By Stacy Christoforidis
Hip hop players possibly joining the supreme collection of artists at G-Unit Records were announced unofficially by 50 Cent on Oct. 15 on a BBC radio show. 50 described plans to remodel hip hop and the addition of Beanie Sigel, Lil' Scrappy and Kool G Rap to his label will be step one.
"Everybody wants to be affiliated and a part of what we are doing right now 'cause we got the best camp," said 50. "I'm entertaining the idea of Kool G Rap; we talked and had conversations. Beanie Sigel, we talked to Beanie. [And] Lil' Scrappy is coming over to G-Unit."
Along with recruiting new talent, 50 plans to promote recent additions Mobb Deep and Mase to corporate level positions in G-Unit Records. He said that associates Prodigy and Havoc will highlight their experiences in the industry by signing new artists as well. 50's larger-picture-dream is to slowly detach his G-Unit company from the Interscope tree and groom it into his own record label.
"We getting ready to do something so big," 50 explained. "We are already making up 70% of the black music at Interscope. Eventually, we're just gonna move over, create our own radio staff and everything else -- just move away from it and be the [next] Def Jam."
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