According to a press release just out, Rapper 50 Cent, announced today the upcoming launch of the 50InDa.Club web site in association with .CLUB Domains, the company formed to own and operate the new “.CLUB” generic top-level domain (gTLD).
50 Cent will be officially launching the page and appearing live at the invitation-only launch party for the new .CLUB domain name extension in Manhattan on May 22, 2014.
50 Cent maybe best known for his No. 1 Billboard hit “In Da Club” and on the brink of releasing his new album early next month “Animal Ambition,”
“As I prepare to launch `Animal Ambition’ on June 3 and my new drama `Power’ on Starz, the timing was right to give my fans a central web location to stay on top of all my latest news and social updates,” said Curtis `50 Cent’ Jackson. “I like to stay on the cutting edge, and 50inda.club represents the new wave of Internet names that actually mean something to me and my fans.”
50 Cent will be the featured guest at the .CLUB Domains and 50InDa.Club official launch event on May 22nd, celebrating the General Availability of one of the top new domain name extensions to come to market, and the only one to have absolute global recognition and appeal.
.CLUB went live on May 7th with more than 32,000 domain names sold in the first 24 hours, making it the #1 debut of any new generic domain within moments of its public release.
“50 Cent is a perfect fit for .CLUB because he truly understands brand recognition and the power and passion of being part of a community – a club,” said Colin Campbell, CEO of .CLUB Domains. “We’re pumped up to see the 50inda.club website and especially excited to have 50 Cent join us to help kick off our launch at our party in New York. Now everyone can be In Da .Club!”
Early registrations by companies and individuals who have obtained their very own “yourname.club” Web address, include high-profile sports teams, auto manufacturers, major consumer and luxury brands, private clubs, fan clubs, hobbyists, and many more. Sales of “premium” .CLUB names have already exceeded $500,000 in the early weeks of availability.
.CLUB domain names are available now for under $15.00/year from major Domain Name sellers everywhere, such as GoDaddy, Hexonet, 101 Domain, 1and1, United Domains, and more. To get your own .CLUB domain name, visit your favorite registrar today or click here to find a complete list of .CLUB registrars from www.nic.club.
About 50 Cent
50 Cent, born Curtis James Jackson III, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, investor and actor from Queens, New York. He rose to fame with the release of his 2003 album Get Rich or Die Tryin’, which has sold more than 8 million copies. The Grammy Award winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide and has been awarded numerous accolades including 13 Billboard Music Awards, six World Music Awards, three American Music Awards and four BET Awards, to name a few. He was ranked as the #1 rap artist and most successful Hot 100 Artist of the 2000s by Billboard Magazine, as well as that decade’s sixth-best artist and fourth top male artists of that decade. 50 Cent’s fifth studio album, Animal Ambition features collaborations with Trey Songz, Yo Gotti, Jadakiss, Styles P and more. On March 18, 2014 the first two songs and videos from Animal Ambition were released and each week following an additional song and video have become available continuing through the album’s release date of June 3,2014. A special deluxe version of Animal Ambition featuring a lenticular album cover will be available exclusively at Best Buy on June 3rd as well. The highly anticipated Street King Immortal album will follow in fall 2014.
What began as music chart dominance for the rap music phenomenon quickly transformed to success in corporate America as a multi-tiered business mogul to be reckoned with. 50 Cent has also carved out a successful and acclaimed career as an actor, appearing in more than 21 films including “Frozen Ground” with Nicolas Cage and John Cusack and “The Tomb” starring Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. He recently wrapped filming on “The Prince” with Bruce Willis and John Cusack and has begun filming “Spy” with Melissa McCarthy and Jude Law. He is currently serving as executive producer and has a reoccurring role on the highly anticipated series “Power” set to air on Starz on June 7, 2014. Recognized as one of the most talented and prolific music artists of his time, 50 Cent has managed to leverage his star power into record breaking brand extensions encompassing a broad spectrum of businesses including artist management, film production, footwear and apparel, fragrance, video games, publishing, headphones and health drinks and supplements.
looks like some domainer registered the .com
50 to dumb to register both .club and .com
Why would they register .com, it is supposedly dead no?
