From Pieces to Weight: Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens.From Pieces to Weight: Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens by 50 Cent MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. Books, August 2005 $23, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-743-48644-7 Before America was sold the music of rapper 50 Cent (nee Curtis James Jackson III), they were sold the brutal backstory back·sto·ry n. 1. The experiences of a character or the circumstances of an event that occur before the action or narrative of a literary, cinematic, or dramatic work: he tells of his life. So one wouldn't expect to find anything fresh or insightful in his memoir, From Pieces to Weight. In this autobiography, 50 rehashes the story told in numerous magazine features of his growing up in the house of his grandparents grandparents npl → abuelos mpl grandparents grand npl → grands-parents mpl grandparents grand npl , and then getting bit with entrepreneurial ambitions in the rap game. Surprisingly, the exceptional moments of 50's story aren't in the lurid details, but in the wit and introspection. With an intellectually observant voice, no doubt aided by the book's ghostwriter ghost·writ·er n. One who writes for and gives credit of authorship to another. Noun 1. ghostwriter - a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else ghost , music journalist Kris Ex, 50 makes his memoir socially relevant, weaving it around a supporting cast whose lives, like his, are being swallowed by urban decay and drugs. After reading about the dealers and neigh borhood kingpins who teach 50 about "flawed business" models and increasing one's "revenue base," the reader can't help but think about the wasted mathematical brilfiance of these individuals, as well as 50 himself. Regrettably, though, this sentiment is lost toward the end of the book, as 50 makes the transition to hustling rap lyrics. The discussion of his journey toward hip-hop flame and wealth gets bogged down in explaining the much-publicized tiff he had with rapper Ja Rule and his view that everyone, from the media to the police, has a misguided view of 50. While this memoir makes a notable attempt at offering an honest look at Curtis Jackson, you may still be left wondering about the man behind 50 Cent. --Reviewed by Marcus Reeves Marcus Reeves is a Brooklyn-based writer. He is currently writing his first book, Somebody Scream! Rap Music's Rise in the Aftershock af·ter·shock n. 1. A quake of lesser magnitude, usually one of a series, following a large earthquake in the same area. 2. of Black Power (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). 
This book is a very well written book. When I first checked out the book I thought that I was just going to here about the gangs and the raps. Though it was much more than that it said a lot about his child hood and stories. Also it was an interesting style of writing it was formal but it was an interesting formal. That’s not what I expected. It also is a great book to learn from. He has his good times and his bad. One thing the author should do is tone down the profanity. It made the book less interesting. The writing style also helped you understand what tone he was writing. Like when parts were funny you laughed when there were dramatic you were sad. The book was a very good book in my perspective. i think for me it was a bit higher lever for my reading but i still liked it. i would recomend this book to older audiences, but still anyone can read it. I hope this helped, Thanks!
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