50 Cent launches line of G-Unit novellas

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Rapper 50 Cent has ventured into the world of publishing with a line of books starring characters based on members of his former group, G-Unit.

50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, signed copies of the books on Thursday in a New York bookstore.

The hip-hop star said he wants to take the novellas, published in a collaboration of MTV and Pocket Books, "to the top of the literary world."

"The stories in the G-Unit [are] about our life on the streets and no one knows it better than us," he said.

"Not to mention, when it comes to delivering authentic, gritty urban stories of the high and low life, our audience expects the best."

50 Cent is credited with writing the books, along with writers Nikki Turner and K. Elliot.
Last year his memoir, From Pieces to Weight, was also published by MTV/Pocket Books.

Three books in the series, Death before Dishonor, Baby Brother and The Ski Mask Way, were launched on Thursday.

The stories cover many of the same themes as 50 Cent's music, including sex, guns, cash and the short lives of street players, the publishers said.

The rapper drew criticism last year for violence depicted in his biopic Get Rich or Die Tryin'.

Other titles still to come in the G-Unit series include Hood and Soldier 7.

Fellow rapper Snoop Dogg has already published the first of a series of novels, Love Don't Live Here No More: Doggy Tales Volume 1.

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[Big-T]

is anyone gonna read these? sounds 2 me 50 gonna try n do absolutely everyfing in his lifetime

[B.A.D.]

^^^^

ye