When They Were Broke: G-Unit's Glory Days

A look back at 50 Cent and crew's best moments.

G Unit Clothing Explodes - 50 Cent and crew teamed up with clothier Marc Ecko to launch G Unit clothing in 2003. Two years later, 50 boasted that the line had $55 million in sales, more than Rocawear or Sean John. (Photo: Courtesy of G Unit Clothing Company)
G Unit Sneakers Steps Up - 50 Cent and crew landed another coup when he signed a five-year deal to have Reebok distribute G Unit Sneakers.  (Photo: Robert Wallace/ WENN)
G-Unit, Beg for Mercy - Fif chose Friday, Nov. 14, 2003, to unleash G-Unit's Beg For Mercy and to try and get a jump on the bootleggers. Also originally scheduled to drop the following Tuesday, the album debuted at No. 3 on Billboard, selling over 377,000 units. A week later it was gold and eventually moved nearly 3 million copies.(Photo: G-Unit/Interscope)
Lloyd Banks, The Hunger For More - Lloyd Banks, long considered the G Unit member most likely to follow in 50 Cent's superstar footsteps, released his solo debut, The Hunger for More, in July 2004. The acclaimed album peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard charts, selling almost half a million copies its first week out.  (Photo: G-Unit)Young Buck, Straight Outta Cashville - Four months after Lloyd Banks launched his solo career, Young Buck made his own move with slept-on (but platinum-selling) debut album Straight Outta Cashville. (Photo: G-Unit/Interscope Records)

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