Get Rich or Die Tryin'
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- Jim Sheridan
Summary
Jim Sheridan's loosely autobiographical drama starring Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson as Marcus, a young drug dealer turned aspiring rapper. Terrence Howard, Joy Bryant and Bill Duke co-star. The accompanying soundtrack debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.
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Released at the commercial peak of 50 Cent's G-Unit run, the film attempted to extend his music-industry success into the kind of self-portrait Eminem had managed with 8 Mile. Underperformed critically but remains a key artifact of mid-2000s rapper-as-actor crossover.
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