Rapper 50 Cent has launched a new book imprint called G-Unit Books, in partnership with MTV/Pocket Books.

The new books follow Fiddy’s memoirs released as a collaboration with MTV/Pocketbooks, From Pieces To Weight: Once Upon A Time In Southside Queens.
He told allhiphop.com: “Last year, my memoirs, From Pieces to Weight, marked the beginning. Now, I’m rounding up some of the top writers, same way I rounded up some of the top rappers in the game, to form G-Unit and take this series to the top of the literary world.”



“The stories in the G-Unit series are the kinds of dramas me and my crew have been dealing with our entire lives: death, deceit, double-crosses, ultimate loyalty, and total betrayal.
It’s about our life

on the streets and no one knows it better than us. Not to mention, when it comes to delivering authentic gritty urban stories of the high and low life, our audience expects the best.”

Fiddy further explained why he chose to start a book imprint:

“It’s about our life on the streets and no one knows it better than us. You know I don’t do anything halfway, and I’m going to take this street lit thing to a entire other level. Are you ready?”

The three new books from the imprint are: Nikki Turner’s Death Before Dishonor; K. Elliott’s The Ski Minquire Way; and Noire’s Baby Brother. So, will gangsta lit sell? Do gangstas read books? Simon and Schuster is banking on it.

Original post by ReadersRead.com Book Blog