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Today In Hip Hop History: 50 Cent’s Debut LP ‘Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ Turns 20 Years Old!

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On this date in 2003, 50 Cent released his second and most critically acclaimed album, Get Rich Or Die Tryin, on Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment, and Interscope Records.

After his street-certified buzz from his Guess Who’s Back mixtape, a meeting with Eminem eventually turned into a million-dollar deal on Dr. Dre and Em’s Shady/Aftermath imprint. With the album executive produced by Dre and Fif, this project became probably the most anticipated release of any debut Hip-Hop album of the new millennium.

Debuting at the pole position on Billboard 200, GRODT sold almost 900K units in its first week and is now certified 6x platinum. The commercial success of the album in terms of radio and video plays and the movie starring 50 Cent with the same title helped earn the album a Grammy nod in 2004.

Some of the album’s forerunning singles include the ever-popular “In Da Club,” “21 Questions” featuring the late Nate Dogg, and “P.I.M.P.,” which became an international hit.

Salute to 50, Dre, Em, and the entire G-Unit for this timeless piece of Hip-Hop history!

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Today in Hip-Hop History: 50 Cent Dropped His Debut ‘Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ LP 19 Years Ago

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On this date in 2003, 50 Cent released his second and most critically acclaimed album to date Get Rich Or Die Tryin on Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records.

After his street-certified buzz from his Guess Who’s Back mixtape, a meeting with Eminem eventually turned into a million-dollar deal on Dr. Dre and Em’s Shady/Aftermath imprint. With the album executive produced by Dre and Fif, this project became probably the most anticipated release of any debut Hip-Hop album of the new millennium.

Debuting at the pole position on Billboard 200, GRODT sold almost 900K units its first week and is now certified 6x platinum. The commercial success of the album in terms of radio and video plays as well the movie that launched starring 50 Cent with the same title helped earn the album a Grammy nod in 2004.

Some of the album’s forerunning singles include the ever-popular “In Da Club,” “21 Questions” featuring the late Nate Dogg, and “P.I.M.P.,” which became an international hit.

Salute to 50, Dre, Em, and the entire G-Unit for this timeless piece of Hip-Hop history!

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Today in Hip-Hop History: 50 Cent Drops His Debut ‘Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ LP 18 Years Ago

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On this date in 2003, 50 Cent released his second and most critically acclaimed album to date Get Rich Or Die Tryin on Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records.

After his street certified buzz from his Guess Who’s Back mixtape, a meeting with Eminem eventually turned into a million dollar deal on Dr. Dre and Em’s Shady/Aftermath imprint. With the album executive produced by Dre and Fif, this project became probably the most anticipated release of any debut Hip-Hop album of the new millennium.

Debuting at the pole position on Billboard 200, GRODT sold almost 900K units its first week and is now certified 6x platinum. The commercial success of the album in terms of radio and video plays as well the movie that launched starring 50 Cent with the same title helped earn the album a Grammy nod in 2004.

Some of the albums forerunning singles include the ever-popular “In Da Club,” “21 Questions” featuring the late Nate Dogg and “P.I.M.P.,” which became an international hit.

Salute to 50, Dre, Em and the entire G-Unit for this timeless piece of Hip-Hop history!

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Westside Gunn Delivers His Shady Records Debut ‘Who Made the Sunshine’

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Rappers work hard, but Griselda works harder. The Buffalo team’s frontman, Westside Gunn, has delivered his Shady Record debut, Who Made the Sunshine.

The Roc Nation managed artist brings in a stellar cast of features including Slick Rick, Black Thought, Busta Rhymes, Jadakiss, Smoke DZA, A.A Rashid, Stove God Cooks, Flee Lord, Estee Nack, ElCaminio, and Keisha Plum.

With the release of the album, Gunn has dropped a message for his fans.

Check out the album below.

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50 Cent Discusses Emimen’s Random Texting Habits

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50 Cent has been busy promoting the newest season of Power. After six thrilling seasons, the series has evolved with new characters but continues to give uncanny intensity. During an interview with June Archer, Fif discussed a number of topics, including texting habits of “his favorite white boy,” Eminem. In his latest recollection, he says Slim Shady texted him about his recent lyrics on Pop Smoke’s, “The Woo.”

“To this day, you know what’s ill about Em, he hits me randomly,” said the NY rapper. “He texted me and he was like, ‘When you gone fly me a private so I can land on that dick? What the fuck is wrong with you?”

Although 50 was quite confused, but saw that Em was just being Em.

“You said a line that a bitch was supposed to say and made it sound cool,” Fif says of Shady’s response. The “For Life” producer responded, ‘Oh, you was on some other shit.”

“But he’ll stop doing what he’s doing to do that,” he continues. “That s**t makes my day on a whole other level. Because I’m like, that was random. I’m always gonna have love for him. That’s my guy.”

The two go way back after 50 Cent signed to Shady/Aftermath back in 2002. He was the first solo artist outside of Eminem signed to the label. His classic debut album, Get Rich Or Die Trying was the third album release from the label as well. They won a Grammy Award for Eminen’s “Crack A Bottle” back in 2010.

Peep the full interview below.

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50 Cent Discusses Emimen’s Random Texting Habits

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50 Cent has been busy promoting the newest season of Power. After six thrilling seasons, the series has evolved with new characters but continues to give uncanny intensity. During an interview with June Archer, Fif discussed a number of topics, including texting habits of “his favorite white boy,” Eminem. In his latest recollection, he says Slim Shady texted him about his recent lyrics on Pop Smoke’s, “The Woo.”

