G-Unit Records is an American record label specializing in hip hop music. It was founded by 50 Cent and his manager, Sha Money XL in 2003. It operates as a subsidiary of, and is distributed through, Universal Music Group's Interscope Records.
Due to 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...
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G-Unit Records is an American record label specializing in hip hop music. It was founded by 50 Cent and his manager, Sha Money XL in 2003. It operates as a subsidiary of, and is distributed through, Universal Music Group's Interscope Records.
Due to 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.
2003 saw the release of G-Unit's commercial debut, Beg For Mercy, which sold 377,000 copies in its first week of release. It has now sold over 2.7 million units in the U.S. and 6 million copies worldwide. It has been certified 2× platinum by the RIAA.
After the well publicized departure of The Game in early 2005, Spider Loc was signed to the label. As a result of the problems that 50 Cent encountered with The Game, he was not sure whether or not to sign any new artists to his ...
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