Film
What's on at the cinema plus reviews of the latest movie and DVD releases
In Da Hollywood Club
50 Cent's gangsta lifestyle has made him one of the most written about rappers around - now he's in a semi-autobiographical script.
Sep 23 2004
50 Cent's gangsta lifestyle and controversial lyrics have made him one of the most written about rappers around - so it comes as no surprise that aspects of his life have now made it on to the pages of the semi-autobiographical film script Locked and Loaded – and what's more, he's bagged the starring role.
In short, 50 Cent's early history could be simply described as: parental death and abandonment, hustling, drugs, crimes, prison, stabbings and shootings - all before he'd released an album.
In 2000, as Columbia was about to release his debut album 'Power of the Dollar', a hitman shot him nine times - miraculously he survived. But when Columbia heard the news, they shelved the album.
Everything changed when he signed to Eminem's label Aftermath and his track 'Wanksta' featured on the '8 Mile' soundtrack. The album 'Get Rich Quick or Die Trying', which sold a record-breaking 872,000 units in just five days, followed this.
So what's the plot? Drug dealer turns rapper? Yep.
Considering 50 Cent seems to get shot at on a regular basis it might be wise for the co-producers, MTV Films and Paramount, to start working on a CGI version of the rapper in case he’s not around to finish the shoot - just a thought.
Most popular on this site
Top Stories
Ang Lee talks 'Taking Woodstock'
Ang Lee talks to Tom Huddleston about his tale of the men behind history’s greatest music festival
Hippies who work for The Man
To celebrate George Clooney comedy 'The Men who Stare at Goats', we look back at six memorable onscreen hippies who fought the system from within
Roland Emmerich's guide to disaster movies
Ahead of the release of '2012', Roland Emmerich offers his ten tips on creating the perfect global catastrophe
Grant Heslov: interview
Grant Heslov, director of 'The Men who Stare at Goats' talks about his old pal George Clooney, his interest in the paranormal, and his fond memories of working on 'Happy Days'
The Coen brothers discuss 'A Serious Man'
Masters of contrary comedy, Joel and Ethan Coen have struck gold again with their latest, ‘A Serious Man’
Ten inspirations behind 'Avatar'?
Time Out ponders the influences behind James Cameron's anticipated space-opera on the basis of the trailer
Michael Haneke: The man behind the menace
From Cannes to Munich to London, Dave Calhoun tours Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or winner, 'The White Ribbon'
How Jane Campion brought John Keats back to life
Time Out gets Romantic with the ‘difficult’ New Zealander about her new film, 'Bright Star'
Time Out's 50 greatest animated films with commentary by Terry Gilliam
In celebration of the release of Pixar's 'Up' and Wes Anderson's 'Fantastic Mr Fox', read our rundown of fifty classic feature length animations











What do you think?
Post your comment now