Outlaw

Album: single release only (2011)
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Songfacts®:

  • This is the first promotional single by American rapper 50 Cent from his fifth studio album. The song features production from hip-hop producer Cardiak of Lloyd Banks' "Start It Up" fame and was officially released as a digital download on July 19, 2011.
  • The song was released after 50 Cent revealed on Twitter that he and his label Interscope Records were having creative differences on how to roll out the album. 50 took matters into his own hands and released the song himself on his website Thisis50.com. After the song entered the US Billboard Hot 100 at #87 the rapper tweeted that the song's success had encouraged his label to push the album.

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