: 50 Cent fought to keep "21 Questions" on the album after Dr. Dre initially deemed it too "sappy" for a gangsta persona. 50 argued that showcasing both the "hustler" and the "human" was a necessity for survival.
Refusing to be blackballed, he returned to the underground, flooding the streets with high-quality mixtapes like Guess Who's Back? . This relentless hustle caught the attention of get rich or 50 cent