50 Cent became the highest debuting new artist of all time, moving 872,142 units last week of his album Get Rich Or Die Tryin.' After solidifying himself on New York's mixtape scene, he recently paid homage to the circuit that made him. "Mixtapes helped me. I think anybody who has been following 50 Cent…understands that there's a certain quality of music that I'm gonna come with everytime. I was just freestyling, exercising…. but my album is the material that was the good stuff."
50, who also bought his Guerilla Unit clique consisting of his boys Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks, and Young Buck along for the ride, is also aspiring to be CEO of his new empire as well. "G Unit is a group at the moment but after my first week of record sales, it's gonna turn into a joint venture."

50 and his partner Sha Money XL are currently in heavy negotiations with several majors including Interscope to find a home for their label.

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