NEW YORK, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Though 50 Cent has sold nearly 30 million albums worldwide and scored eight Top 10 Hot 100 hits (including three #1s), he has not forgotten the hard times.

NEW YORK, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Multi-platinum selling rap artist 50 Cent will make an appearance at the Manhattan Play N Trade store on April 30, 2009 from 3:30-5:00 p.m. to promote his new video game, 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand.

NEW YORK, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- 50 Cent exploded onto the music scene with his blockbuster debut Get Rich Or Die Tryin'. Now he's set to deliver his fourth major label album, Before I Self Destruct (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope), on December 9, 2008.

50 Cent believes his new album will outsell Kanye West's upcoming disc, and he's betting his solo career on it. Both 50 Cent and West have albums due out Sept. 11.

By Chris Morris LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Music retailers suffered their steepest sales decline in three years during 2005. Compared with 2004 -- which, in a tic of the calendar, had a 53-week retail year -- the market for CDs plunged more than 10%.