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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 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]
In 2010, G-Unit launched a subsidiary label called G-Note Records, with a focus on R&B and Pop music. [1] [59] Artists signed to this label are Governor, who was signed to G-Unit Records in 2009, and Hot Rod who originally signed to G-Unit Records in 2006. [60] In early 2011, Lea Sunshine was signed to the label, though she later left the label ...
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This category covers articles on the subject of G-Unit, which is an American hip hop group originating from New York City. G-Unit emerged on the New York hip hop scene by independently releasing several mixtapes. The name of the group is short for "Guerilla Unit", as well as "Gangsta Unit".
He launched G-Unit Books at the Time Warner Building in New York. [2] In addition to his memoir, 50 also co-wrote The Ski Mask Way, a novel about a small-time drug dealer who attempts to rob his employers. [3] All G-Unit books were meant to be street fiction encouraging reading at a younger age. [4] G-Unit Books released its last books in 2011. [1]
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'.