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G-Unit (short for Gorilla-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 Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group. Founded in 2003 by rapper 50 Cent , the label was operated by Interscope Records until February 2014. Thereafter, distribution of G-Unit operated under Caroline Records and Capitol Music Group .
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.
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]
Christopher Charles Lloyd (born April 30, 1982), [3] better known by his stage name Lloyd Banks, is an American rapper.He began his career as a member of East Coast hip hop group G-Unit, which he formed with childhood friends 50 Cent and Tony Yayo in 1999.
Under the proposed agreement, Shreveport and G-Unit will have a 30-year lease, with an option for a 15-year extension for the Millennium Studios facility.
Beg for Mercy is the debut studio album by American rap group G-Unit, released through Interscope Records and 50 Cent's G-Unit Records.The album was released on November 14, 2003, nine months after 50 Cent's successful debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin'.
That same year, Young Buck became a member of G-Unit. He also appeared heavily on rap group G-Unit's 2003 album Beg for Mercy. He replaced G-Unit member Tony Yayo who had been jailed on gun possession charges after recording only two songs for the album. His G-Unit Records debut album Straight Outta Cashville was released