50 Cent knows hard times. So in these difficult economic days, the artist who debuted with Get Rich Or Die Tryin' is giving something back to his fans by adding a free DVD of a full-length original movie to his fourth major label album, Before I Self Destruct (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope), releasing early 2009.

The album move comes as 50 Cent was rushing to get his album finished for a December release, however it is not complete. With the deadline to secure advertising and retail placement for the album imminent, he decided to move to a date in early 2009.

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The brother of rapper Sticky Fingaz, X1, died in the early hours of Friday in Las Vegas. He was 28. Nevada officials are yet to announce a cause of death, but sources tell music website AllHipHop.com the rapper committed suicide.

The Queens, New York, native recorded with his brother's Onyx group and featured on their 1998 album Shut 'Em Down. X1 also teamed up with 50 Cent in the 1990s to record the duet React.

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