genre the hunger for more
___MASK3___ " Jimmy " Iovine ( born March 11 , 1953 ) is an American record and film producer . He is best known as the co - founder of Interscope Records and chairman of Interscope Geffen A & M . In 2006 , Iovine teamed with Dr . Dre to found Beats Electronics , a company which produces audio products and operated a now defunct ___MASK96___ streaming service . The company was purchased by Apple for $ 3 billion in May 2014 . Straight Outta Cashville is the debut studio ___MASK32___ by G - Unit rapper Young Buck . It was released on August 24 , 2004 through G - Unit Records & Interscope Records . Summer Jam is the annual hip - hop fest held in East Rutherford , New Jersey and sponsored by New York - based ___MASK35___ station Hot 97FM . Normally held in June , the concert features the most popular acts that hip - hop and R & B have to offer in a particular year . G - Unit Records is an American record label . The label was founded in 2003 by rapper 50 Cent . Upon its inception , the label operated as a subsidiary of , and was distributed through , Universal ___MASK96___ Group ' s Interscope Records . In August 2010 , the label added another distribution with EMI . In February 2014 , G - Unit Records severed its eleven - year relationship with Interscope Records , and the label now operates under the mantle of Capitol ___MASK96___ Group and Caroline Records . G - Unit Records has a subsidiary label , G - Note Records , that caters to other genres of ___MASK96___ , including R & B and ___MASK8___ . The label ' s acts over the years have earned RIAA certifications of " Platinum " or higher on seven of its sixteen released albums . Interscope Records is an American record company . A division of Interscope Geffen A & M Records , its parent company is the Universal ___MASK96___ Group , a subsidiary of Vivendi S . A . EMI ( officially EMI Group Limited , originally an initialism for Electric and ___MASK52___ Industries and often known as EMI Records and EMI ___MASK96___ ) was a British multinational conglomerate founded in March 1931 and was based in London . At the time of its break - up in 2012 , it was the fourth - largest business group and ___MASK81___ of record labels in the recording industry and was one of the big four record companies ( now the big three ). Its EMI Records Ltd . group of record labels included EMI Records , Parlophone , Virgin Records and Capitol Records . EMI also had a major publishing arm , EMI ___MASK96___ Publishing  also based in London with offices globally . Andre Romelle Young ( born February 18 , 1965 ), better known by his stage name ___MASK53___ . Dre , is an American rapper , record producer , and entrepreneur . He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath ___MASK51___ and Beats Electronics . Dre was previously the co - owner of , and an artist on , Death Row Records . He has produced albums for and overseen the careers of many rappers , including 2Pac , The D . O . C ., Snoop Dogg , Eminem , Xzibit , Knoc - turn ' al , 50 Cent , The Game and Kendrick Lamar . He is credited as a key figure in the popularization of West Coast G - funk , a style of rap music characterized as synthesizer - based with slow , heavy beats . In 2014 , ___MASK53___ . Dre was ranked as the second richest figure in the American ___MASK29___ scene by " Forbes " with a net worth of $ 550 million ; he is at the top of the 2015 " Forbes " list , with an estimated pre - tax take of $ 620 million in 2014 . G - Unit ( short for Guerrilla Unit ) is an American ___MASK29___ group originating from South Jamaica , Queens , New York , formed by longtime friends and East Coast rappers 50 Cent , Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks . The group released their debut album " Beg for Mercy ", in 2003 , which went on to sell over 2 , 000 , 000 copies in the US and was certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ). The album , which followed the critical and commercial success of 50 Cent ' s major - label debut " Get Rich or Die Tryin '", served as a platform for Banks , Buck & Yayo to release their respective solo debut albums , " The Hunger for More " ( 2004 ), " Straight Outta Cashville " ( 2004 ) & " Thoughts of a Predicate Felon " ( 2005 ). In 2008 , the group released their second album " T · O · S ( Terminate on Sight )". During Tony Yayo ' s imprisonment , the group recruited Tennessee - based rapper Young Buck , who was featured throughout the " Beg for Mercy " album . In late 2004 , The Game was also added to the group , a proposition made by Dr . Dre and Jimmy Iovine , to promote the Aftermath / Interscope newcomer . However , due to The Game ' s " disloyalty " in the eyes of 50 Cent , he was soon removed from the group . In April 2008 , 50 Cent revealed Young Buck was no longer a part of the group due to his " excessive spending " and " inconsistent behavior ". In early 2014 , after Yayo and 50 Cent separately stated G - Unit was no more , the original members of the group reconciled and reunited at Summer Jam 2014 , along with Young Buck after his six - year departure from the group . G - Unit Records rapper Kidd Kidd , was also added to the group upon its reformation . Aftermath ___MASK51___ is an American record label founded by ___MASK29___ producer and rapper Dr . Dre . It operates as a subsidiary of , and is distributed through , Universal Music Group ' s Interscope Records . Current acts include Dr . Dre himself , Eminem , Kendrick Lamar , Anderson Paak , Jon Connor and Justus with former acts including 50 Cent , Busta Rhymes , The Game , Raekwon , Eve , Rakim and many others . The label ' s acts over the years have earned RIAA certifications of platinum or higher on 17 of its 22 released albums . Marvin Bernard ( born ___MASK87___ 31 , 1978 ), better known by his stage name Tony Yayo , is an American rapper , hype man , and member of the ___MASK29___ group G - Unit . Tony Yayo was brought up in South Jamaica , Queens , New York and is longtime friends with 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks . He is signed to 50 Cent ' s record label G - Unit Records and recently signed a deal with EMI to release his second untitled album . He is CEO to the label G - Unit Philly . His stage name is derived from the 1983 film " Scarface ", referencing the character Tony Montana and the slang word for cocaine . Christopher Charles Lloyd ( born April 30 , 1982 ), better known by his stage name Lloyd Banks , is an American ___MASK29___ recording artist and member of East Coast ___MASK29___ group G - Unit , alongside childhood friends and fellow American rappers , 50 Cent and Tony Yayo . Raised in South Jamaica , Queens , he dropped out of high school in 1998 . G - Unit released two albums , " Beg for Mercy " in 2003 and " T . O . S . ( Terminate on Sight )" in 2008 . Banks released his first solo album " The Hunger for More " in 2004 with the top ten hit single " On Fire ". He followed with " Rotten Apple " in 2006 and left Interscope Records 2009 . In 2010 G - Unit signed with EMI to distribute Banks third studio album " The Hunger for More 2 ", which was released on November 22 , 2010 . Queens is the easternmost and largest in area of the five boroughs of New York City . It is geographically adjacent to the borough of Brooklyn at the southwestern end of Long Island , and to Nassau County further east on Long Island ; in addition , Queens shares water borders with the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx . Coterminous with Queens County since 1899 , the borough of Queens is the second - largest in population ( after Brooklyn ), with a census - estimated 2 , 339 , 150 residents in 2015 , approximately 48 % of them foreign - born . Queens County also is the second - most populous county in the U . S . state of New York , behind the neighboring borough of Brooklyn , which is coterminous with Kings County . Queens is the fourth - most densely populated county among New York City ' s boroughs , as well as in the United States . If each of New York City ' s boroughs were an independent city , Queens also would be the nation ' s fourth most populous city , after Los Angeles , Chicago , and Brooklyn . Queens is the most ethnically diverse ___MASK71___ area in the world . East Coast ___MASK29___ is a regional subgenre of ___MASK29___ music that originated in the New York City area during the 1970s . ___MASK29___ is recognized to have originated and evolved first in New York ; East Coast ___MASK29___ only became a distinct subgenre after artists from other regions of the United States emerged with different styles . In contrast to other styles , East Coast ___MASK29___ music has prioritized complex lyrics for attentive listening rather than beats for dancing . The main components of ___MASK29___ culture from that time and still today are MC ' ing , DJ ' ing , break dancing , and graffiti . Marshall Bruce Mathers III ( born October 17 , 1972 ), known professionally as Eminem ( often stylized as EMINM ), is an American rapper , record producer , and actor . Eminem is the best - selling artist of the 2000s in the United States . Throughout his career , he has had 10 number - one albums on the " Billboard " 200 and five number - one singles on the " Billboard " Hot 100 . With US sales of 45 . 