Talk:50 Cent/Archive 4

50 Cent was only shot 3 times

CJ was shot 3 times not nine. How can it be so unaccurate. Oh wait I forgot its wikipedia...

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Buisness Dealsonly

Can someone add a buisness deals section and net worth? 50 cent is one of the most succesfull rappers ever and is a great buisnessman. I think a buisness deals section would be a important add. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.193.32.110 (talk • contribs) 20:36, 6 September 2008

GAR

50 Cent

Article (edit | visual edit | history) · Article talk (edit | history) · Watch • Watch article reassessment page • GAN review not found

Result: Delist. GA issues, including uncited statistics and opinion, unencyclopedic prose and neutrality issues remain unaddressed after several weeks. Articles can be renominated at GAN at any time. Geometry guy 20:55, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

This article needs a reassessment, Because some paragraphs are without references and parts of the Controversy section do not present a neutral point of view. Aaroncrick^{(Tassie Boy talk)} 01:10, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

• Comment: When referring to 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) in the Feud with Lil Wayne sub-section, sometimes it refers to him a just "50" and others as "50 Cent". Surely he should be referred to as "50 Cent or his given name "Curtis Jackson" not "50" as the reader may get confused. Aaroncrick^{(Tassie Boy talk)} 03:01, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
• Comment: I agree with the GAR nominator, that this GA (from July 2007) could stand for some improvements. There are some referencing issues and unsourced bits throughout, as well as use of poor sources such as IMDB. Cirt (talk) 05:33, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
• Comment: The article needs some work, but it should be doable. Another problem is malformed references, with bare URLs, particularly towards the end. Lampman (talk) 15:42, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
• Comment: Although there are enough refs to work with and some FA are at a worse state. Problem is many refs aren't working [1], Aaroncrick^{(Tassie Boy talk)} 06:58, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

HUUUUUUGE vandalism

The whole article has been deleted and replaced with the word "Rajan Chahal."

HUUUUUUGE vandalism

The whole article has been deleted and replaced with the word "gay."

New Diss Tracks

On the album 'Before I Self Destruct' he disses J and The Game repeatedly in the song 'So Disrespectful' and he makes fun of Lil' Wayne's 'The Carter' series in the song 'Death To My Enemies' with the following lyrics, "This ain't the "Carter" nigga, THIS IS SPARTA! IT'S HARDER! I DIE AND BE A MARTYR, RESPECT ME LIKE YOUR FATHER!"

There have also been rumors that 'Death To My Enemies' was a diss to Lil' Wayne.

I dont know I just thought I'd post if you all wanted to add it to his fueds and stuff.

Don't Have His New Album Link Back to This Page

Thanks for making the article uneditable, but in the discography section his latest album links back to the fucking page that you were just on. Thanks for that. Great idea.

Early career

I had to remove this link as a reference: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9vxi_50-cent-dans-la-methode-cauet. Unfortunately, the video on that site is probably a copyvio, so we have to just cite the name of the show. Spellcast 21:18, 17 July 2007 (UTC) Then 50 signed one of the best recorders ever Brandon Brincefield aka B-dup —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bdup456 (talk • contribs) 02:44, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

NPOV violation

I'm not going to remove this myself, because this article is a GA candidate and I've never edited it before, but part of the "Personal life" section needs to be addressed. In the last paragraph, the phrase "about the 29% and sinking approval rating Commander-in-chief" is not only irrelevant, but also not NPOV by any stretch of the imagination. Horologium t-c 11:41, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

It was only added very recently. I'm removing it for the meantime. Half that paragraph is dedicated to his statements on Bush so I think there's a bit of undue weight here. Spellcast 19:56, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

sites for 50 cent info

these two pages have good info on 50's beefs with other rappers and his timeline, the sites are sort of old but has god info to use. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prisonbreak12345 (talk • contribs)

http://www.rapcentral.co.uk/50_gunitBeefs.html http://www.rapcentral.co.uk/50_gunitTimeline.html

Fiddy's new views on Bush

Why was this removed? That is important information. You have him supporting him in a old interview, now he is smashing him wanting people to know he doesn't support him. How is that not appropriate or the "right time" to be added? --Ayoleftyz 03:06, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

By the way, here is a new source with audio interview from Funkmaster Flex on Hot 97.[2] --Ayoleftyz 03:11, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

It's not an appropriate time to add because this article is currently under consideration for Good Article status. Adding unreferenced or poorly referenced, non-neutral point of view information is not going to help this article, and instability (constant editing over content) can also fail the article. Horologium t-c 03:30, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Uhhhhh how is an audio interview from Hot 97 with Funkmaster Flex and Tony Yayo a bad source? That makes absolutely no sense, also a non-neutral point of view? How is him supporting Bush neutral? I don't get it. It's an important piece of information a lot of people would like to know. I don’t think the accuracy of any article should be sacrificed to get kudos for having one of the articles you work on noted as “Good Article” status. I am all for creating the best article possible but this makes no sense. --Ayoleftyz 03:48, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

I have no stake in this article, so I really don't care if it makes GA status or not. (In fact, I discovered it through the GA nomination page, and I have edited it a grand total of one time.) However, when an article is awaiting a GA review, it's generally considered appropriate to avoid adding or removing a lot of information. I am not equipped to debate the relevance of the audio link, but the link you added earlier today did not appear to be a reliable source, and the fashion in which you added the information about his disavowal of Bush violated the NPOV policy is a big way (I noted the specific offending passage above, but didn't edit it out; that was someone else's doing.) This will be my last response on this, as I don't have much interest in this topic, and I'm not really qualified to edit articles on rap, about which I know very little. Horologium t-c 04:02, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Ok this is what 50 said about Bush in 2005: He's "incredible ... a gangsta. I wanna meet George Bush, just shake his hand and tell him how much of me I see in him".[3] In 2006, he said: "In some ways, I'm the George W Bush of hip hop - nobody likes me, but I'm still gonna run it for the next four years."[4]. Now in this 2007 interview, he said "George Bush has a talent: He has less compassion than the average human. By all means, I don’t aspire to be like George Bush."[5] And in that above audio interview, 50 still calls him a "gangsta", so I wouldn't exactly say that he's "smashing" him. Spellcast 05:33, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

He might not be smashing him but he has completely changed his views on him so I think that is important to note. It makes absolutely no sense not to include it in the article and the source is an AUDIO INTERVIEW with 50 Cent and Tony Yayo. The article I posted before that was just quoted transcript with a link to the audio interview. --Ayoleftyz 15:14, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Ban 50 cent picture

Why is the photo of a Ban 50 cent organizational billboard in the Feuds section? Seems really out of place and suspicious. Maybe in a controversy section? --Meowist 07:53, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Well the 'Feuds' heading was originally titled 'Controversy', but I changed it a few months back because I didn't think that 'Controversy' was a very good heading. The 'Ban 50' campaign doesn't seem that notable, but I don't know if that means the picture should be removed. (Maybe it's better than no picture at all?) Spellcast 08:21, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Maybe if a section about the 'Ban 50' 'Controversy' was added the title could be changed back to 'Controversy' then the picture would be more relevant too. --The-G-Unit-Boss 13:55, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I also think the picture would be more relevant if the article had a controversy section and 50 cent has quite a bit of controversy with some Canadian MP banning him from performing in Canada and the shootings that his entourage have been involved in,etc.--Meowist 20:11, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

This 'Ban 50' campaign started when Tony Yayo allegedly slapped a fourteen year old boy. So maybe that's best kept for the G-Unit page. If you're saying we need to add a 'Ban 50' section solely to adjust to the picture, I don't know if it's worth it. Maybe info can be added to the image's caption to make it less out of place? And that Canadian MP who tried to stop 50 from performing was in 2005. Are you saying that should definitely be added? If so, how do you propose that be integrated? Spellcast 23:40, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Aha, upon closer inspection of this Ban 50 campaign, it seems they have almost nothing directly relating to 50 himself. All I have, then is that Canadian MP, which doesn't seem worth it. Does someone know of some other (not too recent) content to put in a controversy section? If not, then changing the image's caption sounds good. --Meowist 09:27, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

What if the 'Feuds' heading was renamed to 'Controversy' and a 'Legal issues' sub-heading was added under it (like in The Game (rapper))? That Canadian MP info can be added to it, as well as some recent lawsuit that someone added here (the lawsuit was only filed yesterday). Perhaps this is suffering from recentism and should go to Wikinews? And I can't think of other non-recent controversies, just those feuds. Spellcast 21:40, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

50's Response To Head's 'A Cheap Name' Song

Anyone know what 50's response to Brian Welch's song 'A Cheap Name' was? Has 50 even acknowledged it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.91.149.124 (talk • contribs)

No. It was announced he had no comment. -WarthogDemon 03:06, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Heading

Should the main heading (above 'Early life') be 'Biography' or 'Life and music career'? 'Biography' is more simple and anyone can deduce the heading is about his life and music career by looking at the subheadings such as 'Early life' and 'Early career'. Spellcast 04:55, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

The main problem I'm having is the fact that the entire article is a biography. You can't have a topic saying "biography" in n article that is a biography. That's redundant, and downright silly. It's like saying "Song information" in an article about a song. The entire article, by it's very nature, provides information about a song. Get what I'm saying?

