50 Cent turns 40 years old today.
Rapper, actor, entrepreneur, businessman, curator and expert troll – 50 Cent really has done it all. It’s been 12 years since he dropped his earth-shattering debut Get Rich Or Die Tryin, a record that dominated the charts despite its relentless gangster rap roots and Fiddy’s own shady history.
Whether it’s Vitamin Water or G-Unit reunions, Fiddy has kept himself in the headlines until this very day – a rarity in today’s revolving door of celebrity culture. In honour of his 40th birthday, we collected ten of his timeless bangers for your listening pleasure.
We could’ve easily put most of Get Rich Or Die Tryin on here, but we also included some of his underrated collaborations and street anthems. Happy birthday, Curtis Jackson:
50 CENT – MANY MEN (WISH DEATH)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D3crqpClPY
50 Cent nearly got shot nine times, came back and made one of the hardest tracks ever recorded.
CHIEF KEEF – HATE BEIN’ SOBER FT. 50 CENT, WIZ KHALIFA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNMuIPsz6lE
This sounds exactly like Chief Keef’s other track ‘Love Sosa’, and that’s not a bad thing.
THE GAME – HATE IT OR LOVE IT FT. 50 CENT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuMBmK5uksg
Back when Fiddy and The Game were pals *sheds tear* Reunion please.
50 CENT – I’LL WHIP YA HEAD BOY (REMIX) FT. M.O.P
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLqUCSgHXno
Mash Out Posse is the best name for a rap duo, ever.
G-UNIT – POPPIN’ THEM THANGS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc0zKB88XPM
G-Unit merchandise was really poppin’ off at Paddy’s Markets when this was released in 2003.
50 CENT – OUTTA CONTROL (REMIX) FT. MOBB DEEP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Oux1lN__4
G-Unit, M.O.P & Mobb Deep in the ‘Outta Control’ video is the greatest congregation since The Last Supper.
50 CENT – IN DA CLUB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qm8PH4xAss
It’s Fiddy’s birthday, of course we had to include this.
G UNIT – I SMELL PUSSY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJMjvz3UroU
50 Cent’s idea of a romantic poem, and he even managed to include a Ja Rule diss.
50 CENT – WHAT UP GANGSTA?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g12ez5WUMNY
A question I ask the bus driver every morning on the way to work.
50 CENT – GHETTO QU’RAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FhVdohucJ4
All hail Fiddy.