“To this day, you know what’s ill about Em, he hits me randomly,” said the NY rapper. “He texted me and he was like, ‘When you gone fly me a private so I can land on that dick? What the fuck is wrong with you?”

Although 50 was quite confused, but saw that Em was just being Em.

“You said a line that a bitch was supposed to say and made it sound cool,” Fif says of Shady’s response. The “For Life” producer responded, ‘Oh, you was on some other shit.”

“But he’ll stop doing what he’s doing to do that,” he continues. “That s**t makes my day on a whole other level. Because I’m like, that was random. I’m always gonna have love for him. That’s my guy.”

The two go way back after 50 Cent signed to Shady/Aftermath back in 2002. He was the first solo artist outside of Eminem signed to the label. His classic debut album, Get Rich Or Die Trying was the third album release from the label as well. They won a Grammy Award for Eminen’s “Crack A Bottle” back in 2010.

Peep the full interview below.

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50 Cent Discusses Emimen’s Random Texting Habits

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50 Cent has been busy promoting the newest season of Power. After six thrilling seasons, the series has evolved with new characters but continues to give uncanny intensity. During an interview with June Archer, Fif discussed a number of topics, including texting habits of “his favorite white boy,” Eminem. In his latest recollection, he says Slim Shady texted him about his recent lyrics on Pop Smoke’s, “The Woo.”

“To this day, you know what’s ill about Em, he hits me randomly,” said the NY rapper. “He texted me and he was like, ‘When you gone fly me a private so I can land on that dick? What the fuck is wrong with you?”

Although 50 was quite confused, but saw that Em was just being Em.

“You said a line that a bitch was supposed to say and made it sound cool,” Fif says of Shady’s response. The “For Life” producer responded, ‘Oh, you was on some other shit.”

“But he’ll stop doing what he’s doing to do that,” he continues. “That s**t makes my day on a whole other level. Because I’m like, that was random. I’m always gonna have love for him. That’s my guy.”

The two go way back after 50 Cent signed to Shady/Aftermath back in 2002. He was the first solo artist outside of Eminem signed to the label. His classic debut album, Get Rich Or Die Trying was the third album release from the label as well. They won a Grammy Award for Eminen’s “Crack A Bottle” back in 2010.

Peep the full interview below.

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Westside Gunn Sets August 28 Release Date for Shady Records Debut Album

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One thing about Griselda… you are not going to outwork them. Griselda head honcho Westside Gunn is preparing for another release this year, this time his Shady Records debut album, Who Made The Sunshine.

The album will arrive on August 28, which is also Westside Gunn Day in the city of Buffalo. The day was awarded by the mayor of the city to honor everything Gunn has done in his hometown. Gunn is known for collaborating with notable figures for his cover art but this time he turned to his daughter, WS POOTI, to bring it together.

“I live my life based on ART, everything is ART, sometimes you might understand it sometimes you might not, sometimes you might not get the masterpiece until later on, but I knew it was a masterpiece the moment I made it,” Gunn says of the cover.

You can see Gunn’s announcement on Instagram below.

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Westside Gunn Quietly Takes Shot At Eminem’s Shady Records

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New York rapper Westside Gunn has people wondering if there is drama brewing between him and Eminem‘s Shady Records. The hip-hop entertainer went online this past weekend to fire a subtle shot at the record label.

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Last night, Westside Gunn hit up Twitter with a major name-drop targeting Slim Shady. He questioned if the home Marshall Mathers built realized his group Griselda had a “Best Group” nomination for the BET Awards.

“I wonder do @ShadyRecords know we’re nominated for a BET AWARD tonight 🤔🤔” -Westside Gunn’s Twitter

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The public message even sparked a low-key co-sign from the Griselda Records Twitter page. The account used a JAY-Z meme shaking his fingers ‘no’ to back up Gunn’s point.

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In mid-June, both Westside Gunn and group member Conway the Machine reacted to the huge nomination. They both went online to geek out over the major acknowledgement of what they’ve been doing over the past 12 months.

“Thank u to the PPL and Thank u to @bet for nominating GRISELDA for “BEST GROUP” This is what hard work looks like, there’s no stopping the BUFFALO KIDS 🤲🏽💯🤲🏽 #GXFR #CULTURE #BUFFALOKIDS #CONWAYTHEMACHINE #BENNYTHEBUTCHER #FLYGOD #DARINGER #KEISHAPLUM #WWCD @griseldarecords @betawards” -Westside Gunn’s Instagram

Griselda was nominated for Best Group

“Yeaaahh B*TCH!!! Griselda boys has been nominated for the 2020 BET Awards BEST GROUP award!! I gotta pop the biggest spades tonight and celebrate correctly. We been goin hard at this music for YEARS so to see this recognition for all the hard work, blood sweat and tears is gratifying!! Congrats to all the nominees 🙌🏾” -Conway the Machine’s Instagram

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Before You Go

Last night, Atlanta rap trio Migos ultimately walked home with the “Best Group” award.

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Today in Hip-Hop History: Eminem Battles Kuniva at Detroit’s Hip-Hop Shop 24 Years Ago

On this date in 1996, Detroit natives Eminem and Kuniva bumped heads on the microphone at Motown’s famous Hip-Hop Shop, where late D12 member Proof used to host battles in the mid to late 90s.

In his regular undefeated fashion, Mr. Mathers delivered bar after bar, which equated to blow after blow in his win against Kuniva. The brotherhood underneath what appeared to be real beef resulted in Kuniva being one of the members of Shady Records’ premiere group D12.

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