50 Cent’s 2003 could have its own exhibit in the Hip Hop Hall of Fame. 50 kicked off 2003 with the release of his ubiquitous “In Da Club” and the anthem can still be heard mixed in DJ playlists and at birthday parties to this day. 18 years later, the Hip Hop mogul reflected on the release of the Get Rich or Die Tryin’ lead single.
“Hey you ain’t gonna believe this one, but 18 years ago today i dropped a song i recorded in LA and it’s still spinning 1,000 times a week at radio,” he wrote. “I tell @eminem i love him for what he did for me, he put me on.”
After thanking Em for helping launch his career alongside Dre at Aftermath Records, 50 made sure to plug the theme song to the Power Book III: Raising Kanan spinoff arriving later in 2021.
The article connected to the post finds 50 bragging about how the “In Da Club” visual made history in November when becoming the second pre-YouTube era Hip Hop video to cross the billion-view mark.
50 Cent’s Dr. Dre & Eminem-Featured ’In Da Club’ Video Hits Billion View YouTube Milestone
“1 Billion views. Not Bad for a kid from South Side. LOL,” the Queens rap legend wrote at the time.
“In Da Club” became 50’s first track to top the Billboard Hot 100 in his illustrious career. The Dr. Dre-produced single made its way to the Grammy Awards, where it earned nominations for Best Male Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Song.
Watch the restored Philip Atwell-directed video below.
Could be the hottest track in hip hop history.
He doesn’t own the rights to the song so he doesn’t even get paid lol
Owens the rights to the song but he sold his rights to get paid through radio spins
Yeah and you’ll never get another dollar cuz you sold you whole discography for 5M. Meanwhile Wayne just got a 100m for his shit smh. 50 a clown. 45 year old Trollin ass
he sold the rights only for radio royalties yet he still owns his Masters
Dude is so corny now
essential listening a piece of nyc rap hip hop history. the album is called get rich or die tryin’.
Track still slaps 17 years later
Nice one 50c
Most overrated album of all time and most overrated track of all time. Nuff said.
Ok, hater.
That famous hater argument…
The Game Cameo
The most overated comment of al time
I think they meant to say “it’s been 18 years since he made a hit”.
Clearly you’ve been living under a rock. He’s had plenty of hit sonce than. Plus, that entire album is a classic. You’re a moron.