Ghetto Qu'ran (Forgive Me)

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Name = Ghetto Qu'ran (Forgive Me)


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Artist = 50 Cent
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Album = Power of the Dollar
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track_no = 8
Recorded = 1999
Genre = Hip hop
Length = 04:35
Writer = C. Jackson
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Label = Trackmasters/Columbia/Sony
Producer = Trackmasters
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prev = "As the World Turns"
prev_no = 7
next = "Da Repercussions"
next_no = 9"Ghetto Qu'ran (Forgive Me)" is a song by 50 Cent from his unreleased, Columbia Records debut album "Power of the Dollar". The song was leaked in early 2000 and garnered the attention of many within the underworld of drug dealing. The song mentions drug dealers from the 1980s in his neighborhood of South Jamaica, Queens.

"Ghetto Qu'ran" uses a sample from Diana Ross' and Marvin Gaye's duet, "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)". [www.undergroundhiphop.com: [http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/store/detail.asp?UPC=SB9819LP 50 Cent - 'The 50 Collection Vol. 1 (Original Samples)'] . Accessed March 29 2008.]

Aftermath

The song garnered relatively little radio play, but became controversial because of the dangerous content it portrayed, despite its soft production. There was some speculation that the song itself caused the May 2000 attempt on 50 Cent's life in which he was shot nine times.Touré (April 3 2003). [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939379/the_life_of_a_hunted_man/1 The Life of a Hunted Man] . "Rolling Stone". Accessed July 6 2007.]

It is also rumored that the song, and the following music industry blacklisting of 50 Cent by Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff and his associates, led to the murder of Run DMC's Jam Master Jay, who defied the blacklisting by taking the young 50 Cent under his wing, introducing him to the music industry. According to an affidavit by IRS agent Francis Mace, law enforcement officials believed that the shooting in 2000 was in retaliation for the lyrics of the song. [Teather, David (September 8 2005). [http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1564919,00.html US investigators uncovered plot to kill rapper 50 Cent] . "The Guardian". Accessed July 6 2007.]

Ghetto Qu'ran served as a basis for 50 Cent's rivals (mainly Ja Rule, Irv Gotti and the Murder Inc. music group, whom he was feuding with at the time) to use against him, labeling him a snitch. Nevertheless, the song is noted by many critics, as it portrayed the hustlers in an almost iconic stature to the masses (50 Cent even stated that it hurt him that "Fat Cat" snitched on "Pap [py] "). 50 Cent mentioned in a AllHipHop.com interview [Berrios, Martin A. (June 27 2007). [http://allhiphop.com/blogs/features/archive/2007/06/27/18191339.aspx Streets is Watching: 50 Cent Part Two] . "AllHipHop". Accessed July 6 2007.] that everybody mentioned in the song appreciated it and McGriff even told him that he loved the song. He also talked about how Nas' record "Get Down" from the album "God's Son" similarly mentions names, but few people consider anything wrong with it.

The song was later added onto his 2002 compilation album "Guess Who's Back?".

The chorus to this song was sampled on Proof's solo CD "Searching for Jerry Garcia" on the song called "Forgive Me".

References

External links

* [http://www.50cent.com/ 50 Cent's official website]