February 6, 2023
50 Cent Drops Get Rich or Die Tryin’ Album – Today in Hip-Hop
[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:Feb. 6, 2003: It’s been 20 years since 50 Cent first made an impact in the game with his stellar debut album, Get Rich or Die Tryin'. The nine-times platinum album delivered seven entries on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and four Grammy nominations (among a long list of others noms). Overall, Fif’s 2003 opus successfully cemented the former hustler as a rap phenomenon.Opening with his signature 50 cent coin drops, and closing with the reflective "Gotta Make It to Heaven," Get Rich or Die Tryin' gives a look inside the paranoid mind of Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson: the South Jamaica, Queens drug dealer shot nine...