50 Cent

Biography

50 CENT has sold more than 20 million records worldwide. His record-breaking debut album, Get Rich or Die Tryin', has sold more than 12 million units worldwide, with the largest debut in SoundScan history, while The Massacre sold more than 1.14 million copies in its first four days of release. He is the first artist to have four songs in the top ten of Billboard's Hot 100 since the Beatles in 1964. He published his life's story in the New York Times bestseller From Pieces to Weight, hailed as "cool, hard, and vivid, a minor classic of gangster rap noir" (The New York Times). His business empire includes: a record label (G-Unit Records, a division of Interscope Records), apparel/footwear ventures (G-Unit Clothing and footwear, joint ventures through the Ecko- Clothing Company and Reebok, respectively), vitamin water (Formula 50, through Glacéau's Vitamin Water), and a watch line (G-Unit Watches, through Jacob & Co.). His future plans include his most prized project: the nonprofit organization The G-Unity Foundation, which aims to better the life of urban youth.