50 Cent

Person · 6 cases · 2003–2020 · American rapper and actor

How 50 Cent spread

50 Cent gained attention through underground rap, then Eminem's backing and a commercially successful major-label debut expanded his audience.

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  1. 1998

    StartAudio

    50 Cent made his first recorded appearance on Onyx's song "React." en.wikipedia.org

  2. 2000

    BreakoutAudio

    "How to Rob" gained him attention in rap circles with its fictional robberies of celebrity rappers. latimes.com

  3. 2002

    First big pushAudio

    Eminem discovered his mixtape Guess Who's Back? and signed him to Shady Records. biography.com

  4. 2003

    MilestoneFeb · Retail

    Get Rich or Die Tryin' debuted at number one after selling 872,000 copies in four days. latimes.com

Fyre Festival

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300M impressions

Empire

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Pilot - Empire (Season 1, Episode 1) - Apple TV

647M impressions

Killshot

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KILLSHOT [Official Audio]

38K sold

The Hangover

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Original theatrical poster showing Alan with the baby beside Phil and Stu.

$469.3M on a $35M budget

The original iPod

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The original iPod on a wooden table, photographed in 2022. Creative Commons Attribution 2.0.

$345M revenue

Entanglement

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39M views · 622K reactions | Jada and Will address the recent headlines and share their journey of finding peace through pain. | Red Table Talk

Peaked at #7

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