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G-Unit

5 tracks across 5 playlists

50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, with Young Buck (later The Game). 'Beg for Mercy' (2003) was a Grammy-nominated mid-aughts gangsta-rap victory lap and one of the most successful rap-group debuts of its decade. The G-Unit Records imprint, the G-Unit Clothing line, the action-movie-poster aesthetic, the relentless mixtape circuit. Lloyd Banks's solo records are a serious sleeper catalog. The whole crew arrangement was peak-2003 rap commercial, and they reunited for sporadic Hot 97 and tour appearances since.