After the signing of Young Buck, G-Unit made their first major label appearance as a group on the remix to 50 Cent's single " P.I.M.P.", which featured Snoop Dogg, Banks and Young Buck. 50 Cent immediately signed both Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo to the label, and they began working on G-Unit's debut album, however, Tony Yayo was incarcerated at the time and was unable to record any new material for the album, which led to 50 Cent signing Tennessee-based rapper Young Buck to G-Unit Records and subsequently adding him to the group. After signing to Interscope, he was granted his own record label, which led to the creation of G-Unit Records. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. In 2002, 50 Cent was discovered by Eminem and signed a $1 million contract with Shady Records, under the aegis of Dr. After 50 Cent was blackballed from the music industry in 2000 and lost his record deal, the group began recording music independently, and released several mixtapes between 20, the most prominent of these being 50 Cent Is the Future, God's Plan, No Mercy, No Fear and Automatic Gunfire.ĭebut album and success (2002–03) The logo of the group The group's founding members, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo were all raised in South Jamaica, a neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York City, New York, and began rapping together as teenagers. History Formation and early years (1999–02) In 2022, 50 Cent confirmed that the group had once again disbanded and stated that there would never be a reunion, citing disaffection with the other members. In 2018, Kidd Kidd announced that he was leaving both the group and label to become independent Lloyd Banks and Young Buck followed suit after revolved disputes with 50 Cent. The group performed at Summer Jam 2014 and then released their first collaborative project in six years, the EP The Beauty of Independence, in August of the same year. However, the group members reconciled and reunited soon thereafter, now becoming a quintet, with the rejoining of Young Buck and the addition of G-Unit Records artist Kidd Kidd. In early 2014, Yayo and 50 Cent both separately stated that G-Unit was no more.
The Game was also made a member in late 2003 in an effort to promote him after he was signed to Aftermath/ Interscope, but he was removed from the group after several months. 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 Industry Association of America (RIAA).ĭuring Tony Yayo's imprisonment in 2003, the group recruited Tennessee-based rapper Young Buck as a temporary replacement and later an official member.
G-Unit (short for Gorilla Unit) was an American hip hop group formed by longtime friends and East Coast rappers 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, and Lloyd Banks.
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