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G-Unit
American hip hop group
For the record label, see G-Unit Records. For the unit of perceived weight, see g-force.
G-Unit (short for Gorilla-Unit)[1] was an American hip hop group formed by longtime friends and East Coastrappers50 Cent, Tony Yayo, and Lloyd Banks. After amassing a string of self-released mixtapes in the early s, the group released their debut album Beg for Mercy in , which went on to ship over four million copies in the US and was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
During Tony Yayo's imprisonment in , the group recruited Tennessee-based rapper Young Buck as a temporary replacement and later an official member. Californian rapper The Game was also made a member in late after Beg for Mercy, in an effort to promote him after he was signed to Aftermath/Interscope; he was ousted from the group in February for alleged disloyalty according to 50 Cent.[2] In April , Young Buck was oust
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Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, in South Jamaica, Queens, New York), better known bygd his stage name 50 Cent, is a Grammy award nominated rapper, actor, singer, entrepreneur, author and founder of the hip hop group and label G-Unit.
Jackson was born and raised in South Jamaica, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. His mother Sabrina, a drug dealer, died in a fire when he was 8. Since his father had already abandoned the family, young Curtis was sent to live with his grandparents. Growing up during the crack epidemic of the 80s and 90s, Jackson dealt drugs when he wasn't "killing time" at school or boxing at a local gym. His grandparents assumed he was at after-school programs when he was out selling crack. In tenth grade, Jackson was caught with guns and drug money passing through the metall detectors at Andrew Jackson High School in Queens. In , Jackson was arrested again for selling vials of cocaine to an undercover officer, and three weeks
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G-Unit
| G-Unit | |
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G-Unit, bir klip çekiminde. Soldan sağa: Tony Yayo, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks. | |
| Başladığı&#;yer | South Jamaica, Queens, New York, ABD |
| Tarzlar | Hip hop |
| Etkin&#;yıllar | –günümüz |
| Müzik&#;şirketi | G-Unit, Interscope |
| İlişkili hareketler | Dr. Dre, Eminem, G-Unit Records sanatçıları, DJ Whoo Kid |
| Resmî site | |
| Üyeler | 50 Cent Lloyd Banks Tony Yayo |
| Eski üyeler | The Game Young Buck |
G-Unit, New York temelli Amerikalıhip hop grubu. G-Unit, bağımsız olarak piyasaya çıkardıkları birkaç mixtape ile New York sahnesinde ortaya çıktı. G-Unit adı, "Guerilla Unit" ya da "Gangsta Unit" kelimelerinin kısaltmasıdır.[1]
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[değiştir | kaynağı değiştir]Grubun kurucu üyeleri 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks ve Tony Yayo aynı binada büyüdüler ve birlikte uyuşturucu sattılar.[2] 50 Cent bir plak şirketi ile anlaşma imzaladıktan sonra; Lloyd Banks ve Tony Yayo kendi mixtape'leri üzerinde çalışmay