You don't have to use "Life and music career." Other headings, besides "biography" works too. Orane (talk) 05:06, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Surely the word "life" as a main heading is just as redundant? What other headings do you have in mind? Spellcast 05:42, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

I have changed the heading so that the first one is 'Early Life' which includes all aspects of his early life. Then personal life has its own level 2 headline and the others are the same. --The-G-Unit-Boss 09:58, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

The 'Rise to fame' section is not part of his early life or early career so it's a misleading heading. Besides, it's fine the way it is (see The Game, Evan Rachel Wood, and Keira Knightley for similarly structured headings). Spellcast 10:04, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

GA Passed

Ok...sorry about the delay, the GA review is here. So, I find this article fulfills the GA guidelines with its well written prose, more than adequate citing, excellent overall NPOV tone (this part is kind of impressive actually), and broad coverage. I don't think the article suffers from recentism given the very low weight sections like Lawsuit are given (as long as it stays that way...) Suggestions for improvement: expansion - especially of the Rise to Fame section with more detail about the reception of his two core albums. That's about it --Meowist 08:59, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to review this. I don't think this is stable enough to become a featured article though. He's coming out with an album in like 2 months and he's supposedly going to release his final one next year. Also, there are many biographies that have reached GA/FA status only to be delisted (usually because people add unsourced info). So it's equally important to make sure this stays as a good article and that the prose stays good. Spellcast 09:47, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

See Also

Do you think that we could add a '==See also==' heading into the article. There are many links which we could put under it. Thanks --The-G-Unit-Boss 10:12, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

"See also" headings can work really well for some articles (such as Intelligent design), but I don't think it's necessary here. People tend to spam these headings with every related link they can find. Spellcast 10:17, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

I was thinking that we could add all of the related G-Unit/G-Unit Records links which would enable easier navigation for users. I often find articles which I wanted to read, through See also's. Thanks --The-G-Unit-Boss 10:20, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Those links can easily be navigated through the existing wikilinks. It was recommended in the peer review to shrink down the contents so I think it's better if it stays as short as possible. Although not everyone may agree. Spellcast 10:30, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Are they appropriate for biographical articles? --- Realest4Life 00:07, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

WP:MUSTARD#See also says: "Most 'see also' sections should be temporary. If a link is included elsewhere in an article, it does not need to be in a 'see also' section. Most or all links in 'see also' sections should be incorporated into the body of the article." So yeah, it's basically saying to avoid these sections since most of the links are already integrated throughout the article. Spellcast 15:19, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikiproject g-unit started

The G-Unit wikiproject has been started, to view it click here-Wikipedia:WikiProject G-Unit Records.--Shadyaftrmathgunit 22:27, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Music samples

Should there be music samples in the article.--Shadyaftrmathgunit 21:24, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

People can easily just click on his official YouTube channel and listen to his songs. Spellcast 13:33, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Bang 'Em Smurf

should there be some info of this beef with bane 'em smurf/gf records and this feud with his cousin "Two Five" and should there be more info on the inc records beef since that beef has been since 1998 and it has like 10 lines and the game beef has been 2 years and has a whole page on it--Prisonbreak12345 00:41, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

There's already a page on The Game feud and it was recommended to shrink down the feuds and only keep the most notable ones. There use to be a G-Unit feuds page, but was deleted. There has been some talk at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject G-Unit Records#G-Unit feuds about recreating it. If it is made again, it should go there and not here. I don't think it's needed, but feel free to voice your opinion there. Spellcast 13:56, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Early Life Section

The incident with his mother's death is worded awkwardly. Is there anyway to make the sentences more clean and straight forward? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.149.155.83 (talk • contribs)

What do you mean by "worded awkwardly"? --The-G-Unit-Boss 13:45, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Can you be more specific? Spellcast 14:03, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Well for starters the phrase "left for dead" is normally used when the person did NOT die. How about "and died as a result", or "and later died"? you get the idea. Otherwise it feels like her "actual" death will be discussed further on, and then it isn't. Also the parts with ages of both Curtis and his mother get confusing. Is there a way to mention both of their ages at the time of this incident right at the begining, instead discussing what happened and then touching on them back and forth? I only offer this suggestion because it is an important piece of information, and as just a random reader of this article, I had to look over those sentences a few times until I understood exactly what was being said. Thanks you! 72.149.155.83 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 19:51, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Is Curtis a Blood?

Is 50 Cent a Blood?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.176.14.100 (talk • contribs)

Um, after reading every interview and cover story there is on this guy, I find no evidence to suggest he was part of a gang. Spellcast 09:50, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

No 50 was not a blood but i've heard the sayin g-unit crips but i really don't think he actually rolled wit a gang.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.162.32.235 (talk • contribs)

No, he wasn't a Blood nor was he a gang member. On the east coast, gangs aren't a big part of the crime problem. He played a small part in the now defunct Supreme Team, which was a drug organization, not a gang in the sense you speak of. Juice1985 22:09, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

No in the song "guns come out" he says " i'm cool with some bloods,cool with some crips —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Michael618 (talk • contribs) 18:58, August 20, 2007 (UTC).

This dude can be a real liar, but some information from another person says he may have rolled with some Crips.--Sureno-thug13 15:38, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Well, he says the word "Loc" in many songs including the outro of Disco Inferno. West Coast - Ryda 15:26, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

No, 50 Cent is a Crip (judging by lyrical evidence). In his days of being a criminal, he 'released' (as it was later bootlegged) an album called Power Of The Dollar. In his song 'How To Rob', he raps in his first line:

" . . .Ayo the bottom line is, I'm a 'Crip' with a deal, and if my record don't sell, I'mma go rob and steal . . ." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.1.217.17 (talk) 20:32, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Nicknames

Template:infobox musical artist says to only use official stage names and not nicknames. So you wouldn't say "Godfather of Soul" for James Brown. I think Ferrari F50 and Curtis "Interscope" Jackson are just nicknames as opposed to official stage names. Spellcast 21:06, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Dude 50 is from the south not the east, second of all he worked for a major drug lord in the south side jamaica queens, the leader was recently caught this year and in the story which had nothing to do with 50 it meantioned his name how this is the gang 50 came from. You can also see this in his movie "get rich or die trying " as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.12.144.21 (talk) 04:45, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

50 cent was born and raised in Jamaica, Queens and he didn't work for a major drug lord he sold drugs but has stated in many interviews that he had no formal affiliation with Supreme or the Supreme team and the movie isn't completely accurate he has stated that the movie is "loosely" based on his life

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50 Cent threatens to quit

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6942209.stm

So apparently 50 Cent is threatening to continue rapping if he outsells Kanye. Well, I suppose he's technically threatened to quit rapping if Kanye outsells him, but I suppose my first statement is implied. In any case, this ought to be added to the article. 70.236.6.180 14:09, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

-Kanye is selling better or thats what I heard on the radio. (http://www.x1039fm.com/) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.198.17.165 (talk) 05:58, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Sufficient Proof Regarding The Shooting of 50 Cent.

All of the outside links and sources which are listed as 'proof' that 50 was shot 9 times are not reliable enough to be considered factual proof. One is a Rolling Stone article which only states 50's own words, no actual research or evidence. The same goes for the other two. This 'proof' does not, scratch that, can not, outweigh police reports. And you surely can not use that infamous video, in which 50 Cent attempts to prove that he was shot 9 times by showing the camera 6 wounds, of which, 3 of them were not even visible, as evidence. Word of mouth is not evidence.[6]

This wiki needs to be led by less biased individuals who will accept reality when it is layed out, even when it isn't favorable. Juice1985 00:50, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Yeah that source was brought up before. MediaTakeOut is a tabloid and not a reliable source. The report it shows says he was shot three times "on the right" side of his body, which he was. And after it says "on the right", the rest of the sentence is cut off, so it doesn't show the full report. He shows those wounds and more in that video you mentioned and in the 2003 documentary Get Rich or Die Tryin: The Movie, so it cancels it out. There's also a police report on the 2000 stabbing. It says 50 had five stitches, but he claimed it was three.[7] Spellcast 18:11, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

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5 Shots

I was on chamillionaire's page went to the link about 50 cent commenting on him long story short i saw something about him being only getting hit 5 times and i have heard this before. Could someone verify this? Secondandonly 03:30, 18 August 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Secondandonly (talk • contribs)

Firstly, what's this about Chamillionaire? Don't tell me he has another feud. And about the shooting, see the above. Spellcast 11:59, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

G-Unit Records

Right. We need to sort out this problem. Is 50 Cent signed to G-Unit Records?. Below is why I think that he is signed to it.

• It is his own label!
• The Massacre has G-Unit Records credits. The Billboard website is rubbish. Look at artists' discographies on it and there are all sorts of albums listed there. The actual physical album is a far better source.
• here the back cover of The Massacre shows credits to G-Unit.

We need to sort this out because there are a lot of articles which are affected by this. I mean we have Efil4tselaer: Resurrected just reverting people edits without any proper reason and we have some people adding the labels (me included) also without pany source to confirm our edits. We dont actually know so we need to establish a consensus about it. --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 20:22, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Good point, but on the album cover link that The-G-Unit-Boss gave as an example. Violator Management logo is shown so wouldn't he be signed to the label, and also Violator is also a record label called Violator Records see. http://www.violator.com/home.html.--Shadyaftrmathgunit 21:46, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Indeed, I did not explain my edits very well, well, I'll do it now. I reverted because you didn't even discuss it first. When I removed "G-Unit" from this article, it was because I assumed someone added it again, but instead, it was there for a long time ago. So I added it again now until we are done with this. See my talk page and Spellcast's talk page. Don't get me wrong, I once also thought that G-Unit distributed for 50 Cent's solo releases as well, but then when I saw that a lot of websites only credit "Shady/Aftermath/Interscope" as the labels (see the talk pages), and then I even saw Billboard say the imprints are "Shady/Aftermath", and that the distributing label is "Interscope", so I assumed Billboard is correct, since they are a very reputable source. I am not talking about the discographies, I am talking about the labels they show at the chart positions (also see talk pages). The reason why I reverted the edits was because, again, I assumed Billboard was right, and because no one showed me any proof that G-Unit distributed for 50, I mean, even the I Get Money/Ayo Technology/Straight to the Bank vinyl covers only have the Shady and Aftermath logos on them. That was until Spellcast told me about the Massacre's the back cover. And Boss' first point (it is his label) isn't very ... I don't know, important I guess, yes, that's what you think at first, but surely other artists have their own label and are not signed to it. Points number 2 and 3 I think are the same, The Massacre does have G-Unit credited. But I stopped reverting stuff after Spellcast showed me the back cover, and I suggest we all leave everything the way it is until we finish discussing this. That's all I have to say, so I really don't know about The Massacre, I guess Billboard isn't so reputable after all. --- Realest4Life 23:54, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

I agree with Shady, there is no reason to look into this. Just because G-Unit is listed on the back of the album doesn't prove that this label distributes or that 50 Cent is signed as an individual artist to the label. It could just be there for promotion or simply because he is the face of G-Unit. Why do you think Violator has their logo on the album? They want their image there to show they represent or have some kind of affiliation with him, also known as promotion/business. For now let it be until you interview 50 Cent yourself and ask him if he is signed to G-Unit as 50 Cent and if the label distributes his records. Also Boss, there is no reason to point fingers at Realest, I do the exact same when I see G-Unit listed. We are just trying to keep things as accurate as possible and not WP:BALL it, no assumptions needed. --Ayoleftyz 00:07, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

