Love him or hate him, 50 Cent has remained one of the most talked about hip-hop artists of the last decade. From his beefs and hit records, to his business ventures and an acting career that seems to be going from strength to strength, 50 Cent has become a household name.
It’s hard to believe it’s 8 years to the day since Curtis’s 2003 groundbreaking debut “Get Rich or Die Tryin” was released in America, the album that changed the G-Unit boss’ life over night. That Album debuted at number one on the the U.S Billboard 200 chart, selling 872,000 copies in its first week. The Grammy nominated album which had the number one worldwide smash “In Da Club” which stayed at the top spot in the U.S charts for 24 weeks, and the other hits such as “21 Questions” “Many Men” “Wanksta “P.I.M.P” and “If I Cant” continued to sell 822,00 copies in its second week of sale in the United States. The album also managed to sell over two million copies in three weeks by averaging more than 500,000 copies per week. By December 9 2003 the Shady/Aftermath album was 6 times platinum, selling a staggering 6 million copies in the U.S alone.
The records having stopped there. This week, the highly-touted production by Dr Dre, Eminem, Mr. Porter, Rockwilder, Sha Money XL and others has made it past the 8 million mark in sales in the United States.
That puts the South Jamaica Queens rapper in with some prestigiuous company, as only Eminem and Nelly have surpassed him in single rap album sales in the their home country. Eminem’s controversial “The Marshall Mathers LP” (10,341,000) and “The Eminem Show” (9,928,000) hold the first and second spots on the list. Nelly’s “Country Grammar” (8,489,000) edges outs Fif’s Get Rich for the third spot. Worldwide sales of “Get Rich or Die Tryin” are 15 million copies to date not to shabby at all.
So whats your Favorite Get Rich song?? And more importantly, does 50 still have what took him to the top 8 years ago?
Below is new music from the the G-Unit soldier “Old 2003 Ferrari” where he takes us on a test drive using his old flow.
