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  Watch 50 Cent Get Richer on QVC

  June 14, 2012 – Sometimes a rapper's gotta do what a rapper's gotta do to maintain his Forbes list status. …
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  Rappers and Same-Sex Marriage: How Much Do You Really Care?

  May 30, 2012 – For those keeping score at home, the list of rappers who are ostensibly in favor of same-sex marriage now includes Ice Cube, T.I., 50 Cent, and Kendrick Lamar. I don't know this because they made bold, formal statements like Jay-Z. I know this because they were asked by Ad Age, MTV, Vibe, and DJ Drama's Streetz Is Watchin' Sirius/XM radio show, and then their answers were turned into blog fodder and disseminated across the Internet. …
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  Friday Five: The Gipper Gets Got by Killer Mike, and One Funky-Ass James Brown Book

  May 25, 2012 – I've been meaning to talk about RJ Smith's The One: The Life and Music Of James Brown for a few months now. I guess it's a biography of James Brown, though it's more like a very long essay about J.B. …
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• 50 Cent, 'Lost Tape' (Self-Released)

  May 25, 2012 – Man who made mixtapes matter mucks up his return with weak threats, crossover croons, and new goon, Kidd Kidd. …
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  Grab 50 Cent's Star-Studded 'The Lost Tape' Mixtape

  May 23, 2012 – Like Diddy and Jay-Z, 50 Cent recently placed among the top five in a ranking of the richest hip-hop artists . Unlike Sean Combs and Shawn Carter, Curtis Jackson is still putting out rap mixtapes at a young hustler's pace. Yesterday, Fiddy unveiled his second mixtape in about six months, The Lost Tape. …
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  50 Cent Is Going to Do Some Boxing Now

  April 26, 2012 – Despite being ridiculously loaded from his business ventures, 50 Cent apparently has considerable time on his hands. …
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  Diddy, Jay-Z Once Again Proclaimed Incredibly Wealthy

  April 18, 2012 – According to Forbes, the two richest hip-hop artists at the moment are the two Seans you probably suspected are rolling in cash. Sean "Puff Daddy" "Puffy" "P. Diddy" "Diddy" Combs is worth $550 million, according to Forbes' calculations, which is nearly $100 million richer than the artist with the silver medal, Jay-Z (née Shawn Carter) at $460 million. Dr. …
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  Best of SXSW 2012, Friday: Jack White, 50 Cent, Imperial Teen

  March 17, 2012 – Read about SXSW's best acts, then see them in action in our live gallery! Jack White: At times Jack White can seem like he's defined more by the things he rejects — digital recording, non-primary colors, music post-1975 — than those he embraces. But last night at the Third Man Records/From the Basement party at Stages, playing in front of a packed crowd that included Bill Murray and Third Man label signee John C. …
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  Lil Wayne Will Be at SXSW '12, So Bring Your Skateboard

  March 9, 2012 – And the rappers keep rolling out: Following similar announcements from Jay-Z and 50 Cent, Lil Wayne has announced that he, too, will be gracing the fine folk in Austin, Texas, next week via Mountain Dew, with whom he just signed a massive branding deal. Weezy will be going south to make myriad announcements about the campaign, DEWeezy, which includes the forthcoming construction of a skate park in New Orleans. …
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  50 Cent Playing All of 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' ' at SXSW '12

  March 8, 2012 – 50 Cent will hit Austin next weekend to show all these whippersnappers how it's done — or maybe just to make sure Jay-Z doesn't hog all the glory. The rapper will headline Shady Records' "Shady 2.0 Showcase" at the Austin Music Hall at 7 p.m. on March 16 (next Friday). It gets better: he's performing the entirety of Get Rich Or Die Tryin', the album everyone likes best, anyway. …
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