I think there's confusion over 1) a label an artist is signed to and 2) a label that distributes an artist's records. Just because an artist is signed to a label, that might not mean the label distributes all his records. That could explain why G-Unit Records is not credited on the "I Get Money" and "Ayo Technology" vinyls. Template:Infobox musical artist#Label says to write "The record label or labels to which the act has been signed". This is different to Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums#Label, which says to write "the record label the album was originally released on". G-Unit Records may not distribute all his work, but it doesn't mean he's not signed to it. Ayoleftyz, you said 50 is only signed to G-Unit Records as part of the group and not as a solo artist. If a group is signed to a label, why isn't every member also signed? Spellcast 08:36, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

This is not always the case, look at Prodigy and Havoc of Mobb Deep for example. Both have or are going to release albums which are not on G-Unit. Prodigy may release H.N.I.C. 2 on G-Unit, but Return of the Mac was on an independent label. Also, I don't understand what you are saying, different labels distribute for different groups/artists. Shady/Aftermath/Interscope supposedly distributes for 50 Cent solo, while G-Unit/Interscope for G-Unit as a group. Yes, he is signed to G-Unit as part of the group or something like that (AS A GROUP, G-Unit is signed to G-Unit/Interscope), so maybe you could do this for his artist infobox, list all the labels that are already there, and also put "G-Unit (as part of the group G-Unit)". --- Realest4Life 13:57, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Whoops, I just checked H.N.I.C. 2, it's on Infamous/Koch. There you go, and even Joell Ortiz' mixtape/album The Brick (Bodega Chronicles) was released on Koch even though he's signed to Aftermath. --- Realest4Life 13:59, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

That's what I'm saying! Just because an artist is signed to a label, it doesn't mean the label distributes all his stuff. Although Prodigy is signed to G-Unit Records, his album Return of the Mac was released on Koch. And just because 50 is signed to G-Unit Records, it doesn't mean G-Unit Records distributes all his stuff. It's true that as a group, G-Unit is signed to G-Unit/Interscope. What I don't get is how this excludes 50 from being signed to G-Unit Records. Spellcast 14:51, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

We are talking about 2 50 Cents here, "50 Cent solo", and "50 Cent from G-Unit". 50 Cent solo is distributed by Shady/Aftermath/Interscope (according to multiple sources, some of them are on your talk page), while 50 Cent from G-Unit is distributed by G-Unit/Interscope. We are not talking about the G-Unit group here. The group is signed to G-Unit/Interscope, but 50 Cent isn't necessarily signed to G-Unit solo just like Young Buck or Lloyd Banks (they have group deals and solo deals, or something like that). We have no confirmation that he is indeed signed to G-Unit solo, other than G-Unit being on the back cover of The Massacre. It is hard to explain, so that's why I said that maybe we could have it as "G-Unit (as part of the group G-Unit)". --- Realest4Life 15:07, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

I agree. If G-Unit as a group is signed to the label, then All of its individual members must also be signed. This is more likely in the case of G-Unit more than M.O.P. for example because the members are solo artists too. And also Ayoleftyz, if you read my first comment properly, you will notice that I have not pointed fingers at anybody. Just pointed out the fact that He keeps reverting without proper reason and I (and other editors) keep adding without proper reason. Thats why we are here disscussing, so we can all have reasons for our edits. not to point fingers. --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 08:55, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

I did explain my edits now though, didn't I? --- Realest4Life 13:57, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm a bit confused, what is the final dissiscion, do we leave G-Unit Records in 50 Cents infobox and his albums and singles infoboxes.--Shadyaftrmathgunit 11:18, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

I think we leave G-Unit in his artist infobox but not anywhere else, that's what I understood from what Spellcast said. --- Realest4Life 13:57, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

We leave G-Unit in his artist infobox. We also leave it on his albums/singles if they were released under G-Unit. I don't think 50 being signed to G-Unit Records automatically makes G-Unit Records distribute all his work. Spellcast 14:51, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Well, from what I've seen so far, G-Unit doesn't distribute for too much of his stuff. I don't think the singles are distributed, maybe his albums have the G-Unit logo on them, but I don't know if they actually distribute. That's why I say maybe we should have G-Unit in the infobox and leave the singles/album infoboxes alone. --- Realest4Life 15:07, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Shall we go by whats printed on the actual albums & singles? or by other sources?. I personally think we should use the albvums because they seem more accurate. Get Rich Or Die Tryin' didnt have any G-Unit logos because it wasnt created then and The Massacre did, and was released after G-Unit Records was founded. They seem to be right. --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 14:59, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

I have restored The Massacre to the past release sof G-Unit Records. Also i have added his upcoming albums to the upcoming alvums list. If they turn out not to be released on G-Unit Records, then they can be removed. I added The Massacre because of the logos on the back. Is this the decision that we have come to? --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 15:30, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

I don't know, I am still kind of thinking about what Ayoleftyz said about the logo being for promotion, but we are just assuming, and the logo is there. But then so is Violator, and they don't distribute any of his releases. I kind of agree with The Massacre having G-Unit until we find out more about this (mostly because I don't feel like continuing this argument for any longer—we aren't really getting anywhere), but I don't know about his singles, I mean, anyone can see that his singles from Curtis have no G-Unit logos on their covers. This issue is really messed, so I agree with G-Unit being in the Massacre infobox for now, and in the artist's infobox for now, but that Violator thing should go (I think that's only a management company, not a label), and I don't think we should add it in his singles or in any other albums yet. Unless they have the G-Unit logo. --- Realest4Life 02:37, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

On the Violator website (http://www.violator.com/company.html they say stuff like

“ From a management company to a record label to a marketing group to a multi-media entertainment conglomerate... ”

and

“ Violator Records/Management has sold an average of 10 million records a year for the past 6 years, and Violator has seen the last 7 CDs by Violator–related artists enter the Billboard Top 200 Pop Album Charts in the Top 10. ”

which would imply that there also a record label and their logo in the top right corner says "Violator Records | Violator Management".--Shadyaftrmathgunit 15:43, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Yeh you're right, they are a record label and 50 Cent is signed to it. Should we add it to his infobox? Also any albums which have the logo on it should have it added too. It seems that the logos are not just for promotional purposes. It doesnt mean that they have to distribute the album because Shady Records and Aftermath Entertainment can't distribute but they are still credited on all of 50 cents albums. --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 17:22, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes, but Shady and Aftermath are credited by several sources as imprints while a lot of them don't credit G-Unit (including some single covers), that is what this whole discussion is about. I got to go now so I'll talk later. --- Realest4Life 20:18, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes, Shady & Aftermath cant distributre because they are imprints yet they are still credited on releases which would also make it possible for G-Unit Records ot be credited. I'm not sure what happening about the Violator thing though because there are other artists like P.Diddy who are also signed to it on their website. --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 20:20, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

I guess that if he is signed to Violator RECORDS, and not "Management", then you could leave it in the artist's infobox, but I don't really know about adding it as a label to his songs/albums. I mean, I never saw anyone credit Violator Records as one of the distributors of his music, other than its logo appearing on the back cover of The Massacre. --- Realest4Life 00:46, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Why isn't G Unit records credited in the infobox of the album Curtis but is credit in his discography and also in the The Massacre album infobox.--Shadyaftrmathgunit 12:36, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Because people just changed the articles without waiting for this discussion to end. I somewhat understand The Massacre (although this whole "Violator" thing is confusing), but I don't understand why people changed the other albums. --- Realest4Life 13:31, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

I think that our final decision should be to add G-Unit Records to his infobox along with Violator, but alo credit G-Unit in The Massacre infobox with all of its singles and also on The Get Rich or Die Tryin' soundtrack. We should wait to see whether or not Curtis has any G-Unit logos before we add it to that article or its singles. Does everybody agree? --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 14:02, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

The GRODT OST shouldn't even be an issue, because it was released on G-Unit/Interscope. I agree with everything else, and we should do the same thing for Before I Self Destruct, but I really would like to find out somehow if he is signed to Violator Records or Violator Management. --- Realest4Life 14:06, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

You can check out their website here is you want --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 14:10, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

OK, I checked it out, and I guess it's OK to use it in his infobox. --- Realest4Life 14:14, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

I think that we should leave Curtis on the "Upcoming releases" of G-Unit Records because we are currently unsure howver anybody who comes to wikipedia to find out this stuff will expect it to be there. It wouldnt do any harm seeing as the album is coming out soon. --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 14:42, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Yeah but that would mean we are assuming it will be released on G-Unit, so it's kind of contradicting with what you said above. Just leave it until we are sure that it will be released on G-Unit, if it is credited on Curtis or something. --- Realest4Life 14:44, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Actually, by that time, you can just add it to the "previous releases". --- Realest4Life 14:44, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

OK, I see what you mean. --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 14:49, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

I guess we're finally done with this? Damn, this is a huge section. --- Realest4Life 14:51, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Yeh lol. It needed to be sorted though. --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 15:39, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

I don't mean to drag on this discussion, but G-Unit Records was recently added to The Massacre in 50 Cent discography. Ayoleftyz has a point about the logos being put for promotional use only. If G-Unit Records is added solely because of the logo, why shouldn't Violator be put as well? Those Billboard sites that Realest gave (link) shows which label the albums were distributed under. And G-Unit Records is not credited on his solo albums, so it shouldn't be credited on his solo work. Spellcast 12:52, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

OK, our original consensus was that The Massacre was distributed by G-Unit Records. Just because of another comment, do not go round changing them all back. Just leave them with "G-Unit" in the infobox for now untill we know 100% what we want. --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 15:33, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

If the only proof you have is the album logos, why not add Violator? Also in the Australian CDs, it has the Shady, Aftermath, G-Unit, Interscope, and Violator logos, but it's only credited as "© Shady/Aftermath/Interscope" right below it. I guess the logos are there for promotional use only. Spellcast 18:44, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Hold on, it's not what "we want", it's what is correct, now Billboard (a very reputable source) and many other sources credit Shady/Aftermath/Interscope as the distributors. So, G-Unit is probably for promotion. If Curtis will include that Vitamin Water logo or something are we supposed to credit it as a label?? What Spellcast said above, "© Shady/Aftermath/Interscope", that should be enough. This shouldn't even be an issue. Revert your edits now. --- Relax and take notes, while I take totes of the marijuana smoke 21:24, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

At the moment, the G-Unit Records website is inactive. Once it's up and running, the issue should be solved. But right now, unless solid evidence is provided to show that his solo stuff is distributed by G-Unit, it shouldn't be credited yet. Spellcast 02:48, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

All of 50 Cent's solo releases, which include The Massacre and its singles "Disco Inferno", "Candy Shop", "Just a Lil Bit", and "Outta Control" were distributed by Shady/Aftermath/Interscope. G-Unit doesn't distribute anything for 50 Cent solo. --- Who's the one you call Mr. Macho? The head honcho, swift fist like Camacho 20:04, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

