Columbia Records dropped him the moment the news broke. #50cent
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Sep 5, 2026
This was never supposed to come out the way it did for 50 Cent. He had been shot nine times at close range and left for dead outside his grandmother’s house. Columbia Records dropped him the moment the news broke. He was back on the street with no record deal and almost no money. Eminem heard the mixtape tracks, signed him to Shady Records, and Get Rich or Die Tryin’ went on to sell more than twelve million copies. Years later he filed for bankruptcy, paid every single debt ahead of schedule, and rebuilt the entire empire again. What would you have done the day the label called and said they were dropping you after nine bullets?
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