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50 cent and sneakers

The 26-year-old, from Queens in New York, is the face of the companies new G-Unit Collection G6, apparently "inspired by the court with clean 50 Cent flavour".

"Clean" somewhat ignores the rapper's bullet-ridden reputation, although Reebok refuses to see their latest star shot down, choosing instead to ride on the back of his enormous popularity around the world as an artist.

Born Curtis Jackson, 50 Cent claims to have been shot nine times and has found himself caught up in various other violent altercations between the notoriously violent rap fraternities that exist in the US.

But Reebok's faith was justified when the shoes practically walked themselves off the shelves after their launch in the US.

The fact h...

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