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G-Unit (short for Gorilla-Unit) [1] was an American hip hop group formed by longtime friends and East Coast rappers 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, and Lloyd Banks.After amassing a string of self-released mixtapes in the early 2000s, the group released their debut album Beg for Mercy in 2003, which went on to ship over four million copies in the US and was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording ...
G-Unit continued to record and released several mixtape series which earned them attention in the rap industry, [4] including 50 Cent Is the Future, God's Plan (album), No Mercy, No Fear and Automatic Gunfire.
G-Unit Films and Television Inc. (originally known as G-Unit Films) is an American film and television production company founded by rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson in 2003. [1] The company produced documentaries based on the upbringing of Jackson or his affiliates.
Beg for Mercy is the debut studio album by G-Unit. The album was released on November 14, 2003, nine months after 50 Cent 's successful debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin' . For this release, G-Unit was composed of rappers 50 Cent , Lloyd Banks and Young Buck , with support from Tony Yayo , who was an original member of the group but due to his ...
"Poppin' Them Thangs" is a song recorded by G-Unit and produced by Dr. Dre and Scott Storch. It was released in November 2003 through Interscope Records and 50 Cent's G-Unit Records as the second single from their debut album, Beg for Mercy.
G-Unit's commercial debut, Beg for Mercy, sold 377,000 copies in its first week of release in 2003. [6] It has now sold over 2.7 million units in the U.S. [7] and 6 million copies worldwide. [8] It has been certified double platinum by the RIAA. [9] 50 Cent and G-Unit's successes allowed other members and artists of G-Unit to release their ...
God's Plan was released during 50 Cent's and G-Unit's 2002 mixtape run and is the last mixtape released before 50 Cent's official debut album, Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003). [6] [7] According to Billboard magazine, the mixtapes caused "tremendous buzz amongst hip-hop fans and artists". [8]
No Mercy, No Fear is the second mixtape by hip hop group G-Unit, released on August 1, 2002. [2] Originally released independently as a free mixtape, [3] it was re-released in 2006 by BCD Music Group. [1]