History YMMV / FiftyCent

** Infamously making fun of Creator/TerryCrews on Instagram after Crews came out revealing he was sexually groped in 2017 ''really'' bit him in the ass, with everyone agreeing [[DudeNotFunny it was very tasteless]].

* OvershadowedByControversy: What ultimately made him fall off the map. While his beefing initially helped make his career, he just didn't know when to stop; coupled with his absolutely gigantic overexposure (for people who were too young to remember, 50 Cent and G-Unit were almost omnipresent in the early and mid-2000s beyond just "In da Club", "21 Questions", and "Candy Shop" playing everywhere; to say that they had a licensing deal in every corner isn't really an exaggeration), people were already getting tired of him by 2006, and while he still kept going after the Kanye beef blew up in his face and made him look like an idiot. After ''Curtis'' failed critically and commercially, the modern image of 50 Cent and G-Unit was set in stone: a pretentious, obnoxious loudmouth who could have avoided a mere fifteen minutes of fame if he had been smart about it, but instead kept short-sightedly milking his cash cow the same way that he had been doing it since 2002 even when he knew full well that that approach had a shelf life that was almost up.

* FirstInstallmentWins: Many fans consider ''Get Rich or Die Tryin''' to be a classic.

** Then his appearance on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'', with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bx-DBraNxc a parody trailer]] as [[Film/{{Maleficent}} Male]][[IncrediblyLamePun FiftyCent]]...

* DeaderThanDisco: His 2009 album ''Before I Self Destruct'' sold less units than his previous releases and was pretty much ignored by the media, not to mention his overall mainstream presence has diminished considerably from his mid-2000s peak. See Never Live It Down below.
* EarWorm: "In da Club"

* FandomRivalry: His fans do not get along with fans of Music/KanyeWest (especially THAT moment in 2007), Music/RickRoss or Music/TheGame, the latter two who have thrown disses towards him back and forth (though Fifty and Game reconciled in 2016).

* DeaderThanDisco: His 2009 album ''Before I Self Destruct'' sold less units than his previous releases and was pretty much ignored by the media, not to mention his overall mainstream presence has diminished considerably from his mid-2000s peak.

* FirstInstallmentWins: Many fans consider ''Get Rich or Die Tryin''' to be a [[MagnumOpus classic]].

* MagnumOpus: Arguably ''Get Rich or Die Tryin'''.

-->'''[=MaleFiftyCent=]:''' I've been shot nine times; I ain't scared of no lil' white girl...

* NeverLiveItDown: When set to released his third album ''Curtis'' on the same day as KanyeWest's third album ''Graduation'' in September 2007, 50 infamously declared that if Kanye outsold him, he would retire from rapping. When Kanye's sales easily outdid 50's own, 50 backpedaled from his previous comments, and many hip-hop fans and journalists still mock him over it to this day.

** 50 threw a epically bad first pitch at a Mets game in 2014. For some reason, this incident follows him around.

** Then his appearance on ''LiveActionTV/JimmyKimmelLive'', with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bx-DBraNxc a parody trailer]] as [[Film/{{Maleficent}} Male]][[IncrediblyLamePun FiftyCent]]...

** Then his appearance on ''JimmyKimmelLive'', with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bx-DBraNxc a parody trailer]] as [[Film/{{Maleficent}} Male]][[IncrediblyLamePun FiftyCent]]...

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhVA5p-nd9g These]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ-dFNyt3Ls&feature=related skits]] that diss Music/JaRule's singing. They are also HilariousInHindsight, since 50 has since been accused of the same thing just a few years later.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhVA5p-nd9g These]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ-dFNyt3Ls&feature=related skits]] that diss JaRule's singing. They are also HilariousInHindsight, since 50 has since been accused of the same thing just a few years later.

* HoYay: His relationship with {{Eminem}} is quite close.
** It's not hard to find images of them hanging over each other. Eminem has [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] it.

* SignatureSong: "In Da Club".

** NoProblemWithLicensedGames: However, the follow-up ''[[FiftyCentBloodOnTheSand 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand]]'' was considered [[SurprisinglyImprovedSequel a huge improvement]], with fun gameplay, a solid online co-op mode, great graphics, and [[SoBadItsGood a hilariously stupid plot]].

* DeaderThanDisco: His 2009 album ''Before I Self Destruct'' sold poorer than his previous releases and was pretty much ignored by the media, not to mention his overall mainstream presence has diminished considerably from his mid-2000s peak.

* FirstInstallmentWins: Many fans consider "Get Rich or Die Tryin" to be a [[MagnumOpus classic]].

** It is not hard to find images of them hanging over each other, Eminem has [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] it.

* NeverLiveItDown: When set to released his third album "Curtis" on the same day as KanyeWest's third album "Graduation" in September of 2007, 50 infamously declared that if Kanye outsold him, 50 would retire from rapping. When Kanye's sales easily outdid 50's own, 50 backpedaled from his previous comments, and many hip-hop fans and journalists still mock him over it to this day.
* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: His first game, ''50 Cent: Bulletproof'', was one of the worst-reviewed games of the 2005 holiday season despite strong sales. However, the follow-up ''[[FiftyCentBloodOnTheSand 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand]]'' was considered [[SurprisinglyImprovedSequel a huge improvement]], with fun gameplay, an online co-op mode, great graphics and [[SoBadItsGood a hilariously stupid plot]].

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: The most common critcism is that he's too formulaic. Even outside of his albums he tends to follow the pattern of [[TakeThat taking shots]] at other rappers as a means to gain attention before releasing a new album.

* {{Hatedom}}: When he agreed to do some voice work for ''{{Modern Warfare}} 2'''s multiplayer, a minor wave of FanDumb claimed they'd never buy it.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: His first game, ''50 Cent: Bulletproof'', was one of the worst-reviewed games of the 2005 holiday season despite strong sales. However, the follow-up ''[[FiftyCentBloodOnTheSand 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand]]'' was considered [[SurprisinglyImprovedSequel a huge improvement]], with fun gameplay, an online co-op mode, great graphics and [[SoBadItsGood a hilariously stupid plot]].