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G-Unit Records
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| G-Unit Records | |
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| Parent company | Universal Music Group |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Founder | 50 Cent & Sha Money XL |
| Status | Active |
| Distributing label | Interscope Records (U.S.) Polydor Records (Outside U.S.) |
| Genre | Hip hop |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Rochester, New York |
| Official website | www.g-unitrecords.com |
G-Unit Records is an American record label founded by 50 Cent and his manager, Sha Money XL. It operates as a subsidiary of, and is distributed through, Universal Music Group's Interscope Records.
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History
After the debut of the album Get Rich or Die Tryin', 50 Cent was granted his own label. Since 2003, his label became successful for not only himself, but his appointed label artists. Due to the success of G-Unit, Dr. Dre was impressed and offered to work alongside 50 Cent with the then Aftermath Entertainment artist, The Game. After the well publicized departure of the rapper 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 "family", which was how he perceived G-Unit and the record label. However, later that year, the opportunity to sign Mobb Deep and M.O.P. came up.
Since then, G-Unit Records has signed a new roster of talent to the growing label and 50 Cent has expressed interest in working with artists outside of G-Unit. Freeway and LL Cool J are currently working with 50 Cent for the release of their albums.
Roster
Artists
- G-Unit
- Lloyd Banks
- Tony Yayo
- Young Buck
- M.O.P.
- Mazaradi FOX
- Mobb Deep
- Spider Loc
- Young Hot Rod
DJs and producers
Joint venture artists
Former artists
Discography
Past releases
| Album information |
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| G-Unit – Beg for Mercy |
| Lloyd Banks – The Hunger for More |
Young Buck – Straight Outta Cashville
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The Game – The Documentary
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| Tony Yayo – Thoughts of a Predicate Felon |
Soundtrack – Get Rich or Die Tryin'
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Mobb Deep – Blood Money
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| Lloyd Banks – Rotten Apple |
Lil Scrappy – Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live
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Young Buck – Buck the World
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Freeway – Free at Last
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Upcoming releases
- G-Unit – Shoot to Kill – febuary 2008 2007[37]
- Tony Yayo – I Am 50’s Tax Write-off – 2008[38]
- Lloyd Banks – Gang Green – 2008[39]
- Young Hot Rod – Fast Lane – First quarter of 2008[40]
- Spider Loc – World Wide Web[41]
- prodigy – H.N.I.C.2[42]