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50 Cent

25 tracks across 11 playlists

Queens-bred mogul who turned a near-fatal nine-bullet shooting and a Dre/Eminem co-sign into 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'' (2003) — one of the best-selling rap debuts in history at 12 million copies. The G-Unit run ('Beg for Mercy,' 'Massacre'), the Ja Rule annihilation, 'In Da Club' as the most-played party record of its decade, the Vitamin Water deal that quietly made him richer than most of the rappers he was beefing with. Then the second act: 'Power' as a TV showrunner, the Starz universe, and a Twitter feed that has trolled half the music industry into submission. Gangster-rap's most successful executive, full stop.