Category Archives: 50 Cent

50 Cent, P. Diddy Head New MTV Programs

      
       Sean “Diddy” Combs ventures into new territory with his “Making the Band” series and 50 Cent is looking for the next tycoon in new programming announced Thursday from MTV.      
       The untitled 50 Cent series will center on 16 contestants as they live together and compete in challenges that relate to street savvy and [...]

Rapper “The Game” in Court on Police Impersonation

Rapper The Game appeared in a New York court on Thursday, charged with impersonating a police officer but a judge ruled that those charges would be dismissed in six months if he stays out of trouble.

 

The Game, 27, whose real name is Jayceon Terrell Taylor, was arrested in November after identifying himself to a private [...]

Kanye West Crushes 50 Cent in Sales Showdown

Kanye West sold almost a million copies of his latest album during its first week in U.S. stores, winning a much-hyped sales race with rival rapper 50 Cent and providing the ailing record industry with a rare piece of good news.
 
 
According to sales data issued on Tuesday by tracking firm Nielsen SoundScan, West’s “Graduation” sold [...]

50 Cent Cancels 3 European Performances

50 Cent, who is in a much-hyped battle of album sales with Kanye West, has canceled several performances in Europe.

 
 

MTV News said the 31-year-old rapper canceled performances at the MOBO Awards and the Vodafone Live Music Awards, both in London on Wednesday, and a performance for MTV in Germany on Friday.
No details were posted on [...]

50 Cent Accuses Kanye’s Label of Chart-Rigging

50 Cent–real name Curtis Jackson–has today (September 17) blamed Kanye West’s record label Def Jam for yesterday’s chart defeat, saying Def Jam had been “rigging” sales.

The two rivals were battling it out for number one in the charts–with West’s Graduation beating 50 Cent’s Curtis.
West’s single “Stronger” has also beaten 50 Cent’s “Ayo Technology” in the [...]

T.I. Tops BET Hip-Hop Nominees With 9

 
T.I. has wrapped up another slew of BET Hip-Hop Awards nominations. The Atlanta-based rapper received nine nominations for the second annual awards show, which will air on Oct. 17. Last year, the self-proclaimed “King of the South” garnered eight nominations, and won three awarads.

Lil’ Wayne is second in total nominations this year, with seven. Kanye [...]

50 Cent, Lil’ Kim, Sued Over Royalties

 
A record producer has sued rappers 50 Cent and Lil’ Kim and two record companies for $2 million, claiming they failed to pay him royalties on a song that sold 2 million copies.

Carlos Evans says in papers filed in Manhattan’s state Supreme Court he contracted with Rotten Apple Records in January 2003 to produce, engineer [...]

Kanye Thrashes 50 Cent in First-day Sales Race

 
Kanye West looks set to win the closely watched duel with rival rapper 50 Cent for the No. 1 slot on next week’s U.S. pop album chart, according to preliminary sales data issued Wednesday.

West’s “Graduation” sold an estimated 437,000 copies during its first day of release Tuesday, ahead of 310,000 for 50 Cent’s “Curtis” and [...]

Third Album Not the Charm For 50 Cent

 
If you want a sense of how stressful it’s been for 50 Cent to release his third album, just look at the CD cover. Whereas his first two albums featured portraits that exuded confidence and authority — a rippling torso coupled with a menacing glare — 50’s new album out Tuesday, “Curtis,” shows a seemingly [...]

VMA Losses Spark Another Kanye Tantrum

Kanye West says he’ll never return to MTV.

 
 

The 29-year-old rapper, who was shut out at the Video Music Awards on Sunday night, threw a tantrum in front of media and crew backstage as the MTV show was ending.
West, waiting for an elevator in a crowded hallway, began yelling about losing all five categories for which [...]

50 Cent, Kanye West Face-off on BET

 
Like candidates trying to sway voters on Election Day, Kanye West and 50 Cent will appear on BET’s “106 & Park” on Tuesday, when both their heavily anticipated albums hit the stores.

West and 50 Cent have hyped the albums as an epic battle of rap titans — 50 Cent has said he’d retire if West’s [...]

50 Cent Was Bankrupt Before the Vitamin Water Deal

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s hit song I Get Money is one of the hottest songs out now. In it, the platinum selling rapper brags about all his riches. But according to a person familiar with 50 Cent’s finances, a few months ago he was singing a different tune.
The insider told MediaTakeOut.com that earlier this year, [...]

50 Cent Sues Over ‘Shoot the Rapper’

Rapper 50 Cent sued an Internet advertising company for $1 million Friday, claiming it illegally used his image in a game where the player pretends to shoot him.

 
 

The game, called “Shoot the Rapper,” shows 50 Cent walking back and forth in an ad across the top of a Web page while the viewer is encouraged [...]

50 Cent Funkmaster Flex Interview (Ciara, Kanye, Lil Wayne)

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Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
(Props to King Allister/OnSmash)
50 talks about Jay-Z and calls Lil Wayne a whore (For being on everyone’s song) in Part 4. 50 also hopes Kanye’s album remains to be released the same day as his.
Real Talk NY

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Ciara & 50 Cent Explain Their Actions On the 2007 BET Awards

If I hat to write a post on the 3 worst performances of the BET Awrads, 50 Cent would be at the top of the list for walking around stage and into the audience for the first few minutes of so of his act instead of rapping his song. Here’s his explanation of what happened:

Yes, [...]

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