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Wikipedia article




"'Many Men (Wish Death)'" is a song by American rapper 50 Cent, from his debut studio album 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003). The song samples "Out of the Picture" by Tavares and was produced by Darrell "Digga" Branch, Eminem and Luis Resto.

Music video



The video was directed by Jessy Tererro and produced by Jill Hardin and Darrell "Digga" Branch. The song's music video is about 50 Cent's shooting from May 24, 2000, when he was shot 9 times in Queens, New York, United States. Mekhi Phifer appears in the video as 50's hitman. Adam Rodriguez and Rory Cochrane, both stars of 'CSI: Miami' at the time of production, appear as detectives. Gabriel Casseus appears as a person who is allied with the person that shoots 50 Cent. Tommy Lister appears as one of 50 Cent's associates. G-Unit members Lloyd Banks and Young Buck make cameo appearances.

Commercial performance



The song peaked at number 11 on the US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles. On June 14, 2006, "Many Men (Wish Death)" was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for selling 500,000 copies in the United States of America.

Legacy



American rapper Pop Smoke interpolated the song on his 2020 track, "Got It on Me", and producer Metro Boomin sampled the song on his and 21 Savage's 2020 track, "Many Men".

Vietnamese American writer Ocean Vuong repeatedly references the song in his novel 'On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous'. As Vuong explained in an interview, "50 Cents song was ubiquitous in the early aughts, where so much of this book takes place. It also marked the last era of gangsta rap, whose cultural framework provided men and boys a means of performing masculinity while also reducing it to erroneous tropes of misogyny and violence."

Charts



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Certifications



References



Category:50 Cent songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Eminem

Category:Songs written by 50 Cent

Category:Songs written by Luis Resto (musician)

Category:2003 songs

Category:2003 singles

Category:Shady Records singles

Category:Aftermath Entertainment singles

Category:Interscope Records singles

Category:Universal Music Group singles

Category:Gangsta rap songs

Category:Songs written by Keni St. Lewis


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