Why is Curtis Jackson smiling?
Surely, the charismatic hip hop giant known as 50 Cent has heard all the questions. Just how does the superstar artist whose first two albums alone (2003’s classic Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ and it’s much-anticipated follow-up 2005’s The Massacre) sold close to a combined 25 million copies, prosper in the music-downloading era of dwindling rap album sales? Can the defiant former drug dealer from killer Southside Queens, New York, painting an often times brutal and violent image of street life continue his amazing streak of three consecutive no. 1 hits on the R&B/Hip Hop, and Pop charts (“In Da Club,” “21 Questions,” and “Candy Shop,”), three top three singles (“P.I.M.P.,” “Just A Lil’ Bit,” and “Disco Inferno”), and 11 Grammy nominations? How does anyone who has overseen one of rap’s most successful boutique labels in recent years, G Unit Records, as well as the burgeoning G-Unit clothing and Reebok sneaker line; a book publishing empire; and a chart-topping video game, Bulletproof, which all together has grossed over half a billion dollars, con...
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