![Today in Hip-Hop History: 50 Cent Dropped His Debut ‘Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ LP 21 Years Ago Today in Hip-Hop History: 50 Cent Dropped His Debut ‘Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ LP 21 Years Ago](https://thesource.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/tumblr_5b872b87e637212bd075a0bb58122fd9_3bb56f6a_1280.jpg)
On
this
date
in
2003,
50
Cent
released
his
second
and
most
critically
acclaimed
album
to
date
Get
Rich
Or
Die
Tryin
on
Shady
Records,
Aftermath
Entertainment
and
Interscope
Records.
After
his
street-certified
buzz
from
his
Guess
Who’s
Back
mixtape,
a
meeting
with
Eminem
eventually
turned
into
a
million-dollar
deal
on
Dr.
Dre
and
Em’s
Shady/Aftermath
imprint.
With
the
album
executive
produced
by
Dre
and
Fif,
this
project
became
probably
the
most
anticipated
release
of
any
debut
Hip-Hop
album
of
the
new
millennium.
Debuting
at
the
pole
position
on
Billboard
200,
GRODT
sold
almost
900K
units
its
first
week
and
is
now
certified
6x
platinum.
The
commercial
success
of
the
album
in
terms
of
radio
and
video
plays
as
well
the
movie
that
launched
starring
50
Cent
with
the
same
title
helped
earn
the
album
a
Grammy
nod
in
2004.
Advertisement
Some
of
the
album’s
forerunning
singles
include
the
ever-popular
“In
Da
Club,”
“21
Questions”
featuring
the
late
Nate
Dogg,
and
“P.I.M.P.,”
which
became
an
international
hit.
Salute
to
50,
Dre,
Em,
and
the
entire
G-Unit
for
this
timeless
piece
of
Hip-Hop
history!