1 million albums and 42 million tracks as of June 2014 , Eminem is the second best - selling male artist of the Nielsen SoundScan era , the sixth best - selling artist in the United States and the best - selling hip - hop artist . Globally , he has sold more than 172 million albums , thus being one of the world ' s best - selling artists . " Rolling Stone " ranked him 83rd on its list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time , calling him the King of ___MASK29___ . David Darnell Brown ( born ___MASK87___ 15 , 1981 ), best known by his stage name Young Buck , is an American rapper . Buck is a former member of the ___MASK29___ group UTP Playas . As a music executive , he heads his own record label , Ca $ hville Records , and is currently a member of the ___MASK29___ group G - Unit . After being dismissed from the group back in 2008 , Buck reunited with his former group members on June 1 , 2014 at Hot 97 ' s Summer Jam event . Caroline Records is an American record label that started as a subsidiary of Richard Branson ' s Virgin Records America during the early to mid - 1970s . It specialized in inexpensive LPs by mainly ___MASK55___ and jazz artists that lacked commercial appeal . Capitol ___MASK96___ Group ( abbreviated as CMG ) is an American front line umbrella label owned by the Universal ___MASK96___ Group ( UMG ). It oversees handling of record labels assigned to UMG ' s Capitol Records division and were inherited from its acquisition of EMI ' s catalog ( save for Parlophone , which was sold to Warner ___MASK96___ Group ( WMG ) in 2013 ). It is one of five umbrella labels owned by UMG , with the other four being Interscope Geffen A & M , Island Records , Def Jam Recordings and Republic Records . Labels distributed under the CMG brand include Capitol Records , Virgin Records , Motown Records , Blue Note Records , Astralwerks , Harvest Records , Capitol Christian ___MASK96___ Group , Priority Records , Atom Factory ___MASK51___ and Deep Well Records . T · O · S ( Terminate on Sight ) is the second studio ___MASK32___ by rap group G - Unit . It was the group ' s first ___MASK32___ in five years since their previous ___MASK32___ , " Beg for Mercy ". The title of the ___MASK32___ was originally announced to be " Shoot to Kill " and then " Lock & Load ", with the eventual name being " Terminate on Sight ". The ___MASK32___ was originally scheduled to be released on June 24 , 2008 , but was re - scheduled to July 1 . Universal ___MASK96___ Group , Inc . ( also known as Universal ___MASK96___ Group Recordings , Inc . and abbreviated as UMG ) is an American - French global ___MASK96___ corporation that is a subsidiary of the Paris - based French media conglomerate Vivendi . UMG ' s global corporate headquarters are in Santa Monica , California . The Hunger for More is the debut ___MASK32___ by G - Unit rapper Lloyd Banks , released June 29 , 2004 on G - Unit Records and Interscope Records . Banks had been featured on 50 Cent ' s multi - platinum 2003 ___MASK32___ Get Rich or Die Tryin ' , and on G - Unit ' s Beg for Mercy in November of the same year . And he had recently been named Mixtape Artist of the Year at the Mixtape Awards -- for his appearances on G - Unit mixtapes as well as his own Money in the Bank series -- when The Hunger for More was released by G - Unit Records and Interscope Records . Curtis ___MASK3___ Jackson III ( born July 6 , 1975 ), known professionally as 50 Cent , is an American rapper , actor , businessman , and investor . Born in the South Jamaica neighborhood of the borough of Queens , Jackson began selling drugs at age twelve during the 1980s crack epidemic . Although he left drug - dealing to pursue a ___MASK52___ career , in 2000 he was shot nine times . After Jackson released the compilation album " Guess Who ' s Back ?" in 2002 , he was discovered by Eminem and signed by Shady Records , Aftermath ___MASK51___ and Interscope Records . The Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) is a continental North and South American trade organization that represents the recording industry in the United States . Its members consist of record labels and distributors , which the RIAA says " create , manufacture and / or distribute approximately 85 % of all legally sold recorded ___MASK96___ in the United States ." The RIAA headquarters is in Washington , D . C . Thoughts of a Predicate Felon is the debut studio ___MASK32___ by G - Unit rapper Tony Yayo , which was released on August 30 , 2005 through G - Unit Records and Interscope Records . The albums sold 214 , 000 copies in its first week . The American crack epidemic was a surge of crack cocaine use in major cities across the United States between 1984 and the early 1990s . This resulted in a number of social consequences , such as increasing ___MASK45___ and violence in American inner city neighborhoods , as well as a resulting backlash in the form of tough on ___MASK45___ policies .