50 Cent has surprisingly went from "Most Hated" to "Most Anticipated" to "Most Celebrated". You may remember him from 1999's single, "How to Rob an Industry N", where he jokingly talked about robbing many famous artists like Mariah Carey (who was on his label, Columbia) while ribbing them at the same time. Not many artists found that funny, the song turned into a gimmick and soon he was dropped from Columbia (maybe it wasn't a good idea to sing about robbing your labelmates???). During his downtime, he made many foes, including Jay-Z (in 1999's "It's Hot", Jigga rapped, "I'm about the dollar/WTF is 50 Cent?"), and I think that he's even been shot more times than 2Pac. But after Eminem picked 50 up and signed him to his Shady Records label, and 50 dropping "Wanksta" and a few underground albums with his crew, the "GGGgggg-uuuUnit!", the streets embraced him and anticipation was at an all-time high.