It's a strange task: thinking of 50 Cent, at this very moment, as the powerhouse that Get Rich Or Die Tryin' catapulted him into being. A die-hard might harbor a melancholy hope, angry for the…   Read Story »

Summer Jam, the annual stadium concert thrown by New York rap-radio giant Hot 97, has been a tradition around the city since 1994, when its lineup included Arrested Development, SWV, and Black Moon.…   Read Story »

About a year ago, I went to the first of the big Eminem/Jay-Z stadium shows in Detroit, and I was surprised when 50 Cent emerged onstage for a few songs. I shouldn't have been surprised, considering…   Read Story »

In this first Relapse clip, Slim Shady picks up where he left off, lampooning all the pop culture touchstones of 2005. Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson ... no one's safe! There's even a…   Read Story »

Twitter users were outraged last week when the service shut down @CWalken, a popular but totally fake celebrity account. Indeed it's way too easy to be duped by fake profiles. (So easy!) Not that…   Read Story »

Devendra's Cali crib had the Lizard King's old couch, but the expansive 19-bedroom mansion of 50 Cent, our favorite bat mitzvah guest, boasts extensive hat, shoe, and Ferrari collections and an $80k…   Read Story »

Sometimes owning the best line of hip hop-inspired condoms and proving yourself world's coolest bat mitzvah banga isn't enough, so a rapper's gotta spread his wings. You guessed it, 50 Cent,…   Read Story »

Maybe instead of staking his career on outselling Kanye, 50 Cent should have remembered just how cheesy it is to play some teenage girl's bat mitzvah and considered his gangsta lean limp even before…   Read Story »

Stand tall Kanye. You likely don't need us to tell you this, but Mr. West kicked 50 Cent's ass in first week sales: Graduation almost hit a consciously cool million (956,936), while Curtis moved…   Read Story »

You've been waiting patiently all weekend, so let's get this thing going. Welcome to this year's MTV Video Music Awards, this year featuring three whole awards dedicated to videos! We've been…   Read Story »