**NOTICE** (to "Boss" and all G-Unit "know it all's")

G-Unit DOES NOT DISTRIBUTE 50 CENT MATERIAL NOR IS HE SIGNED AS AN INDIVIDUAL ARTIST TO G-UNIT RECORDS. Can you understand that "Boss"? The proof is within the actual Curtis CD if you happened to purchase it, on the back of the booklet, promotional and album versions it clearly says, "(c) 2007 Shady / Aftermath / Interscope Records. All rights reserved." YES, the logo of G-Unit is on the booklet as well but OF COURSE it is, why wouldn't he put the logo of the record label he basically OWNS and leads as a group? It is very simple, 50 Cent is not signed to G-Unit (as an individual), nor does the label distribute him (as an individual). End of story and as Kanye "The First Day Sales King (as coined by Realest)" says, "Uh uuuuuuuhhh, you CAN'T TELL ME NOTHING!" --Ayoleftyz 20:12, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Exactly, the logo doesn't mean anything, and other than that logo, there is no proof that it is released under G-Unit, so 50 Cent's solo releases are distrbuted by Shady/Aftermath/Interscope. --- Who's the one you call Mr. Macho? The head honcho, swift fist like Camacho 20:18, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Who were you refereing to when you said "all G-Unit "know it all's"--Shadyaftrmathgunit 15:49, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

The people who think they know everything when it comes to G-Unit when they really don't know anything. No reason to mention names, I think they know who they are. By the way, Curtis is inching ahead of Graduation. Right now it's number 1 on iTunes so 50 may slowly pass Kanye. --Ayoleftyz 15:55, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

BTW if you were referring to me, i don't think i know everything when it comes to G-Unit--Shadyaftrmathgunit 16:25, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

I didn't mention any names homie. --Ayoleftyz 18:00, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Ok so the bottom line is this: 1) G-Unit Records do not distribute 50's solo material (unless evidence states otherwise) and 2) He is signed to G-Unit Records (as part of the group), but not as a solo artist. Also, I'm hoping Curtis doesn't overtake Graduation. That ought to teach 50 not to release such bad singles from the start. You're only as good as your last hit. Spellcast 21:10, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Yeah but his last hit(s) was/were "I Get Money" and "Ayo Technology" (those are pretty big hits) but I getcha! --Ayoleftyz 21

13, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

**NOTICE** (to "Ayoleftyz" and all uncivil editors)

All you had to do was continue the existing conversation ion a civil way rather than come storming in. Why do you think that we had that huge section in the first place?. To disscuss the topic and to put forward sources etc to see what is correct. --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 18:58, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Well, when you go on and on about something that has already been proven and discussed countless times, I think my kind of reply is justified and not "uncivil" haha. Also, how was I "storming in" lol, that just doesn't make sense. --Ayoleftyz 20:44, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Sometimes that's the only way other people will listen. --- Who's the one you call Mr. Macho? The head honcho, swift fist like Camacho 20:37, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I suppose all these people who prefer to communicate outside of wikipedia about issues that everybody else is talking about here need these big notices. --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 20:38, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

"Say what you say how you say it whenever you sayin' it, just remember how you said it when you was sprayin' it." A little bit of Em for you. --- Who's the one you call Mr. Macho? The head honcho, swift fist like Camacho 20:57, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Uh huh, "I Ain't Fucking With U" Surely you know who that was by?. --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 21:01, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Watch what you say to me. That's it for me, before this turns into some kind of "quote war". --- Who's the one you call Mr. Macho? The head honcho, swift fist like Camacho 21:03, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, Lol --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 21:05, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

I think the notice was definitely needed, it did it's job didn't it? Did I get your attention? Yes, haha. --Ayoleftyz 21:39, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Haha I can't help but find this whole thread funny. What started as a simple question has turned into some kind of quote war and accusations of incivility. Do I sense some "wiki-beef" going on here?. C'mon fellas, there needs to be some more "G-Unity" shown in this place :D Spellcast 03:03, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Don't steal my phrases Spellcast or you're gonna put yourself in the middle of this wiki-battle son! I threw that "G-Unity" stuff at "Shadyaftrmath" or whatever his name is a few days ago haha. --Ayoleftyz 17:09, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Lil Wayne

Someone should put info about the diss song he made towards Lil Wayne under the feuds section--Yankees10 17:31, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

No, the diss was weak. If 50 decide to go harder then something should be added —Preceding unsigned comment added by Debo7 (talk • contribs) 18:58, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, compared to the other feuds, it's really not that notable. Besides, Lil Wayne hasn't responded, so it can't even be classified as a controversy. Maybe if there's songs being traded back and forth, it could be included, but it's not really necessary. Spellcast 23:23, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Ok, i'll wait until (or if) he responds to put it back.--Yankees10 01:56, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

lil wayne said that he didnt even kno that 50 knew about him and is fine with bein dissed, well, tapped by 50..... not notable - NJ Rock 20:38, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

lil wayne has stated that he doesnt want a problem with 50 cent and has stated that he will not reply to any diss and that 50 calling him a whore is a complement saying that lil wayne gets pussy

the song gossip is sort of aimed at 50 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.148.190.252 (talk) 18:32, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Instruments

This keeps being added to the infobox. Correct me if I'm wrong, but since when does 50 play the keyboards, percussion, and synthesizer? Spellcast 20:05, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

If he doesn't, what did he used when he produced the Curtis as he is credited as the executive producer.--Shadyaftrmathgunit 21:33, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

You're getting a record producer (the person who makes the beats) confused with an executive producer. There's no way 50 can make all the beats on his own album! He's not Dr. Dre. Spellcast 11:41, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Infobox - Label section

In the labels section in the infobox, is there any way to show that he's not signed to JMJ and Columbia because it currently looks like he is, but he isnt, cant we add the years he was singed onto the label next to it?.--Shadyaftrmathgunit 15:49, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

I often think the same thing, that it would be better with dates to enable users to see when he was signed to the labels. But according to Template:Infobox_musical_artist#Label, we shouldnt have dates and should save them for the main article. --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 19:00, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

If you're worried about people being misled about the labels, shouldn't you also be concerned about the occupations? What if the infobox had this: "Rapper (1997-2008)", "actor (2003-present)", entrepreneur (2003-present)", and "record producer (2008-present)"? Hopefully you can see how unnecessary that looks and understand why it's better left for the article. The same applies to the labels. Spellcast 18:51, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

50 Cent discography FAC nomination

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/50 Cent discography/archive1.--Shadyaftrmathgunit 20:31, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Song With Ciara/ Lloyd Banks Song

In the video of the song with Ciara ("Can't Leave 'Em Alone"), there's a part in the video where 50 Cent is holding Ciara close to his body while the camerea is watching it from 50's back. Didn't Lloyd Banks do something like that with a girl in the "Help" music video? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.175.36.162 (talk) 04:41, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

FA/A class article

What will it take to get this article to a FA or A class article.--Shadyaftrmathgunit 21:17, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Haha don't worry Shady, there is no deadline. We've got plenty of time. Spellcast 18:51, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Glaceau profit

I know there's sources out there (link) saying he made $400 million off the glaceau investment, but those are just estimates. Nothing was ever officially confirmed he made that much. Besides, Forbes magazine estimated the value to be $100 million. Spellcast 05:23, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Also, I reverted this edit for the meantime because there's too much trivial and possibly incorrect info.

• The stuff on Jah the stick up kid is non-notable and off-topic.
• The 2007 probation belongs in Wikinews.
• In the '94 arrest, I don't think the girl he was with was his girlfriend, just someone he worked with.[8].
• He met JMJ in '96.[9][10].
• It was never officially confirmed he made $400 million off glaceau. Spellcast 18:34, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Nice work as usual Spell. Tayquan^holla_{My work} 20:21, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

On G-Unit Radio Part 25-Sabrinas Baby Boy, G-Unit members rap about 50 Cent making $400 Million. I can say tracks etc if you want. Just thought i'd point it out while this topic is here. --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 20:36, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

50 cent net worth

i heard its 440 million dollars —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.187.133.234 (talk) 01:21, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

I heard 320 million????

50 cent day

http://www.sixshot.com/news/8144/ --Prisonbreak12345 16:34, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

and brandon brincefield was added to g unit records aka b-dup

Re: Shooting/Earlier Career

• This article needs better sourcing than other wikipedia pages. The timeline and details under early career and his shooting is not consistent with 50 Cent's movie Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Sales

"50 Cent achieved multi-platinum success with both albums, selling over twenty-one million records worldwide." This is linked to a Time article in which 50 is the source of the "21 million records" statement. Can we get a better source (and count)? All I can find is this, from the RIAA: http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=3&table=tblTopArt&action=

He's listed here at 11 million units total. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.173.149.143 (talk) 06:41, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

The RIAA only refers to U.S. sales, not worldwide. Spellcast (talk) 08:03, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Understood. I knew the difference. I'm asking for a legit worldwide count somewhere. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.173.149.143 (talk) 02:28, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Here's some sources saying 20 million.[11][12]. He obviously would've sold another million after Curtis. I don't see why the Time magazine source should be unreliable just because it comes from 50. Spellcast (talk) 01:20, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Films

Would it be a good idea to have a new sub-heading about films? 50's always working on something new these days, and he's always got something to say... just wondering whether it's worth it... -- Harish - 21:01, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Coke scandal in Croatia

Does this warrant inclusion in the article? I don't follow his career so I can't say what kind of an impact this had on it (if at all). The video in question: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R0iFfSd07E&feature=related Wikingus (talk) 16:24, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

it had no impact on his career and wasnt publicized at all but 50 did make a reference to it in a song saying "They say i sniffed coke in Croatia, man i dont get high"

Conflict in the article

The article says under the headline Shooting that:

"His friend also sustained a gunshot wound to the hand. They were driven to the hospital where he spent thirteen days in recovery."

Yet later in the text there is mentioned that:

"He used a walker for the first six weeks and recovered after five months. When he left the hospital, he stayed in the Poconos with his then-girlfriend and son. His physical workout regimen helped him attain his muscular physique.[4][8][29]"

This is confusing and should be corrected —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kuithei (talk • contribs) 13:05, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

It means he spent 13 days in hospital but didn't fully "rehabilitate" after 5 months. I've hopefully fixed the wording. Spellcast (talk) 20:33, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

50 cent did not get shot this is not a lie!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Doucette1996 (talk • contribs) 23:02, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=aa4_1203448292<--- might wanna mention the part that deals with his support for bush 50 Cent was shot 3 times not nine.

