Whacks Weeds, Taps 50 Cent to Turn New York Green: Interview Four-time Gram...
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06/24/09
60 RAPPERS IN 60 DAYS: Lil Scrappy Lil Scrappy hates Lil Jon. Okay, hate (especially an ...
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06/24/09
Watch: 50 Cent's Sensitive Slow Jam Either 50 Cent has been secretly collaborating with ...
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06/24/09
50 Cent Says Before I Self Destruct Is 'Close To Perfect' Fif is stacking the deck for h...
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06/23/09
50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' He survived nine gun shots in 2000, then developed an i...
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06/22/09
50 Cent Says War Angel LP Proves He's Just As Hungry As New MCs Original hard beats, two...
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06/21/09
TV Movies for the week of June 21 When a persistent posse threatens two outlaws' romp th...
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06/19/09
My Ten Sense: 50 Cent watches Gossip Girl to see Hottest Bachelor Gossip Girl star Chace...
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06/18/09
50 Cent Will Roll With a New 'Entourage' This Summer Looks like 50 Cent will be rolling ...
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06/18/09
Hip-Hop Rumors: Young Jeezy Stabbed? 50 Cent Disses Jay-Z? Poor Kelis...! All content wi...
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06/17/09
50 Cent Takes Us On A Ride To Hear War Angel LP The ride to 25th Street from the G-Unit ...
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06/16/09
50 Cent Reveals His Plan To Bring Back Hard-Core Hip-Hop According to Fif, this is going...
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50 Cent Dedicates “Forever King” Mixtape to Michael Jackson 50 Cent celebrated July Four...
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07/03/09
The Game Claims King of Pop Tried to Mediate Beef With 50 Cent The Game has been known t...
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07/02/09
50 Cent “OK, You’re Right” Music VIDEO Hip Hop Crunch showcases the latest hiphop news a...
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07/02/09
Michael Jackson Tried To Mediate 50 Cent/Game Feud In an interview with MTV News Wednesd...
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07/02/09
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06/17/09
50 Cent Drops Violent “War Angel” Mixtape As Free Download Given the mixtape's name and ...
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06/10/09
A Chat With The Dan Band: ‘The Hangover’ Director Todd Phillips’ Good Luck Charm Every a...
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06/09/09
Eminem’s “Crack A Bottle” Video Leaks With No Sign of 50 or Dre The video for Eminem's "...
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06/05/09
50 Cent's Mansion War -- Game Over 50 Cent finally buried the hatchet in the legal war o...
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06/05/09
50 Cent Settles Lawsuit Over Mansion Repairs Linda Cohn, a deputy chief clerk at Hartfor...
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06/05/09
50 Cent to Play Police Informant in New Film Having successfully portrayed a drug dealer...
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06/04/09
Angelina Jolie Is The Most Powerful Celebrity In The World "In addition to nearly doubli...
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06/03/09
'I, 50 Cent, Swear to Tell the Truth ...' Fitty -- who's worth a reported $150 mil -- is...
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06/02/09
50 Cent's Overpriced Mansion Taken Off Market "The home, which the famous rapper bought ...
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06/02/09
50 Cent Is ‘Caught In The Crossfire’ With Chris Klein And Adam Rodriguez I think Curtis ...
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05/21/09
Collaborate and Listen! 50 Cent and Bette Midler are seriously discussing doing a duet, ...
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05/16/09
Stage Name: Gucci, Code Name: Chilly As a live performer, Gucci is not outstanding but c...
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05/14/09
Keanu Reeves Facing 'Jekyll And Hyde' Competition Forest Whitaker and rapper 50 Cent hav...
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05/14/09
Bette Midler Plans Duet With 'Gorgeous' 50 Cent Forget Bing and Bowie, Midler has struck...
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05/11/09
Rick Ross Busted Wearing Counterfeit Shades Rick Ross is being called out by Louis Vuitt...
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05/10/09
50 Cent Lying, Not Cleared Of House Fire Uh-oh, looks like 50 Cent was lying when he sai...
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05/07/09
Soulja Boy Emerges Through Criticism With Two Hits Even though Soulja Boy had the world ...
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04/10/09
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03/19/09
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03/17/09
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03/12/09
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