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G-Unit (short for Guerilla-Unit) [1] was an American hip hop group formed by longtime friends and East Coast rappers 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, and Lloyd Banks.After amassing a string of self-released mixtapes in the early 2000s, the group released their debut album Beg for Mercy in 2003, which went on to ship over four million copies in the US and was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording ...
G-Unit continued to record and released several mixtape series which earned them attention in the rap industry, [4] including 50 Cent Is the Future, God's Plan (album), No Mercy, No Fear and Automatic Gunfire.
After being dropped by Interscope Records in 2009, Lloyd Banks announced on Friday, August 13, 2010, on MTV News that EMI Label Services has signed a deal with 50 Cent's label, G-Unit Records, in which EMI will distribute and promote releases on the G-Unit roster in North America including Lloyd Banks third album H.F.M. 2 (Hunger for More 2). [33]
G-Unit's commercial debut, Beg for Mercy, sold 377,000 copies in its first week of release in 2003. [6] It has now sold over 2.7 million units in the U.S. [7] and 6 million copies worldwide. [8] It has been certified double platinum by the RIAA. [9] 50 Cent and G-Unit's successes allowed other members and artists of G-Unit to release their ...
God's Plan was released during 50 Cent's and G-Unit's 2002 mixtape run and is the last mixtape released before 50 Cent's official debut album, Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003). [ 6 ] [ 7 ] According to Billboard magazine, the mixtapes caused "tremendous buzz amongst hip-hop fans and artists". [ 8 ]
G-Unit's sophomore and final album, T.O.S: Terminate on Sight, was released on July 31, 2008, and went on to sell 102,000 copies in its first week. [9] Due to issues between Yayo, 50 and Young Buck, G-Unit went under in 2014, but later reunited as a quintet with all original four members and a newly added Kidd Kidd. [10]
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Olivia Theresa Longott was born on February 15, 1981, in Brooklyn, New York. [2] Longott is mixed of Indian, Jamaican, and Cuban descent. [3] [4] She studied music at Bayside High School, in Queens and at Five Towns College in Dix Hills, New York.