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G-Unit is an 2007 . BIOGRAPHY Early days The group's founding members, 2000 . They saw 50 Cent as too much of a risk to keep. Rise to fame After being shot, 50 Cent signed to 2007 The group continued to work hard and released several mixtape series which earned them a lot of attention in the rap industry. The prominent of these being '' 50 Cent Is The Future '', '' God's Plan '', '' No Mercy, No Fear '' and '' Automatic Gunfire ''. G-Unit have also started a mixtape series with their DJ, DJ Whoo Kid , called '' G-Unit Radio ''. Before the group had a chance to record its debut album, Tony Yayo was sentenced to prison for a gun-possession charge as well as bail-jumping.Jeffries, David. Tony Yayo biography . AOL. Accessed July 22 2007 During Tony Yayo's prison sentence, the group signed Nashville rapper, Young Buck. They continued their activity, working on yet more mixtape recordings. In particular, their 'G-Unit Remix' to 50 Cent's " P.I.M.P. " was successful. During Tony Yayo's prison sentence, G-Unit recorded their debut album, '' 2007 . Tony Yayo made only two appearances on the album, both on songs that were recorded before his arrest. Former members Several artists have left or been removed from the group for various reasons. 2007 . He claimed that before 50 Cent saw mainstream success, the two recorded a mixtape from which they would earn $5 each, they sold 400,000 copies. 50 Cent allegedly never gave Bang Em' Smurf his share. In addition to this Bang Em' Smurf claimed that 50 Cent did not contact or bail him out whilst he was in jail. This led to him and his close friend, Domination , no longer wanting to be affiliated with the group. Domination was never an official member of G-Unit but was a close friend of Bang 'Em Smurf during his G-Unit days. After the two had a brief feud with 50 Cent and G-Unit in 2003, Domination and Bang 'Em Smurf were no longer associated with G-Unit. 2007 .. This resulted in what is arguably the biggest feud since the Feud Between Nas And Jay-Z . For more information see G-Unit Vs. The Game . Albums In 2003, the groups debut album, '' Beg For Mercy '', was released. However, whilst the album was being recorded, Tony Yayo was sentenced to jail on charges of gun possession. Therefore, he only makes two appearances both on pre-recorded tracks. His face is seen on the brick wall of the album cover because he could not be photographed on account of his jail sentence. ''Beg for Mercy'' sold 2.3 million copies in the U.S. and 4 million copies worldwide. The only featured guest on the album was R&B singer, Joe . Production came from Hi-Tek , Dr. Dre , Scott Storch as well as others. G-Unit have confirmed that they are currently working and recording for their second album, ''Locked & Loaded'', which will be releases during 2007. 50 Cent on 106 & Park . Google Video. Accessed 2007 . Production should come from Dr. Dre , Eminem , Jonathan Rotem , Timbaland , Swizz Beatz , Dangerous LLC, Sha Money XL , The Alchemist , Lil Jon as well as others. VENTURES Clothing Company See Also: G-Unit Clothing Company The "G-Unit Clothing Company" was established in 2003, when 50 Cent teamed up with Marc Ecko (the founder of Eckō Unlimited), to create a line of clothing and accessories inspired by 50 Cent and fellow members of G-Unit. Young Buck has stated it features "More coordinated colors... a whole new flavor and a classy street look" and 50 Cent states that "The G Unit Clothing Company is Quality clothing... I think it's the best possible clothing company." G-Unit Clothing Company-The Company . G-Unit Clothing. Accessed July 17 2007 . G-Unit sponsors The Book Bank Foundation using profits from their clothing range as well as proceeds donated to the G-Unity Foundation. G-Unity See Also: G-Unity Foundation Inc. G-Unit has founded G-Unity Foundation, Inc. (often called simply G-Unity), a public foundation that provides grants to nonprofit organizations that focus on improving the quality of life for low-income and underserved communities. CONTROVERSY billboard in Tribeca , New York.]] The Game See Also: G-Unit vs. The Game feud In early 2005, a feud between The Game and G-Unit began. Even before The Game's first album was released and their feud became public, there was tension between The Game and 50 Cent.March 2005 issue asks about The Game and 50 Cent's physical altercation. ''VIBE''. Accessed July 26 2007 . Soon after ''The Documentary'''s release, 50 Cent felt that the rapper was disloyal for saying he did not want to participate in G-Unit's feud with other rappers, and even wanting to work with artists with whom G-Unit were feuding, such as Nas and Jadakiss . 50 Cent also claimed that he was not getting his proper credit for the creation of the album. He also claimed that he wrote six of the songs, but The Game denied that. During that dispute, a member of The Game's entourage was shot after a confrontation at the 2007 After the performance at Summer Jam, The Game responded with " 2007 Since then both groups continued to attack each other. The Game released two more mixtapes, '' Ghost Unit '' and a mixtape/DVD called '' Stop Snitchin, Stop Lyin ''. 