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50 Cent Signs Female Rapper Paris, Announces Date For 'The Big 10' Mixtape
Music ♦ Posted 12/08/2011
50 Cent announced his upcoming Big 10 mixtape over Thanksgiving Weekend, and it's almost here. The hip-hop mogul took to his ThisIs50.com website to reveal that the project would be dropping this Friday (December 9); as well as an addition to his G-Unit label. Fif has signed a new female rapper named Paris. "I got... |
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Lloyd Banks Says 'The Cold Corner 2' Will Be His Last Free Project
Music ♦ Posted 11/10/2011
G-Unit's Lloyd Banks dropped his latest mixtape The Cold Corner 2, the follow-up to his 2009 tape, earlier this week on ThisIs50.com. After feeding fans yet another full-length project for free, the New York rapper revealed on Wednesday (November 9) that it'll be the last "free body of work" fans should expect from him. Via... |
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Hot Rod Talks Career Up & Downs, Being Kicked Off Stage By 50 Cent (Video)
Music, Videos ♦ Posted 09/23/2011
Nearly six years ago, Arizona-bred rapper Hot Rod saw his life change over night. Instead of flooding the streets with mixtapes, he sent a demo to 50 Cent's G-Unit offices ... and received a call one day, and was signed to the label shortly after. Immediately after signing he recorded his debut single, the Mary J. Blige-assisted "Be Easy," but when it flopped, Hot Rod... |
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Prodigy Book Excerpt: 50 Cent Cuts Off G-Unit, Banks Storms Out Of Meeting
Music ♦ Posted 04/29/2011
While Mobb Deep's Prodigy was locked up, he penned an autobiographical book, titled My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy. In it, he goes over a lot of things that happened in his career, good and bad. While some situations he wrote about ruffled a few feathers, P said in a recent interview that everything he says "is the truth", like it or... |
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50 Cent Isn't Down With Banks & Yayo Anymore? Calls Pair Out On Freestyle
Music ♦ Posted 04/04/2011
50 Cent knows how to stir controversy, and did just that on April Fool's Day when he dropped a freestyle in which he called out longtime G-Unit partners, Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo. On a track, titled "I'm All Turnt Up", which he dropped on ThisIs50.com and his official Twitter page (@50Cent), the hip-hop mogul said he ain't down with the G-Unit group anymore and... |
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G-Unit Records Finds A New Home WIth EMI
Music ♦ Posted 08/15/2010
Following a very long stint with Interscope, 50 Cent's G-Unit Records has found a new home with EMI, who has entered into an exclusive agreement with the imprint to distribute and promote releases for the G-Unit roster. The first project on deck is Lloyd Banks' third solo album, H.F.M. 2 (Hunger For More 2), which is set to drop November 23rd, following by Tony Yayo's... |
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Young Buck Says 50 Cent Wants To ‘Destroy My Life’, Bars His Music From Release
Music ♦ Posted 07/24/2010
Its been over three years since estranged G-Unit rapper Young Buck dropped his sophomore album, Buck The World, and according to Buck, his next album is nowhere in sight ... thanks to 50 Cent's doing. Ever since being booted from G-Unit, new music from Buck has been scarce. Aside from a few mixtapes and some leaked tracks, the Tennessee's rapper career's has come to... |
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G-Unit's Lloyd Banks Says Going Independent Is 'A Very Smart Option'
Music ♦ Posted 03/17/2010
Since 50 Cent's G-Unit Records fulfilled its obligations to Interscope, they have been free agents ... and rumors have put them as going indie, since their fanbase is solid. The Unit's Lloyd Banks recently weighed in on the speculation, saying that while going independent makes more sense to them, they still have a few options on the... |
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G-Unit's Tony Yayo Talks To True Stories Radio (Pt. 1)
Videos ♦ Posted 02/25/2010
G-Unit's energy man, Tony Yayo, sits down with True Stories Radio discusses how he felt when he was first released from jail to see 50's success, helping Wyclef with his Haiti efforts, being indie again, his latest project Gun Powder Guru, and the... |
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15 Minutes With Olivia: Life After G-Unit
Music ♦ Posted 02/09/2010
Olivia wants everyone to know that she's more than just a pretty girl. Following two failed deals, rumors and more, she's back on her own again. In a 15-minute conversation, BallerStatus fired off some questions to find out why her time with the guys wasn't working out, her new label home and upcoming album and why she doesn't follow the... |
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50 Cent Explains Olivia Failure, Says He Lost Millions in Just Hair & Make-Up
Music ♦ Posted 01/29/2010
50 Cent has explained in the past the strides he's taken to launch the careers of his G-Unit Records roster. He even, at one point, said he had to cut the artists off financially. One, in particular, was the sole R&B artist on the label, Olivia. He recently discussed the hurdles he leaped to launch her... |
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