Ahhh the mainstream media. Gotta love how they twit twist things up! Today's NY Times front page article about Twitter and celebrity usage and specifically 50 Cent's usage of it is a clear example of blunt force reporting in an age where the truth is nothing but a google search away. 50 cent is one of the most prolific writers in music history and has the awards to prove it, and needs no ghost writers.

No, he does not walk around twittering to all his industry pals all day. Instead, his 200,000 followers are fed the most recent updates from thisis50.com, 50s news and entertainment community, which boasts almost half a million profiles, serves millions of unique users a month, and is one of the biggest websites on the planet.


The quote referenced came from my twitter feed, @broadwayallday. 50 has always been one of the realest individuals in the entertainment game, and there is no exception here. I did not and do not write in "50's voice," and its not our policy to try to fool our fan community by doing so. The quote is directly from 50, from an as yet unreleased interview that we shot that day. I found the quote inspirational, and posted, in full quotes, on MY twitter, and it was re tweeted from 50s account by our new media manager, Corentin. As of now, there is no back and forth interaction between 50 and other twitter followers, and anyone that knows how twitter works can plainly see it. It’s a point of release for thisis50.com and 50 related news.

50 cent is a business, as is thisis50.com. At thisis50.com, we use twitter for our own purposes, and we have never been limited by technology's expectations of how we should utilize it. I challenge the entertainment community as a whole to stop buzzword surfing and get to the point of what your goals are, then find or mold available technologies to suit your purposes. Our goal was to build the coolest site to hang out on and get your daily fix of entertainment and information. What's yours?

From using electricity in the park from lamp posts, PA systems, turntables, and a mic, drum machines and sampling, to today's mixtape game and out of control myspace pages, and yes, thisis50.com, hip hop has always used technology for its own purposes. We won't stop now!!

-B

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Ms. Mimi Comment by Ms. Mimi on March 29, 2009 at 2:49am
Very well said!
Apple Comment by Apple on March 28, 2009 at 1:42am
Very nice Broadway! So uhmmm 50 Cent is that you? Okay kidding! Sometimes we can make the most simple and common sense things to be so complicated.

Glad I stopped by to read and to check out your network!
broadwayallday Comment by broadwayallday on March 27, 2009 at 10:02pm
thanks coretta... the article was kinda out of nowhere there's a lot of interesting responses on the NY times comments section as well. its strange seeing mainstream media making such an awkward reach at technology, we still have a way to go for technology and entertainment "get it right," but we're on our way
Coretta Comment by Coretta on March 27, 2009 at 9:26pm
Hmmm...we must be running out of things in the news to report. There's got to be news on someone's local corner for this reporter to occupy him/herself with. Outstanding response though Broadway. It is all business and anyone too blind to see that apparently isn't about his or her own business.
Autumn Joi Comment by Autumn Joi on March 27, 2009 at 3:46pm
Very good point B-Way! At this point, we have bigger fish to fry and more important things to worry about on thisis50.com.. But ur still the man ;-)
GOON FET'EM Comment by GOON FET'EM on March 27, 2009 at 3:18pm
Broadway!!!!! wut up family??? hope all is well man!!!

GOON


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Miss Vanity Pink Comment by Miss Vanity Pink on March 27, 2009 at 2:18pm
Point taken, this was nicely written. In the world of Google, things can easily be available to be misconstrued into complete and utter stupidity. The half-ass reporting that all your favorite gossip sites, shows and colums do is a dissaster in the industry, you spit it and they spin it....... Go Figure

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