Glacéau

It's questioned whether he made $100 or 400 million. Those early reports saying 400 million were false and Glacéau said it was "erroneous".[13] Forbes magazine is the most reliable source for this and they say it's 100 million after taxes.[14] Spellcast (talk) 00:15, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah I heard 100 mil to but I wanna know how much did he initially invest. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronjohn (talk • contribs) 11:43, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Wrote: Baby Brother Book?

In working on this orphan: Baby Brother: An Urban Erotic Appetizer which is apparently a book authored by 50 and Noire, I thought a section should be added to this page, but perhaps those who have been working here would prefer to add it as they see fit? Elliott Shultz (talk) 05:12, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Criticism of lyrics

Surely there should be a mention of the controversy over his influence on "girls, cars and cash" culture? He's been accused of promoting prostitution (P.I.M.P) and inciting violence. Having scantily clad girls all over him in his videos has certainly been seen as promoting the idea that all women are prostitutes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.132.132.26 (talk) 07:11, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

He had NO influence on gangsta culture - it was established long before him, back in the 90's. Netrat_msk (talk) 00:17, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

50 cent was shot three times

There was a police report on thesmokinggun, but for some reason it's no longer there... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronjohn (talk • contribs)

The report is kind of sketchy. It says three times "on the right" and then the rest of the sentence looks cut off. He couldn't of just been shot there when there's videos of him showing wounds in other places including his left cheek. Any thoughts on that report? Spellcast (talk) 14:32, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Ive seen Get rich or die tryin' the DVD(not the movie) where 50 cent while talking about his experience in queens shows his bullet wounds and i counted more than 3 at least 6--N-G-50 (talk) 18:48, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Fake Album !!!

50 Cent Terminator (The Curtis Jackson Chronicles) < < < This False Album Been Added To The Discography Recently, And Must Be Deleted Immediatley ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.3.94.18 (talk) 23:29, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Years active

50 cent started rapping professionally since 2000! possibly 2001, but not 1999! he was featured in the Onyx song "React" from their 1998 album Shut Em Down! so please stop changing it!-SCB '92 (talk) 08:54, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

error

needs to be fix —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.44.93.33 (talk) 10:25, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Darryl Baum

Who keeps deleting the info that he was a close friend of Mike Tyson's and Mike Tyson put a "hit" out for his killer(S).--Ron John (talk) 20:42, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

deire is the —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.181.77.77 (talk) 17:25, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Controversy with Kanye West album sales

Shouldn't this page contain some discussion of the challenge 50 issued to Kanye? I find it surprising there is no mention of his rescinded claim that he would quit the business/his solo career if Kanye's album outsold his. Just seems like something worth having a blurb about. Anyone else think so? Nvalley (talk) 10:34, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

50 Cent external link add

Under external links i would like to add my bio page on 50 cent. [ www.hiphop.sh/50cent ]

• 50 Cent The 411 on F-50 [authored by Balance: 411@hiphop.sh]

Much appreciation for your time,--Cuz187 (talk) 05:11, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, but self-published pages can't be added to the EL section. Please see WP:EL for more. Carl.bunderson (talk) 06:30, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Do we really need all these same social networking site external links? The 2 main social networking sites in the world are Myspace and YouTube which all musicians have, so why has the 50 Cent article got external links for Bebo and Ning? A quick google search shows bebo has less than 1% of the worldwide market share of the social networking sites and Ning has about the same. I think the bebo and ning external links should be removed, and all the other social networking links which are Myspace and YouTube should stay. Do you agree? Danielspencer2 (talk) 04:39, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Records Sold

50 Cent Has Sold Over 40 Million Records Now You Nedd To Update —Preceding unsigned comment added by Noddyyyyy (talk • contribs) 22:53, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Quincy Jones bond

I've heard rumours that Quincy Jones helped 50 Cent with some songs/albums. Is this true? -- MISTER ALCOHOL ^{T C} 06:07, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

"Half Dolla" Redirect

Is it really necessary to have the following:

"Half Dolla" redirects here. For the coin, see Half dollar (United States coin).

I think it's perfectly reasonable to redirect "Half Dolla" to this page, but to then suggest that they might mean "Half dollar (United States coin)" seems to imply that "Half Dolla" is an accepted abbreviation or synonym for "Half Dollar (United States coin)". Neither Mr. Jackson nor the term "Half Dolla" have anything to do with the US coin to the point of helping someone find information about the US coin by way of a nick name for a rapper.

No. It isn't necessary. I will remove this message now. -- MISTER ALCOHOL ^{T C} 06:08, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

 Done. -- MISTER ALCOHOL ^{T C} 06:10, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

25 Cent

This article used to, or maybe still, mention that 50 Cent had a cousin nicknamed 25 Cent. Is this true? -- MISTER ALCOHOL ^{T C} 06:04, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Haha! I doubt it, it was probably just vandalism. GlassCobra 06:43, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Yes 50 has a cousin who is currently active in rapping. Friends called him 25 cent but because its such a weird name he calls himself 'Two Five'. His dj is Dj Whiteowl btw. 7:14pm 16-04-09

The Money and the Power

This article makes no mention of 50's upcoming reality TV show.--69.204.28.90 (talk) 22:27, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Film Role

There is no mention of him being cast in the remake of 13 Tzameti, which was reported on October 23.(MissFormaldehyde420 (talk) 17:47, 25 October 2008 (UTC))

50 Cent: The Money and the Power

I couldn't find anything about his new reality show elsewhere on Wikipedia. MTV does not give the last name of the competitors, but one of the competitors, Ryan Mayberry, has listen them with last names at RyanMayberry.com, cast-member official site.

There's the link for footnote. I can't get in to edit 50 Cent since it's locked except to registered users.

Here are the names:

• Ryan Mayberry
• Joanne Paguio
• Larry Wade
• Nima Tabrizi
• Nathan Strickland
• Rebecca Clark
• Precious [no last name available]
• Nikki [no last name available]
• Jennifer Hunt
• Lawrence Musso
• Derek Hargrove
• Cornbreadd [no last name available]
• DuJuan Watkins
• Mehgan James

--207.237.223.118 (talk) 15:58, 7 November 2008 (UTC) It's really a shame that 50 cent is such a shit musician. I wonder why people purchase his music?

Don't offend 50. And you need better grammar. 50 Cent is NOT "shit". He's one of the most-recognized rappers in the world. -- MISTER ALCOHOL ^{T C} 05:36, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

recent?

"he recently squashed his beef with jadakiss". that's terrific. um.....when is "recently"? that statement needs a DATE. "recently" is not a time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wellcraft11 (talk • contribs) 15:36, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Mike Tyson

I removed a section which rather casually asserted as fact the claims of someone who has been under indictment for murder and drug trafficking. It is not at all clear to me that the Tyson connection belongs in this article at all, unless there have been some kind of legal proceedings in that regard.--Jimbo Wales (talk) 20:29, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Birth Date

The year he was born is 1975, not 1976, per reference 1. Corrected.1975, Jtbagwelljr (talk) 02:01, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

thisis50.com

There needs to be more info on 50's official website.

"50 Cent has also garnered interest online through his website thisis50.com. New music, music videos and news are released here.

Wkdpedia (talk) 09:58, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Error in the "Feud with Rick Ross" section

50 Cent Took Shots At Rick Ross On The Here I Am Freestyle. In this section, 50 cent is inaccurately quoted in his song directed at Rick Ross. It states, in reference to Lil' Wayne, that 50 cent says, "You're awfully quiet. You called 'em out... you've got to pass me to get to him." However, it isn't "'em," but "Em," as he is referring to when Lil' Wayne called out his mentor/boss, Eminem. Henceforth, "you've got to pass me to get to HIM." This small grammatical error changes the whole meaning behind the lyrics, and misrepresents the feud. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.228.165.229 (talk) 01:24, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

I also see it says 50 Cent posted a sex tape and want to point out that "Double R" means Ruff Ryders, the label that DMX and L.O.X. are signed to. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.226.157.22 (talk) 00:16, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

In the video 50 said that the RR stood for Rick Ross. It was meant to be a joke. SE KinG. User page. Talk. 00:31, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Wu-Tang Clan Beef

50 Cent has a long-standing beef with the Wu-Tang Clan dating back to his references to them in How to Rob. The GZA has a diss song about 50, Paper Plates, on Pro Tools. Metalb (talk) 13:57, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

House Fire and Proceedings with Ex wife

http://entertainment.oneindia.in/music/international/2009/50-cent-tompkins-verdict-060209.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/dailydish/detail?blogid=7&entry_id=24258
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/02/05/2009-02-05_no_change_for_50_cents_ex_in_lawsuit-2.html
http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/thatsreallyweek/45722/may-4-11-they-fought-the-law/
http://www.hollywoodgrind.com/tag/shaniqua-tomkins/
http://www.celebitchy.com/category/shaniqua_tompkins/
http://urbancelebs.spreadit.org/shaniqua-tompkins-evicted-by-50-cent/
http://entertainment.oneindia.in/music/international/2009/50-cent-tompkins-verdict-060209.html
http://www.industryfinest.com/news/headlines/shaniqua-tompkins-will-not-get-rich-off-50-cent-but-may-die-trying.html
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-06-23-50cent_N.htm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/30/50-cents-long-island-home_n_104301.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/06/19/2008-06-19_50_cent__ex_in_kid_fight.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/07/17/2008-07-17_rapper_50_cent_passes_drug_test_takes_so.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/10/23/2008-10-23_50_cent_has_no_rap_with_new_deal_on_visi.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Shaniqua+Tompkins
http://www.celebitchy.com/category/shaniqua_tompkins/
http://www.nypost.com/seven/06112008/news/regionalnews/heat_on_fittys_flame_115011.htm
http://www.nypost.com/seven/06102008/news/regionalnews/judge_to_50_cent__hold_on_to_property_114903.htm
http://www.mediatakeout.com/2009/24519-judge_orders_50_cent_to_give_up_all_his_guns.html CashRules (talk) 06:46, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

House burning down incident

Bent 50 Cent cleared of burning down his own house in LA?

