Rapper 50 Cent bused a group of kids and their chaperones to Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey Saturday afternoon (Aug 29). Here are a few pics of him posing with some of the kids backstage before his concert in front of the invite-only crowd. In between songs, the Jamaica Queens, NY born and raised rapper thanked everyone for coming out to the Vitaminwater sponsored event.

“I want to thank everyone for getting on the buses and coming out,” 50 stated. “I was trying to do something good. When I was small Great Adventures (Six Flags) was a big thing to me. So I wanted to make sure I brought kids so they could have that same experience.”

The next day, 50 wanted to host a concert in his hometown for “family day,” but the City of New York nixed the plans due to safety concerns. The Six Flags show, however, went on without a hitch and 50 plans to make the benefit an annual event.

Album push-backs are so common now-a-days! Rapper 50 Cent announced on his website that the release date for his upcoming fourth studio album, Before I Self Destruct, has been pushed back to the first week of November. He blames Eminem’s album and the ever-changing music industry, among other things, for the constant set-backs.

“I had the time make it and remake it,” he said. “I didn’t have that [kind of time] on my other projects. I was limited, just because the system was in a state of confusion with things changing. The music business itself changed. It was periods of time I felt I was ready and it wasn’t a possibility for me to release the record at that point. Then the Eminem train came running down the track — I had to get out of the way to let Eminem’s record come out. Because he had been off for two years, it made sense for me to let him come out first. My new album, it should be out early November. The first week of November.

Mr. Jackson is also planning to transport locals in his old Southside Jamaica Queens neighborhood via 30 buses to Six Flags Great Adventures in New Jersey this Saturday for a concert.

Below is a list of the top 20 new artists that emerged this decade. These artists have sold the most albums and as sales in the music industry have been decreasing, artists who emerged early in the decade stood a better chance. Sales peaked in 2000 and have been on the decline since 2004. So below are the names of the top 20, accompanied by the total number of albums the artist has sold as of this week, the year of their debut, the title of their best selling album, and their rank on the Nielsen/SoundScan running list of the 200 best selling artists in its history, which includes Nelly, 50 Cent, Alicia Keys, Beyonce, Kelly Clarkson, Pink and more!

1. Linkin Park – 21,223,000
Debut: 2000
Best Selling Album: Hybrid Theory
Top 200 rank: #52

2. Nelly – 21,215,000
Debut: 2000
Best Selling Album: Country Grammar
Top 200 rank: #53

3. Nickelback – 19,414,000
Debut: 2000
Best Selling Album: All The Right Reasons
Top 200 rank: #63

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Rapper Jay-Z unsurprisingly ranked Number 1 on Forbes’ Hip-Hop Cash Kings List 2009 with fellow hip hop stars Diddy, Kanye West, 50 Cent and Akon rounding out the top 5. Now, 50 is promising that he will top the list next year:

“I’m on deck,” 50 said in an interview. “I’m loaded. Call me ‘four’ this year, and then you call me ‘one’ next year, because I’m really preparing for my cycle. They’re fine…What kind of person would be upset at what position they fall when they’re on the Forbes list. That person would be a complete idiot.”

SOURCE: XXL

It is rumored that 50 will be releasing his new album on September 11th, the same day Jay-Z will release Blueprint 3. Who do you think will come on top with their album release? We say Jay-Z!

Popular financial gurus Forbes has released yet another list. Their previous list featured Beyonce perched at the top, earning a staggering $87 million in one 12-month period. And now her husband, rapper Jay-Z, is sitting at the top of the “Hip-Hop Cash Kings List,” earning an estimated $35 million over the past 12 months. A far cry from the $82 million he pulled in last year, but still pretty damn good, especially in a recession.

Fellow NY rapper Diddy came in right behind Hov with $30 million in the bank, with Chicago rapper Kanye West following behind with $25 million. Continue reading to see who made the top 10!

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Get a load of your boy 50 Cent clowning around (literally) in his latest music video, “Ok, You’re Right.” This track comes straight from the rapper’s upcoming fourth album, Before I Self Destruct, due in stores September 8th. Continue reading for the video!

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Rapper 50 Cent, who goes by Curtis Jackson when he’s in his “actor” mode, stopped for a pic on the set of HBO’s Entourage Friday (Jun 12) with Doug Ellin (left – series creator) and Adrien Grenier (right – actor). 50 was filming a few scenes for the popular premium cable network’s series, which will air sometime in August. Continue reading for more pics!

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Ciara waved at photographers Saturday as she had lunch with a friend at Rouge Tomate Saturday afternoon in New York City.

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Check out these new photos of 50 Cent getting his acting on as “Curtis Jackson” with Chase Crawford on the set of Twelve in Manhattan’s Upper East Side Monday afternoon in New York. According to IMDB, Twelve is about a young drug dealer who watches as his high-rolling life is dismantled in the wake of his cousin’s murder, which sees his best friend arrested for the crime.

No word on who Curtis will be playing in the flick but if we had to guess, we’d say he’s the drug dealer guy. But we could be wrong. Dead wrong. He could be playing some inspirational or prolific role like a detective … or a police officer. Who knows?

Continue reading for a couple more photos and a sneak of Zoe Kravitz on the set.

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All the real rappers were in the A performing at the Swagga Like Us Show. But since 50 Cent isn’t a real rapper, he opted to perform at Day 2 of the 2009 Bamboozle Left concert series Sunday night in Laguna Hills, California. Blah … he’s not welcome here anyway.

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