New York rapper and mogul 50 Cent recently announced the launching of a new record label, GNote Records.
According to 50 Cent, the first artist on the new label is Phoenix, Arizona rapper Hot Rod.

“@officialhotrod is the first artist of G NOTE he gonna do his numbers watch,” 50 Cent Tweeted.

At press time, it is not clear what company will handle distribution of GNote and Hot Rod’s debut project.

VIBE spoke with the label’s flagship artist Hot Rod about how the deal came to fruition.
“50 sat us all down—me, Spyder Loc… everyone. He told us straight up, ‘You got to make yourselves hot. I can’t just be doing everything.’ He wanted to see what we could do independently. This was back in ’07. G-Note has been established, but we just didn’t go public until now. The whole plan was to put out ‘Dance With Me’ as the first single on G-Note. I’ve been touring worldwide since 2007 and hit over 20 countries on my own. All the influences from the road, that’s what really took me into this new lane”.

In August of 2010, 50 Cent’s G-Unit ended its deal with Interscope Records and signed a new distribution deal with EMI Records. The first release under that deal was Lloyd Banks’ critically acclaimed album H.F.M.2 (Hunger For More 2). In addition to Hot Rod’s album on GNote, Tony Yayo’s album is slated to be distributed through G-Unit/EMI in 2011 as well.

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