50 Cent's rebuttal was "Not Rich, Still Lyin'" where he mocks The Game.Chery, Carl ( 2007 . In addition, G-Unit started to respond on numerous mixtapes and new G-Unit member Spider Loc began insulting The Game in various songs. The Game responded with "240 Bars (Spider Joke)", a song mainly aimed at Spider Loc, but also addressing Tony Yayo and rap group M.O.P. , and on the song "The Funeral 100 Bars". In October 2006, The Game extended a peace treaty to 50 Cent, which was not immediately replied to.Fresh, Remmie ( 2007 . Ja Rule Before signing with 2007 . Since then, Black Child made two "disses" towards 50 Cent, "There's a Snitch in the Club", and "You the Wanksta". In both songs, Black Child talks about shooting 50 Cent, stabbing him, and other things, "I got a lot of living to do before I die, and I ain't got time to waste, shoot this nigga in his face". The exchange of insultive tracks released from both parties culminated into Ja Rule releasing '' Blood In My Eye '', which was an album that mostly insulted 50 Cent. Ja Rule eventually tried to squash the feud with 50 Cent by using minister Louis Farrakhan in a televised interview. However, the attempt at peace lost credibility as the interview was scheduled a day before ''Blood in My Eye'' was released. As a result, most fans, along with 50 Cent, dismissed the interview as a blatant publicity stunt. Because of the ongoing feud between the two, 50 Cent's labelmates Eminem , Dr. Dre and Obie Trice have also become involved and have also released tracks which insults Ja Rule. Ja Rule later released '' R.U.L.E. '' with the successful single, "New York", featuring Jadakiss and Fat Joe in which Ja Rule took subliminal shots at 50 Cent. Tis single prompted 50 Cent to enter a feud with the two featured artists (see article on " Piggy Bank " for details). Although it seemed that the feud was over, Ja Rule returned with a track entitled "21 Gunz".IllSeed. (April 2006). Hip-Hop Rumors: Kay Slay Doll, Ja Rule, Happy 1,000Th To Illseed! . Allhiphop. Accessed 25 July 2007 . In response, Lloyd Banks and 50 Cent released the track "Return of Ja Fool" on Lloyd Banks' mixtape ''Mo Money in the Bank Pt. 4, Gang Green Season Starts Now''. In a interview with MTV, Ja Rule has stated that his new album, '' The Mirror '', will not be continuing any past feuds that he has engaged in. He said: Fat Joe 50 Cent pointed out that 2007 . In July 2007 G-Unit released a track which insults him called "We On Some Shit". Other feuds A feud between 50 Cent and Camron began when 50 Cent was on Hot 97 giving an interview and Cam'ron called in, Youtube, Accessed 25 July 2007 . Cam’ron asked 50 Cent whether he had the power to stop records from being released on Koch Records and 50 Cent said that he does in some respects. As the conversation escalated into an argument, 50 Cent called Koch Records the "industry graveyard". Cam'ron replied and started insulting G-Unit by saying that Jim Jones ' newest album sold just as much as Lloyd Banks ' album did, despite the fact that Dipset is on an independent label and G-Unit is on a major label. 50 Cent took offense to this and said that Lloyd Banks has more money than Jim Jones which makes record sales irrelevant. Cam'ron lost his temper and started ranting. Most notably, he brought up the poor record sales of the new Mobb Deep album. His rant became so profane and disruptive that the radio station was forced to hang up on him. On February 9 2007 , a video premiere of 50 Cent's "Funeral Music" appeared on DJ Kay Slay 's Myspace. The video attacked the leader of Dipset . This is not seen as an attack on other members of Dipset, as 50 Cent says "From now on, Jimmy 's the boss of Dipset. And Juelz is the Capo . Cam is demoted to soldier. We like Jimmy better anyway". At the end of the video, there is a poster showing a fictional drawing of Cam'ron with a gun saying "50 Cent" on the burial, along with his date of death; being February 8 when the video was released. Cam'ron recently responded with a track called "Curtis" titled after 50 Cent's first name. Cam'ron doesn't state too much, other than claiming he enjoys 50 Cent's shoutouts to Dipset members Juelz Santana and Jim Jones, then goes on to discuss Santana's and Jim Jones' sales on their recent albums. 50 Cent and Young Buck made the song "Hold On" together with a video in which 50 Cent takes shots at Cam'ron. Cam'ron responded with "Curtis pt.2", which he shot a video for. In an interview with MTV Tony Yayo aired his feeling about Cam'ron. He said: A minor feud between G-Unit and 2007 G-Unit released a track which insults Terror Squad called "We On Some Shit". DISCOGRAPHY See Also: G-Unit discography
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