Read more 50 Cent stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3080/50-cent.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:44:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74139/50-cent-fails-with-self-destruct.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag50 Cent, once at the forefront of rap music, returns with Before I Self Destruct —but his fourth solo effort isn’t impressing the critics. “Though packed with tough beats, dense production and 50's most ferocious delivery in years, the gloats about shootings, drugs and bloody 'hoods feel about as fresh...http://www.newser.com/story/74139/50-cent-fails-with-self-destruct.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 12:14:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69901/drug-dealers-experts-in-recessionary-business.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag50 Cent is the first rapper to pen a book of management advice. It’s a shame, then, that The 50th Law , co-written by Robert Greene, boils down to the worst kind of “be authentic” self-help boilerplate, writes Lucy Lucy Kellaway for the Financial Times . As a former drug dealer, 50...http://www.newser.com/story/69901/drug-dealers-experts-in-recessionary-business.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Sep 2009 17:26:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69649/how-50-cent-built-his-empire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBelieve it or not, it might do you good to take some business advice from shot-nine-times rapper 50 Cent. After all, it was business savvy more than rap music that helped build his $150 million empire. Business Insider takes a look at how he did it: His endorsement with Vitamin...http://www.newser.com/story/69649/how-50-cent-built-his-empire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 11:44:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69365/ten-pre-kanye-stage-rushes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKanye West is only the latest celebrity to invade the stage and rain on someone else’s parade. The Daily Mirror runs down 10 other notable moments, from funny to tragic: Keith Richards: Famously guitar-chopped a fan who rushed the stage. Noel Gallagher: On-stage shove left him with three broken ribs....http://www.newser.com/story/69365/ten-pre-kanye-stage-rushes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Sep 2009 13:25:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64305/foreign-policy-101-jay-zs-feud-with-the-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhat does the burgeoning beef between rappers Jay-Z and The Game have in common with US foreign policy? Plenty, writes Marc Lynch in Foreign Policy . Like America, Jay-Z is a hegemon: “Nobody, but nobody, in the hip-hop world has his combination of hard power and soft power.” But like America,...http://www.newser.com/story/64305/foreign-policy-101-jay-zs-feud-with-the-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Jul 2009 10:41:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62415/drake-is-next-ll-cool-j-jamie-foxx.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDrake is not only dating Rihanna and prepping to sign with a new label for his debut album in the next few days. The Canadian-born singer is also winning support from the likes of 50 Cent and Jamie Foxx, MTV and Sohh.com report. "He can go as gangster as...http://www.newser.com/story/62415/drake-is-next-ll-cool-j-jamie-foxx.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 20 Jun 2009 19:21:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60075/strapped-rappers-don-bogus-bling.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTough times in the hip-hop industry have taken the ka-ching out of bling, the Wall Street Journal reports. Record sales and concert attendance are falling, and jewelers say that more and more of the flashy pendants and chains favored by rappers trying to keep up appearances now contain lower-quality stones,...http://www.newser.com/story/60075/strapped-rappers-don-bogus-bling.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 26 May 2009 1:48:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58850/lilos-house-not-robbed-just-messy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLindsay Lohan can’t catch a break. First she’s dumped, then her house is broken into—or not. The attempted burglary reported yesterday turned out to be a false alarm, the AP reports. Police said the house was just extremely messy, not ransacked. Elsewhere: Jennifer Aniston’s exes are falling all over...http://www.newser.com/story/58850/lilos-house-not-robbed-just-messy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 13 May 2009 11:54:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54550/those-twittering-celebs-have-a-little-help.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag50 Cent has more than 200,000 fans following his every 140-character pronouncement on Twitter, such as this recent gem: "My ambition leads me through a tunnel that never ends." But the multimillionaire rapper doesn't bother to write his microblog; he has an assistant who does it in his voice....http://www.newser.com/story/54550/those-twittering-celebs-have-a-little-help.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 27 Mar 2009 8:25:28 CDT