50 Cent is now an actor ( ) skills and in 1999, Columbia Records signed him. In 2003, 50 Cent released his smash-hit album вЂGet Rich or Die Tryin. In a stagnant time in hip-hop, there was no one bigger than 50 Cent during that early-to-mid 2000вЂ™s time period. albums вЂGet Rich or Die Tryin and вЂThe MassacreвЂ™, which sold over 20 million copies. In 2012, exactly 10 years after Interscope Records signed 50 Cent, the record label signed Kendrick Lamar and helped him to release one of the most critically-acclaimed albums since вЂњGet Rich or Die TryinвЂ™вЂќ, titled вЂњgood kid, m.A.A.D. Those following hip-hopвЂ™s biggest star today, Kendrick Lamar, might think that story sounds a little familiar. After putting the вЂњWankstaвЂќ single on the вЂњ8 Mile Soundtrack,вЂќ 50 Cent and Dr.

Dre after signing 50 Cent to Interscope Records. It had its single, вЂњIn Da Club,вЂќ but aside from that, the entire album showed the hunger of a guy from South Jamaica of Queens, N.Y., who after being shot nine times, sees no other options than getting rich or die trying in the process.ДҐ0 CentвЂ™s hunger was so intense on вЂњGet Rich or Die TryinвЂ™вЂќ that it may have contributed to 50 never matching the success of his debut album.Д®minem paired 50 Cent with Dr. Even though albums coming after the year 2000 are rarely considered classics, 50 Cent made the entire rap world pause with his mainstream success.

Billboard 200 Chart and was nominated for Best Rap Album at that yearвЂ™s Grammy Awards.ДЄside from the statistics and acclamations, вЂњGet Rich or Die TryinвЂ™вЂќ usually comes up in the вЂњbest hip-hop album of all timeвЂќ conversation. 50 Cent performed his debut album Get Rich or Die Trying for the first time in its entirety, getting some help from a very special guest. According to Recording Industry Association of America, вЂњGet Rich or Die TryinвЂ™вЂќ has gone platinum eight times, selling more than 8 million copies. 6, marked the 10-year anniversary of the release of 50 CentвЂ™s вЂњGet Rich or Die TryinвЂ™,вЂќ one of hip-hopвЂ™s most significant albums.ДҐ0 Cent put the rap game in a stranglehold in 2003 after his вЂњIn Da ClubвЂќ single helped sell more than 6 million copies of the album by the end of the year, and by selling 872,000 copies in its first week.

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