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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 ...
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 ...
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 Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group. Founded in 2003 by rapper 50 Cent, the label was operated by Interscope Records until February 2014. Thereafter, distribution of G-Unit operated under Caroline Records and Capitol Music Group.
"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.
While Yayo was incarcerated in 2003, his comrade 50 Cent was granted his own record label, G-Unit Records after the success of his debut studio album Get Rich or Die Tryin', which was released that February; Yayo appears on the album's track, "Like My Style". 50 immediately signed G-Unit members Yayo and Lloyd Banks to the label, and eventually ...
It was released on February 6, 2003, [1] by Interscope Records, Eminem's Shady Records, Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment, and 50 Cent's G-Unit Records. [1] After signing with Eminem, 50 Cent also worked heavily with Dr. Dre acting as the album's executive producers, who worked to combine the gangsta rap and R&B combo prevalent in New York hip-hop.
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]