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Flame Thrower: 50 Cent
2009 Rank: 9
Previous Rankings: 2007 (#8); 2008 (#6)
Why He's Hot: Over the past year, 50 Cent chose not to roam on one of his main predatory terrains, the Billboard charts, by continuing to hold back the release of his long-awaited Before I Self-Destruct LP. Instead, the G-Unit General began to fully realize the potential of another region in which he'd already planted his flag: the Internet.
Musically, yes, 50 has had a couple of missteps. There was an obvious disconnect between 50, Interscope and the fans with his records "Get Up" (released late last year) and "I Get It In," but on the street level, where 50 is in total control of when and how the music comes out, it was all harmony. 50 and his camp thrived underground. Even though they've collectively sold tens of millions of albums worldwide, the Unit still stayed on top of the mixtape game. Banks and Yayo have repped the G-Unit brand with incessant unofficial releases (Banks' 4-30-09 double CD and Yayo's Swine Flu series chief among them), while 50 saluted the streets with mixtapes of his own: Forever King and the War Angel LP heated up the summer with a taste of throwback homages and up-to-date urban guerrilla warfare, respectively. His sole mission on the latter was to bring hardcore hip-hop to the forefront. The Southside Queens chief seems to be in the right lane: The Dr. Dre-produced "OK, You're Right" leapt off of the mixtape to the top of the countdown on his hometown radio station, Hot 97, and the eerily entertaining video got some strong rotation. Same for records from Forever King, such as "Funny How Time Flies," on which 50 rapped over '90s R&B group Intro's classic of the same name.
In the past couple of weeks, Fif has continued to show diversity with another club-knocker, "Baby by Me" (featuring Ne-Yo) and a new book, "The 50th Law." And although he made a nice #4 rank on Forbes' list of "Hip-Hop Cash Kings," his love for his Southside Queens home hasn't diminished: He (and Bette Midler) co-sponsored the Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson Community Garden in the neighborhood, and in August, 50 spent close to half a million dollars to send 30 busloads of kids from his old neighborhood to Six Flags Great Adventures in New Jersey, and he performed for them there. Just over the weekend, 50 finally got the proper permits from New York City to sponsor a day of food, games and music for the neighborhood. The cost, according to Fif, was another half a mil.
50 Cent used his Web site, ThisIs50.com, as a source of promotion for himself and G-Unit members Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks and DJ Whoo Kid. More than any other artist in hip-hop, Fif saw the Internet's potential, and in 2009, he just about perfected his vision. No other hip-hop artist has been able to capitalize off their name and accompanying Web site the way Curtis Jackson has. He pushes G-Unit mixtapes, world-premieres the crew's song downloads, promotes shows like the upcoming ThisIs50 Festival and releases viral videos such as his controversial "Flight 187," in which he showed unflattering stock footage of Jay-Z, Britney Spears and others.
Hot Streak
Albums: N/A
Selected Mixtapes: Forever King, The War Angel LP
Singles: "OK, You're Right," "Get Up," "Baby by Me" (featuring Ne-Yo)
Street Bangers: "I Get It In," "Flight 187," "Funny How Time Flies"
Key Guest Appearances: "Crack a Bottle" (with Eminem and Dr. Dre)
Meteoric Metrics: #4 on Forbes' list of "Hip-Hop Cash Kings"
MySpace Friends: 1.19 million
YouTube Views: 5.43 million
ThisIs50.com Stats: 512,000 unique visitors, 9 million page views, 450,000 members
Business Ventures: G-Unit Records (featuring Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks, Mobb Deep); ThisIs50.com; Power men's fragrance; "The 50th Law" book (which recently made the top five of the New York Times' "Advice, how-to and miscellaneous" bestsellers list); Formula 50 Vitamin Water; co-starred in "Streets of Blood" film
Tours: Although he only played spot dates in the U.S., 50 and the G-Unit have done more than 50 overseas dates this year alone, including stops in Africa, Ireland, Switzerland, Turkey, Peru and Poland
Monumental Moment: His battle with Rick Ross
Forecast: 50 should only get hotter when he finally releases Before I Self Destruct later this year — but not before he drops another mixtape!
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0:24 passte perfekt ansonsten naja ;-)
Alles mit Arthur kann ja nicht schlecht sein
SelamAleykum91 7 months ago
grotten schlecht
SicXSicKTricX 9 months ago
hat bestimmt lange gedauert das alles so zu schneiden und so...
ich hätt die Zeit sinnvoller genutzt...
swobber1 1 year ago
naja Note 4- weil du die Scenen mit Arthur zu oft benutzt hast.. passt zum Teil nicht. Aber sonst ok.
Corsau14NZ 1 year ago
@TheSpeedkill016
Synchronsprecher:
Carrie - Christine Pappert
Doug - Thomas Karallus
dshkoq 1 year ago
weiß jemand wer die deutsche synchronstimme von cary ist ?
( leah remini )
TheSpeedkill016 1 year ago
geil gemacht ;)
af97de 1 year ago
Was soll der Mist? -.-
Hallooooooooooo. :D
ghettokidjeti 1 year ago
bin king of queens fan und das find ich nich so toll
is nich lustig wenn jmd. nich lesn kann ...
Guitardanger 1 year ago
das bockt aber richtig xD
Georginaclasen 2 years ago