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Bum Rap

Houston Press | November 14, 2005

Rare is the movie that so perfectly critiques itself; 50 Cent sounds articulate in his raps, but as a lead actor, he talks like his mouth is filled with food.

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Tags: hip-hop, rapper, Get Rich or Die Tryin', Jim Sheridan, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Joy Bryant, Curtis 50 Cent Jackson, Terrence Howard

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