High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! 50 Cent is an American rapper and record producer. His debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin` has been certified eight times platinum by the RIAA. In 2002, 50 Cent was discovered by rapper Eminem and signed later to his label Shady Records and Dr. Dre`s Aftermath Entertainment. In 2003, he founded this own record label G-Unit Records, which signed several rappers such as Young Buck, Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo.