G-Unit Records is an American record label, specializing in hip hop music, founded in 2003 by rapper 50 Cent. Upon its inception, it operated as a subsidiary of, and was distributed through, Universal Music Group's Interscope Records. In August 2010, the label added an additional distribution with EMI, however, it still maintains a distribution with Interscope. G-Unit Records has a subsidiary label that caters to other genre's of music including ...
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G-Unit Records is an American record label, specializing in hip hop music, founded in 2003 by rapper 50 Cent. Upon its inception, it operated as a subsidiary of, and was distributed through, Universal Music Group's Interscope Records. In August 2010, the label added an additional distribution with EMI, however, it still maintains a distribution with Interscope. G-Unit Records has a subsidiary label that caters to other genre's of music including along with R&B;, Dance and Pop division of the label, G-Note Records.
Following the success of 50 Cent's debut album, Get Rich or Die Tryin', he was granted his own record label. This was when G-Unit Records was created. G-Unit, then consisting of Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo and Young Buck, was signed to the label as a group as well as solo artists. Bang Em Smurf was very closely affiliated with them before they signed to Interscope Records. He claimed that before 50 Cent saw mainstream success, the two recorded a mixtape from which they would earn...
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