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From Pieces To Weight
50 Cent
Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens
Mtv
August 2005
240 pages
ISBN: 0743486447
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN'
That's what this book is about--the good times and the bad
times. I wrote this book to explain the world I come from.
To a lot of people, I may be too young to reflect on life.
And they may be right. But I'd be wasting my blessings if I
didn't use the attention I'm getting to shed light on the
experiences that have caused me to say the things I say and
make the kind of music I make. I want to explain my
environment to those who don't come any closer to it than
the records they buy or the images they see on television.
People want the truth. Even if they can't handle it, they
want it. I let you know that I survived nine bullets not to
sell records, but because it's the truth. Every time I sit
down for an interview, I'm asked, "Well, 50, how did it
feel to get shot nine times?" But those stories don't hold
the weight, the pain, or the hope of my experience. It just
can't. This is my mindset and these are the things that go
on. This is why I say the rhymes that I say. This is what
happened when I was trying to get rich before I died in
Southside Queens. So begins From Pieces to Weight: Once Upon a Time in
Southside Queens, a violent and introspective memoir
that reveals not only 50's story but the story of a
generation of youth faced with hard choices and very little
options. A tale of sacrifice, transformation and
redemption, but it is also one of hope, determination and
the power of self. Told in 50's own unique voice, the
narrative drips with the raw insight, street wisdom, and
his struggle to survive at all costs...and behold the
riches of the American Dream. 50 Cent has sold over 20 million records worldwide. His
record-breaking debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin' has sold
over 12 million units worldwide, with the largest debut in
SoundScan history. While his sophomore effort, The
Massacre, sold over 1.14 million copies in its fi rst four
days of release, he has since become the fi rst artist to
have four songs in the top ten of Billboard's Hot 100 since
The Beatles in 1964. His business empire includes: a record label (G-Unit
Records, a division of Interscope Records),
apparel/footwear ventures (G-Unit Clothing and footwear,
joint ventures through the Ecko Clothing Company and
Reebok, respectively), vitamin water (Formula 50, through
Glacéau's Vitamin Water), watch line (G-Unit Watches,
through Jacob & Co), and a video game (50 Cent:
Bulletproof, through Vivendi Games). His future plans are
to dominate the film and television worlds through two new
G-Unit ventures in film and television...and his most
prized project: the nonprofit organization The G-Unity
Foundation, which aims to better the life of urban youth.
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