I have heard from a few sources 50 Cent was cleared of blowing up his own house (http://www.miley5.net/content/index.php?action=show&id=9), umm i think I also heard it on MTV or something. Is this true?? There are some conflicting articles, I think Reuters said that some lower-end police officer said he was still being "investigated"???50centgunit (talk) 23:32, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

House burning incident now included

Should this be included, its not often someones house burns own. We can get sources together if its worthy of adding to his private life section. --— Realist² (Come Speak To Me) 02:40, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Include this incident. It is bizzare that it is not there. Here's text from CNN. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.146.224.18 (talk) 02:17, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Text removed: available at 'Suspicious' fire destroys rapper 50 Cent's home

Until the full story is known its best to leave it, nothing is certain at the moment. — Realist² (Come Speak To Me) 18:49, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

The edit adding the lawsuit/house burning down is so ungrammatical as to not make any sense at all. Wistar (talk) 20:40, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

50 Cent beef with NY rappers

50 Cent has a long running fued with members of the Wu Tang Clan, following his comments directed towards them in his single 'How to Rob'. Subsequently numerous disses were directed towards 50 on Ghostface's album, 'Supreme Clientele'. The fued would resurge after Tony Yayo made comments about Ghostface using a ghostwriter which led to insults directed towards G Unit by both U God and Ghostface. GZA released a diss track towards 50 entitled Paper Plate claiming 50 has ghostwriters. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.134.8.58 (talk) 20:38, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

       I quite agree. There was a lot of publicity about this challenge in 2008. It should at least be metioned.

Yeah i think so too, i think kanye dropped out but either way he still won selling more albums then 50pesos. —Preceding unsigned comment added by David Iwright (talk • contribs) 17:45, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

LP?

"50 just mentioned that "lebanon kara" will be his first LP of 2009, release date is this Tuesday. He will also having some more up coming LP's (possibly). Can someone edit this in and make a wiki page on this new LP. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.189.233.85 (talk) 01:04, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Controversy section

This section is POV according to WP:CRITICISM and WP:CSECTION and should be merged to the main musical career section. Look how short the "rise to fame (2000-present)" section is compared to the feuds section. Yes the G-Unit vs. the Game feud is very well-known but I think there's way too much focus on a bunch of obscure, "yesterday's news" type of diss songs. --Andrewlp1991 (talk) 01:15, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

The Lil Wayne beef info really needs to be fixed. The last line about ". . . and don't tell 50 shit." is not a reference to 50 Cent. It is a reference to the Police, commonly referred to as '5-0' and '50'. It's actually fairly obvious since it wouldn't make any sense if he did mean 50 Cent. BGRuthless (talk) 02:20, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

50 Cent a Republican?

I have a link here that says he's a Republican. Can anyone back this up? http://www.nndb.com/people/539/000024467/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wesley M. Curtus (talk • contribs) 07:04, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

He said he would have voted for George W. Bush had his convicted felon status not prevented him from doing so, but that comment alone doesn't make him a Republican. 72.192.203.13 (talk) 05:43, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

50 Cent claimed that the New Orleans disaster was an act of God, because he was supporting George W. Bush. I don't know if he was supporting McCain.--BubbleBabis (talk) 11:30, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

2nd Album In 2009

The name of the album that 50 will release in 2009 other than before i self destruct will be called Blown Away and will be released before Before I Self Destruct on the 17 th of August with Before i self Destruct released on the 28th of September

http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/11102517/Blown-Away/Product.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.214.73.100 (talk) 17:17, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

It's just a mix tape, not really worth mentioning . . . BGRuthless (talk) 02:17, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Ez-Tracks

{{editsemiprotected}}

ez-tracks Site links to ringtone vendors that obfuscate subscription sign up and/or terms and conditions for free ringtones with flashy promotional content. Check the fine print. http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/www.ez-tracks.com

ez-tracks is considered spam and infects computer with adware.

I suggest the ref below only should be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Emanuel.krassenstein (talk • contribs) 00:11, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Done Link removed. GrooveDog (talk) 00:49, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

HUUUUUGE vandalism

This whole article has been deleted and replaced with the word "gay." This means FULL PAGE PROTECTION!!!!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.94.90.185 (talk) 22:24, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Cleared the anonymous cache. Should be fixed now.—Kww(talk) 22:27, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Addition?

I made a page for The 50th Law. Could someone link to it from this page? Angieon (talk) 18:31, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Fiddy

I wanted to know what the word "Fiddy" means. Fiddy redirects to this article, but this article doens't mention at all. Two questions:

• What is a fiddy?
• Why does the term 'fiddy' redirect to 50 Cent?

Johan Lont (talk) 13:02, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

I removed the redirection link from Fiddy to 50 Cent, because it only confuses. I'll if I can have Fiddy deleted. Johan Lont (talk) 13:04, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

I found the information on Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Fiddy : Fiddy is an alternative pronunciation / spelling for Fifty. I'll add that to the 50 Cent article, because if I need that explanation, others might too. Johan Lont (talk) 13:08, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned references in 50 Cent

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of 50 Cent's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "young-buck-rehab":

• From G-Unit Records: Shaheem Reid (October 21, 2008) Young Buck Says The Rehab Will Sell A Million In A Week MTV.com Accessed November 29, 2008.
• From Young Buck: Shaheem Reid (October 21, 2008) Young Buck Says The Rehab Will Sell A Million In A Week MTV.com Accessed January 19, 2009.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 00:00, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

he was born 1973 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.108.96.17 (talk) 21:06, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Graham Norton Interview

50 appears on the Graham Norton Show in this video. When talking about his mother's death, the info stated is in conflict with what's stated in the article. Xxovercastxx (talk) 20:12, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

50 Cent on "The Tyra Banks Show"

On Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 50 Cent was on "The Tyra Banks Show." Is this notable to add to the article? Gibsonj338 (talk) 15:05, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

I would err on the side of saying no. 22:50, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

LL Cool J

I think that LL should be under associated acts. He has done 3 songs with 50. One on LL's album, the other two are remixes (I belive). You are able to find them in 50's discography page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.53.224.194 (talk) 03:34, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

50 Cent Biography

• • 50 Cent Biography **

Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 3:41pm

Copyright violation of http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/50_cent/artist.jhtml has been removed  fetchcomms☛ 04:38, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Eokilu (talk • contribs) 04:14, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Young Buck

Young Buck was the best rapper in the whole group.Banks and Yayo did not bring success like Buck did.--Piazzajordan2 (Talk.) (Hows my editing?) 01:49, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, i added the section of 50 cent having a rift between him and young buck on the controversy section yesterday-SCB '92 (talk) 12:12, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

It's not really "karakara kol kara w b3sa" when 50 Cent refuses to respond. Also, if you are going to add information please wikify the references. Thanks. --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 22:10, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

I did this time, but you deleted it again, why?-SCB '92 (talk) 12:26, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Im not sure the waqar It's kinda recentism. It's big news at the moment (well it was), but will it be in a few years or months? Also, the situation isn't really controversy, if you see the new 50 Cent interview on Thisis50.com, he addresses the situation saying "it's a shame" and leaves it at that. If you insist on adding it, make sure you format references as described in WP:REF. --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 13:09, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Acually he dissed The Game, Young Buck and Rick Ross in "so Disrespectful" on "Before i Selfdestruct", since 2010 young buck has released a number of disses to 50 and g-unit "steriods" and "happy new year" and numerous others "calling" 50 cent out —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.237.248.188 (talk) 15:44, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Official Website for 50 Cent

{{editsemiprotected}} 50 Cent's official website is www.thisis50.com. He is frequently on this site blogging or checking out other people's blogs.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Mischa9000 (talk • contribs)

I don't think this the official site but one of his official websites. Jeffrey Mall (talk • contribs) - 20:32, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Not done: Welcome and thanks. You should find a reliable source which clears this up. Perhaps an interview. As it stands now, 50cent.com claims to be the official site and includes a link to thisis50.com at the top of the page. Celestra (talk) 20:48, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Curtis James Jackson III Birthday Date

{{editsemiprotected}}Curtis James Jackson III aka 50 Cent was born July 6, 1975.

According to http://www.billboard.com/artist/50-cent/bio/340706#/artist/50-cent/bio/340706, he was born in 1976.  fetchcomms☛ 04:44, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Actually there are conflicting dates in that source. Have not yet determined correct date from other places as well.  fetchcomms☛ 04:47, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2003-01-01-50-cent-arrested_x.htm says he was 27 in January 2003, so that makes his birth year 1975.  fetchcomms☛ 05:02, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

This isn't the first time that Billboard biography of a musician has year of birth wrong. If anyone has doubts of the new source confirming that he was born 1975, feel free to check inmate search on website of New York Department of Corrections, which confirms it as well. Done Karppinen (talk) 16:26, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Spelling correction on content

{{editsemiprotected}} Path: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_cent Under title: 2010-present: Eurodance Line 1: Please correct [In an interview with the Britisch entertainment website Contact Music,] to In an interview with the British entertainment website ContactMusic.

Line 2: Please correct ["First they played hip-hop wich suddenly changed to uptempo songs, known as Eurodance"] to "First they played hip-hop which suddenly changed to uptempo songs, known as Eurodance" Lianvaiphei2 (talk) 04:24, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

done, except for the ContactMusic one. Not sure whether to change that or not. --אריה ה. (talk) 04:52, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Per the WHOIS Meta data for contactmusic.com "Contactmusic is the premier destination for music videos and reviews, entertainment news, celebrity photos plus movie reviews and trailers." Given that the company themselves did not put a space there, I assume that is how they want the name to be presented. I have made the edit. ^Avicenna_sis @ 05:28, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

associated acts

how is g-unit the only asscociated act??? hello?????????????? EMINEM, DR. DRE —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.186.137.121 (talk) 21:22, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Black Magic link in '2010 - New Direction'

Hey guys, the link to his new album in this section currently redirects to the entry on actual Black Magic. Can someone update it to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Magic_%2850_Cent_album%29

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.216.181.212 (talk) 21:36, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

the year that he was born.

Would someone PLEASE change his year of birth back to 1975..Someone changed it to 1978,which is NOT TRUE! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.177.69.133 (talk) 03:00, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

New image

I added a new image (well, technically from 2008) of Jackson in the article a few days ago, but it was removed, as the editor didn't believe it was of Jackson. The image in question is File:50Cent08TIFF.jpg. Although I was also skeptical, the author of the image has stated Jackson was at the film festival due to his role in Righteous Kill. He pointed me to a similar close-up image of him, and if you look at the small marks on his right cheek (there's a black dot about an inch to the left of his right eye, and then another larger one an inch below that) in this image and compare it to this one, you'll see that they match. He definitely doesn't look like his other images since the lighting is different, he's looking at the camera, and is clean-shaven (maybe to avoid recognition from fans to-and-from the event). I'll let others take a look so we can make sure I'm not the only one who sees it. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 03:11, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Executive producer change to producer

Executive producer is not an occupation it should be changed to just producer —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.54.210.15 (talk) 01:25, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Weight Loss?

