Before I Self Destruct (film)

Before I Self Destruct is a 2009 American crime drama film starring Curtis Jackson, who also served as writer, director, producer and executive producer that is included with his fourth studio album of the same name. It was released on November 23, 2009 when the album was released 14 days earlier.

Plot

The film is about Clarence Jenkins (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson), who lives with his mom and his gifted brother Shocka (Elijah "Strong-E" Williams). Clarence loves basketball and had dreamed on making the pros in the championship. However, due to breaking his knee in the end, his basketball career ended before it begins. Basically, he has no way to earn a living and ends up working in a supermarket where he longs after pretty girls that he feels are beyond his reach as a stock person, where he also checks out a woman named Princess (Sasha Delvalle).

After his mother, Donna Jenkins (Kar) was accidentally shot and killed by a gunman named Tiny (Shorty Red) in a drive-by shooting when she was leaving a local bodega, Clarence has no idea what he can do to take care of his brother and prevent him from going into foster care when he got fired from his job, after getting caught for stealing a can of cookies that was caught on camera. He is stuck trying to find a way to take care of Shocka, who had already been accepted to all eight Ivy League universities.

Before I Self Destruct

Before I Self Destruct is the fourth studio album by American rapper 50 Cent, released November 9, 2009 on Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records in the United States. It is his final solo release with Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records excluding a "greatest hits" album. A feature film, also titled Before I Self Destruct was also made, and is available within the album packaging. The Invitation Tour took place in promotion of the album and his then upcoming studio album Black Magic, which has since been shelved.

Background

Initially, Before I Self Destruct was planned to be 50 Cent's 2007 album, for which he confirmed he had already completed twelve songs. However, he decided to release Curtis instead, and thus Before I Self Destruct's release date was originally pushed back to 2008. In a red carpet interview 50 Cent stated that while he was working on the album, he wrote, produced, and directed his first film saying that the release of the film would coincide with the release of the album. Though a tracklist appeared in early January 2009, 50 Cent later stated he reworked much of the album. Another track stated to be on the album, though not officially confirmed as a single, entitled "Crime Wave" was released in late October 2009.