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The Bailout Rap comes to YouTube

Posted Feb 4th 2009 6:30PM by Zac Bissonnette (RSS feed)
Filed under: Comic Relief

There have already been quite a few music videos about the financial meltdown, but this is definitely one of the better ones. The vocals are a little weak but the beat is strong and the lyrics are very, very tight. It's clear that this song was written by someone with a strong knowledge of the issues.

The chorus "Check yourself before you wreck yourself. Bailing out bankers is bad for our wealth!" is a little bit Vanilla Ice -- or is it "Vanilla Swap" (for all the finance geeks out there).

Watch the video and send it to your friends.

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Money Winners of 2007: 50 Cent parlays H2O into serious dough

Posted Dec 15th 2007 5:10PM by Beth Gaston Moon (RSS feed)
Filed under: Coca-Cola (KO), Rich in America, Entrepreneurs

Rapper 50 Cent In 2005, hip-hop star 50 Cent (née Curtis Jackson) appeared in a loosely autobiographical film, Get Rich or Die Tryin'. Two years prior, the Eminem protégé had released his debut album of the same name. The album was a critical and commercial success; the same can't be said for the movie. Either way, while nine bullets legendarily attempted to fell Jackson in his youth, it's safe to say 50 has achieved his goal of impressive wealth. In September, "Fiddy" appeared second on Forbes list of "Hip-Hop Cash Kings," banking $32 million in 2006 alone.

In May 2007, Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) purchased a little company called Glaceau, which makes Vitaminwater. The soft-drink giant's $4.2 billion cash and stock purchase translated into a payout of $400 million for 50 Cent, who held a sizable stake in the brand (his estimated profit after taxes was around $100 million). Other 50 Cent projects include the G-Unit record label, a clothing line, a sneaker line through the Reebok brand, ring tones, and video games -- to name only a few.

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