Is someone going to post a part in this article about his dramatic weight loss? I think it's pretty imprtant. he completely changed his image. Even though he's going to regain the wieght, i think it's pretty big. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.206.224.57 (talk) 23:21, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Speaking of which, why is the weight loss described in STONES? How about lbs or kgs —Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.165.127.68 (talk) 18:20, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Weight loss didn't even happen so this needs to be taken out. If you look at his images on his twitter DAYS before it and after the image leaked, theres no change whatsoever in his physique, theres no way he could possibly do it that fast. That is why I took it out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Whowhat1121 (talk • contribs) 04:01, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Homophobia should be noted under "Controversy"

50 Cent has made his extremely hateful attitude toward the gay community known on more than one occasion and it should absolutely be noted in this article. Xprivate eyex (talk) 07:42, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

agreed. see the following link: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/50-cent-tweet-encourages-gay-suicide.html

50 Cent, in response to the recent gay youth suicides, has released a statement encouraging gay people to kill themselves. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.8.228.228 (talk) 21:06, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Absolutely concur. Note also that Fiddy tweeted about 'having his homie shoot up a gay wedding'. As Americablog pointed out, that's admission to conspiracy in a felony.Sebum-n-soda (talk) 21:54, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Does not warrant inclusion as far as I can see. Here is an overview of the incident: from the Sun newspaper. He tweeted that "If you (are) a man and your (sic) over 25 and you don't eat p***y just kill yourself damn it. The world will be a better place." He claims that he didn't even have homosexuals in mind when making the comment, and that it was a pro-oral sex joke rather than anti-gay. Moreover, I cannot see any evidence of this being reported in anything other than entertainment blogs/celebrity mags i.e. its not news, and even if it were then Wikipedia:Not News. If he went on to say he did mean that gay people should kill themselves then I would imagine that would receive significantly more coverage and would warrant inclusion, but as it stands I don't believe a poorly worded tweet should be included in his Wikipedia article.--EchetusXe 14:06, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Associated Acts

The Game should not be listed —Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.206.233.254 (talk) 04:03, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

50 cent speaks with Pop Icon Michael Jackson

50 cent actually had to chance to speak with pop icon Michael Jackson before the star's untimely death. According to 50 cent the two spoke while preparing to go to work on the new album that Michael Jackson was preparing for. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joesmoothe (talk • contribs) 22:59, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

vitamin water

how about adding a section about 50`s involvment in commercials with vitamin water and other topics related to vitamin water--85.228.179.171 (talk) 19:30, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Dead link

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'In Juune 2011, it was confirmed that 50 Cent and singer Lady Gaga had compromised, and in October they will marry.'

'compromised'? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.218.159.81 (talk) 23:43, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Formatting issues

there's a formatting error in the table of tv show and film appearances. 75.72.158.143 (talk) 21:56, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

I'm not sure what the "formatting error" is, but the mistake I saw was that 50 Cent played himself in the movie "Morning Glory". According to imdb, "Morning Glory" merely uses one of 50 Cent's songs ("Candy Shop") in its soundtrack.NotAnAmerican (talk) 00:05, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Black Child stabbs 50 Cent

I don't know if this is already in the article or not, but I was watching a documentary called Beef in which a feud between 50 Cent and Ja Rule was covered. Among the artists interviewed, 50 Cent, Ja Rule, and a friend of Ja Rule's named "Black Child" came up. Apparently, Black Child stabbed 50 Cent 6 times during a fight about Ja Rule and a feud they already had going on. And 50 Cent reported it to the police, causing Black Child to be incarcerated. It's difficult for me to find a source, but it seems important, and perhaps someone else can find one better than I. Also, in one of 50 Cent's songs, the titled I forget (I don't usually listen to songs about feuds or songs that provoke them) he says "I smell ****; is that you Ja? / I smell ****; is that you Black?" referring to Ja Rule and Black Child. Can someone please find a source for this? Or at least put a link to the Beef documentary website. TomUSA 00:55, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

1997?

Why does it say he started in 1997 if it says that he only was taught how to write raps in 97-99. Then he went underground in 99. Being underground doesn't count! Also it says his UNDERGROUND albulm WAS NOT RELEASED! It does not clearly state when he released his first albulm but it does give clues that it was in the early 2000's. Therefore, since he was signed in 2000 by Columbia Records and released his first albulm with them, he started in the 2000's! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.82.187.246 (talk) 01:10, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from , 8 November 2011

71.60.189.124 (talk) 06:01, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

 Not done No request made.--Hallows AG (talk) 07:54, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

New Game and Lil Wayne diss track

50 has made a new diss track against Lil Wayne and Game called "Love me, Hate me and Love me Again". Please check the article in the section that talks about 50 and Wayne feud. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maxiperasso (talk • contribs) 19:08, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Death rumor

There's some kind of talk on a YouTube video explaining that he was killed in a drug overdose and several YouTube comments flooding his music videos sharing things such as "RIP", although there is totally nothing over a Google search for news regarding if he is dead. In my opinion, it could be a hoax because CNN responds to calls in an instant although I don't know what to believe at this very minute if the man is alive & well or killed. • GunMetal Angel 08:14, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Disregard, it turns out to be a rumor hosted by Fox News, way for them to troll the world once more. • GunMetal Angel 02:48, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Dropping from Columbia question

Something doesn't make sense, in the article it reads that 50 Cent was signed to Columbia while he was in the hospital after being shot several times and dropped because of the song "Ghetto Qu'ran". However, on the article for Power of the Dollar it says that he was signed to the label and then dropped after they found out he was shot. Someone care to fix this? I wouldn't know the action to take since neither of these sentences are sourced. • GunMetal Angel 02:50, 10 November 2011 (UTC) The entire was written by Kemmz

Edit request on 2 January 2012

GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN HAS BEEEN CERTIFIED 8X PLATINUM BY RIAA YOU CAN CONFIRM IT

today lil wyne makes almost 1 dollar for every album sold and ymcmb makes 3 dollar for each album and he is brok  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Isaiahblue12 (talk • contribs) 13:26, 13 February 2012 (UTC) 

117.199.148.159 (talk) 10:54, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Aside from that, please turn "all caps" off while making a request. --Bryce (talk | contribs) 11:24, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

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50 Cent to donate 250 meals

According to AllHipHop News 50 Cent is offering to donate 250 meals to Feeding America for every set of headphones purchased from SMS Audio’s website.[15] --Letsgo13 (talk) 18:11, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Error in Early Life

It says that his mother gave birth to him at the age of 15, but then says that when he was 8 years old, she was 27. She should be 23 if she gave birth to him at the age of 15. 173.81.62.83 (talk) 10:22, 1 May 2012 (UTC) I was wondering if anyone else caught that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.123.223.203 (talk) 19:31, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Request

Can I suggest that 50 Cent redirects to Kelvin Martin? This is 50 Cent, not this. Just because Curtis Jackson stole 50 Cent's alias doesn't mean that Kelvin Martin isn't 50 Cent! 68.173.227.171 (talk) 04:55, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

The majority of people who search '50 Cent' are looking to get Curtis Jackson than Kelvin Martin. SE KinG. ^{User page.} _Talk. 22:31, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Virus or malware on linked site?

On the message board Democratic Underground, someone posted the following on March 25, 2012:

In the article on rapper 50 Cent there is a link to his website. The website has a virus and continued to play music AFTER I closed Firefox. No downloads showed up but it left 3 viruses (at least, the scan is still running) on my computer. (from [16])

Another user responded: "If a music player self-installed from 50's site, it's probably intentional crapware rather than a 'virus'. Best bet: don't go there again."

I'm too chicken to follow our link, but I thought I would call this to the attention of the people editing this article. We should link to the official site but if it's dispensing a virus or even merely "crapware" we should warn our readers. JamesMLane t c 07:32, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Not done:. I didn;t see any problems with the link. Next time, please be bold and address the issue yourself. Any autoconfirmed user can edit semi-protected pages, and you should be autoconfirmed already. Do not use your fellow editors as Guinea Pigs. RudolfRed (talk) 03:40, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Father Son

50 never said something about an album with soulja boy. only soulja tweeted about a project called "Father Son", but he said no names — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.227.192.175 (talk) 16:11, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Removed the information due to the source leading to a dead link. SE KinG. ^{User page.} _Talk. 07:12, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

First they played hip-hop which suddenly changed to uptempo songs, known as Eurodance

First they played hip-hop which suddenly changed to uptempo songs, known as Eurodance: This quote needs context — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mathematician314 (talk • contribs) 20:36, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Associated act?

You added Snoop Dogg as an associated act. I think 50 and Snoop only did together the "P.I.M.P." official remix, but it not means that Snoop and 50 are associated acts.--BubbleBabis (talk) 11:24, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

They're associated in the sense that the work together quite a bit behind the scenes. KWJ97 (talk) 07:45, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

about tsunami in Japan

I think, this man is an idiot... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.25.200.133 (talk) 08:30, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

May I request that this section be deleted as it voices an unrelated opinion to the title. Thanks KWJ97 (talk) 07:48, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Other Ventures

In the other venture section, could somebody please write in this:

"Jackson has also stated interest in starting a large business venture with British proffesional footballer Wayne Rooney." 

and add to it as necessary? Thanks. KWJ97 (talk) 07:56, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

New picture

The main page picture is too old. It was in 2009 and we are already on 2012. Can anyone upload a pic without any copyright issue?SrGangsta (talk) 17:26, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 1 October 2012

Curtis Jackson was raised by his Grandparents after his mother was killed. Pinkie84 (talk) 18:52, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

 Not done – This is already listed under Early life. Hope this helps. ^Alex J _Fox^(Talk)_(Contribs) 19:23, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

New Picture

I was looking, and the picture in 50 wiki is old needs updating. In the old picture he looks fat/chubby. I think it should be change because hes now slimer.

It's true, he is slimer now. May I suggest this picture? http://peanutbutterfingers.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/slimer.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.186.135.0 (talk) 01:19, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 12 October 2012

his name is pronounced Fifty Cent not "fitty cent" that should be removed 173.52.159.180 (talk) 15:58, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

 Not done. Name is pronounced "fitty cent" by the rapper himself and his fans alike. Also, your request is formatted wrong, needs to be "please change x to y", thirdly unsourced change request. gwickwire | Leave a message 22:39, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Fitty

Pronounced FITTY cent, are you serious???? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.253.179.4 (talk) 06:00, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Why is he a republican?

