He took to rapping, seeing it as a way to turn his misery into monetary gain. Like the Notorious one, he started selling drugs at a young age on the streets of NYC. Nearly a decade after the deaths of two of hip-hop’s biggest and best, 50 was presented as a hybrid of Biggie and Pac. This was due in large part to the fact that 50 Cent himself had become a huge deal. By the end of 2003, the RIAA reported six million sales of the album that earned five Grammy nominations, including Best New Artist and Best Rap Album. Exactly 15 years ago today-on February 6th, 2003-approximately 400,000 people made their way to a record shop (Apple’s iTunes Store wouldn’t open its digital doors for another two months) and laid down their hard-earned ducats for 50 Cent’s major label debut, Get Rich or Die Tryin’.īy the end of that week, the Jamaica, Queens native would move over 872,000 units, entering at the top of the Billboard Albums chart.
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