I see the attributions are just links to other sites saying he is without attributions. Where are there any facts even though he said he was a supporter of Clinton and Obama? I'm not understanding where there is credibility in these links. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.69.34.14 (talk) 02:52, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Curtis Jackson III

CJ III my name is jeff is not his real name. He used a ghost id as well as a ghost writer. He is a performer not keeping it real. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.146.33.190 (talk) 20:56, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Error in Political and social causes

This quote “I’ve always thought it as something that was still holding the country back. What people do in their own homes is their business and you can choose to love whoever you love. That’s their business. It's no different than discriminating against blacks. It’s discrimination plain and simple." is actually from Jay Z according to citation 123. If you look at citation 122 though we do have two quotes that are actually 50 cent: "It was quite some time before we got a response out of Obama on same-sex marriage...Yeah, I'm cool. I would like people to actually be happy…Technically, I don't see where it fits into any religion. The Bible that they would read to marry you, it doesn't have anything in it that says same-sex. If it does, then I would like someone to point out that interpretation." and "I've encouraged same-sex activities. I've engaged in fetish areas a couple times. I'm for it." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.174.89.122 (talk) 02:22, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

I have verified your claim regarding the Jay-Z quote and removed it from this article. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 22:13, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

New section request in Feuds section

Have any of you heard about the 50 Cent's recent feud with French Montana? I'd like that to be a new section in "Feuds." --Captainmad (talk) 00:09, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 3 December 2012

Legal Issues

50 Cent was arrested on Jan 1, 2003 with four other members of his entourage. Police reportedly found two guns inside a parked car outside a Manhattan nightclub. The rapper, 27 at the time, was arrested shortly before 2am and charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon. Police conducted a search of the vehicle due to tinted windows. They recovered a .25-Caliber Handgun and a .45-Caliber pistol. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2003-01-01-50-cent-arrested_x.htm

On September 8th, 2006 while driving in Times Square, 50 cent was pulled over while driving in a silver Lambourghini. He was booked for driving an unregistered vehicle, driving without insurance, driving with an expired permit and making an unsafe lane change. The video of his arrest is online and can be seen on youtube. http://www.tmz.com/2006/09/08/50-cent-busted-in-silver-lamborghini/

Mcbedford (talk) 20:56, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

Done Vacation^nine 06:37, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Legal Issues

50 Cent was detained by police on March 24th and questioned in an alleged attack and assault of a 14 year old boy, who is the son of Jimmy "Henchman" Rosemond, rapper Game's manager. A source close to the situation told MTV News that the incident was sparked by the boy wearing a Czar Entertainment T-Shirt, Rosemonds company, which has a had a long running feud with G-Unit since the two parties split ways back in 2005. The source told MTV News that the incident took place on Tuesday afternoon near Rosemond's offices, which are located across the street from Violator Management, which represents 50 Cent and G-Unit. Tony Yayo would later turn himself in on charges of Harassment and endangering the well being of a child for the assault of the boy. According to the New York Post, Yayo spotted the younger Rosemond on Manhattan’s West 25th St. as he and 50 Cent were leaving the offices of Violator Management. At that point, witnesses say the rapper approached the boy, flashed a gun that was tucked into his waist, and pushed him up against a wall. Yayo is then said to have asked the boy his age before stating, “I don’t give a fuck how old you are – Fuck Czar Entertainment!” and slapping him. As Yayo was being transported from Manhattan’s 13th precinct to central booking yesterday evening, he reportedly bragged to reporters that 50 Cent would have him out of jail “by tomorrow.” http://www.xxlmag.com/news/latest-headlines/2007/03/tony-yayo-arrested-for-alleged-attack-on-jimmy-henchmen%E2%80%99s-son/

In "2000-01" section, please add 3 sentences to 3rd graf: Drug dealer Kenneth McGriff was suspected, but never charged, in connection with the shooting. The motive was said to be 50 Cent's song "Ghetto Qu'ran", which McGriff was considered to resent for describing too transparently his control over drug dealing in their neighborhood. McGriff was already controversial for his intimidation of rappers caught up in the East Coast - West Coast beef of that era, influence broad enough to effect a "blacklist."

Basis: McGriff's main wikipedia article says this [& see footnote 2 there - citing CBS]. 50 Cent was involved in the beef, albeit not eagerly, and there was no other apparent motive for his shooting. [See McGriff in main article "50 Cent feuds".] McGriff's influence is how the song caused the blacklisting that is mentioned (with no reason) in the following graf. McGriff got convicted and sentenced to life (a federal jury spared him the death penalty) for killing two other pawns in these wars.

Reason: Why 50 Cent got so seriously wounded, and why his recording career was crippled for some time, are central to his career story! It needs to be said here.

Not done for now: This contradicts and duplicates what is already included in that section. Wikipedia articles are never a source, and that footnote isn't enough either. Could you cite more sources and give a bit more detail? For example, a blacklist is already mentioned in the above section. Vacation9 02:40, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Microcap stock manipulation

• 50 Cent's use of Twitter about penny stock (HNHI) to make $8.7 million in profit

reflist

Xb2u7Zjzc32 (talk) 01:27, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

Fiddy Cent

At the start of the article, it should be noted that "Fiddy" is a common pronunciation for his stage name. SuperGangsterRapper95868686 (talk) 19:36, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 April 2014

188.29.164.73 (talk) 21:04, 22 April 2014 (UTC) In the last sentence of the "2012-present" section, it says: "50 Cent has stated that prosperity will be a theme of the able Italic textstating, "This project, I had to search for a concept, a really good concept, in my perspective, and that was prosperity. I outlined all the things that would be a part of prosperity, positive and negative [for Animal Ambition]." [89]"

I believe the correct sentence is "50 Cent has stated that prosperity will be a theme of the album Italic textstating, "This project, I had to search for a concept, a really good concept, in my perspective, and that was prosperity. I outlined all the things that would be a part of prosperity, positive and negative [for Animal Ambition]." [89]

So the word that needs to be changed is "able" into "album".

 Done - Thanks for pointing that out - Arjayay (talk) 12:04, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

second son sire

he has another son named sire which he confirmed in a radio interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbkOWi_vDAU (skip to 31m41s) 80.1.219.140 (talk) 05:44, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Street King Immortal

This album has been pushed back to 2015 now. The Studio Albums year needs to be updated on it. 95.45.113.179 (talk) 19:16, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 December 2014

[lace "pokes fun at" with "mocks"66.74.176.59 (talk) 22:14, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

What reason should that be changed? Stickee (talk) 00:02, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 December 2014

The age that Jackson's mother died is incorrect- source comes from his own words on the Graham Norton show 90.212.148.32 (talk) 22:51, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 01:31, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

Court ruling

I added this NY court ruling: New York State Supreme Court Justice Carol Edmead on June 11, 2008 ruled that “50 Cent cannot sell his Dix Hills, Long Island $ 2.4 million property, must deposit fire insurance proceeds into a trust account pendente lite, and that, Shaniqua Tompkins pay him May $ 4,500 rent.” Tompkins sued 50 Cent for half of his estate.Reuters, New York judge bars 50 Cent from selling propertynytimes.com, 50 Cent Can't Sell Long Island Home--Florentino floro (talk) 10:00, 11 June 2008 (UTC) cameron s b — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.253.68.42 (talk) 15:48, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Taco Bell

Back in 2008, Taco Bell had violated Fifty Cents trademarks rights due to the fact they had used his name in a newspaper ad to promote their why pay more value menu. Taco Bell had supposedly offered Fifty a 10,000 dollar donation to a charity of his choice if he would endorse this campaign by changing his name to 79 or 89 cent for a day. Fifty however exclaimed that he was never aware of the campaign until after it had been published and proceeded to say that it made him uncomfortable as he perceived this situation in regards with corporations trying to take advantage of his celebrity equity. Tanvirsingh21 (talk) 00:25, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 May 2015

IIn 2007, Coca-Cola purchased Glacéau

Two ii's in the In on this line

2001:630:301:5230:563:1B:ECD2:B98D (talk) 16:31, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

Done Jamietw (talk) 17:08, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 July 2015

Can you please add that 50 Cent filed for bankruptcy on July 13, 2015?

Sources:

• http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/rapper-50-cent-files-bankruptcy-wake-sex-tape-award-n391161
• http://blogs.wsj.com/bankruptcy/2015/07/13/rapper-50-cent-files-for-bankruptcy/
• http://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/50-Cent-Bankruptcy-Rapper-Court-Connecticut-Curtis-James-Jackson-314591571.html
• http://variety.com/2015/music/news/50-cent-bankruptcy-1201538938/
• http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/07/13/50-cent-is-centsless-rapper-declares-bankruptcy/

Already done because no additional references may be needed. Eyesnore 02:56, 15 July 2015 (UTC) 12.180.133.18 (talk) 16:33, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Further to the above, I've removed the name of the person suing 50 Cent from the article, due to Wikipedia's policies on naming non-notable people. Robofish (talk) 21:47, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 August 2015

Change the dead ref links for the lawsuit over "Shoot the rapper" ads Fox news: http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/07/21/rapper-50-cent-sues-over-internet-ad-using-look-alike.html CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/50-cent-says-ad-threatens-his-life-files-lawsuit-1.650421

both are dead Daveribs (talk) 15:49, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

 Not done both work fine for me - and we wouldn't remove them, only mark them as in any case - Arjayay (talk) 18:02, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

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Description needs a rewrite to correct easily verifiable facts and atrocious grammar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.184.209.57 (talk) 03:50, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

Citations that don't support claims

I've just addressed a few, but from what I can see, a large amount of the claims in this article are cited to footnotes that do not support the supposedly cited claims. --Tenebrae (talk) 21:52, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

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Height and weight?

Am I missing this? I don't see his height or weight listed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.251.199.47 (talk) 07:45, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Chelsea Handler

No mention of relationship with Handler? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:1C0:6A00:5320:A01D:4B59:A8A2:1F9B (talk) 14:22, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 December 2016

You should add 'writer' or 'author' to 50 Cent's introduction because he published 'The 50th Law' among other writing ventures. 173.79.94.127 (talk) 16:42, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

 Not done The lead serves as an introduction to the article and a summary of its most important contents. It is not a news-style lead or lede paragraph. regards, DRAGON BOOSTER ★ 13:29, 17 December 2016 (UTC).