“50 Cent will be officially launching the page and appearing live at the invitation-only launch party for the new .CLUB domain name extension in Manhattan on May 22, 2014.”
50 cent does nothing for free. Do you really think he chose a .club because he thinks its a great extension. It’s all about the money just curious what he’s getting paid to promote this extension.
Probably a lot more than GoDaddy paid the “Puppets By Gwen” lady to be their Superbowl spokesperson.
Of course he got paid. Not sure how that makes a difference. I’m sure it’s a great deal for both parties.
I’m looking fwd to the launch party. It’s going to be a great time.
“Rapper 50 Cent Picks A .Club Domain To Launch His Fan Site: 50inDa.Club”
Of course it makes a difference. The story creates the hype like he chose this extension but he got paid to choose this extension. Big difference.
Not sure how it makes a difference if he got paid?
Hip hop is about fads that come, and go, you think his followers care about domain names? It matters because if he actually thought it was a good idea he would push it more, like vitamin water which he had ownership in.
Looks like you care more about the party than the extension, which case you would be in the 99 percentile with the others riding the party wave. Just like .xyz, anyone is afraid to ask the real questions, more concerned about not getting an invite. Truth me told… Club has 37,843 registrations … Even 40,000 is a stretch
@Braden, it makes a difference because its just another promo. Not a real user.
The point is that Vitamin Water did well based, in part, on his involvement. Did his fans care that he received 10% for his involvement? I doubt it they knew or cared. Same for .club. His involvement will provide exposure for .club. His fans won’t be asking how much he was paid before they visit his site.
here is how this sorta new gTLD argument goes:
registry does nothing and domainer says: they’re not promoting good enough.
registry promotes certain ways and domainer says: no fair, they’re spending money on promoting. its not real!
Both could happen simultaneously.
So the consensus is fiddy cents thinks a .club is relevant I’m into the gangsta rap scene, so I need a .club soe and my homies can kick it online like fifty cents. You are not giving America’s youth any credit, they are the smarter generation that bounce of websites, just like the same users will be bouncing off the .com of this name.
The fact he received a percentage he was out there hustling it when he was relevant, he is not such a big deal anymore as you may think.
This reminds me of the Justin Timberlake deal with MySpace, and the impact it had on reviving Myspace’s fortunes……(i.e. non-impact).
why not 50cent.club ?
50 is a business man. This is a business move. It has nothing to do with providing web space for his fans. He already has a dot com
site.
Richard nailed it. He isn’t really relevant anymore. The shelf life of most rappers isnt very long. Fiddy knew this a long time ago and did things to set himself up for tv, movies, books, racing/cars, sports supplements, etc. Smart.
Maybe he’ll get a dot Rich domain. Get.rich, there you go.
I want to see Pitbull.Miami.
Tom
You might get your wish
Richard
I’ll let him know what you think.
If you care to share your phone number maybe he will give you a call.
Berkens you really think 50 cents wants to up his street cred by hanging out with the .club crew, sign the cheque, and lets see how long he stays until he blows it for a real party. I am sorry for being skeptical but I will agree to disagree since your a paid consultant to .club, being impartial is hard to do. How many .clubs did you register care to share?
I did not think very catchy name! Prefer 50cent.club.
Richard
I actually meet him about 10 years ago he was staying at the same hotel Judi, I and Bandit we’re staying, he seemed like an Ok guy and took a minute to pet the dog.
Don’t know what the .club/50 cent deal is, actually didn’t find out about it until today when I got the PR.
Although we are here to consult with they don’t run everything buy us.
I actually placed the domain name inthe.club on the reserved .club reminded of them that today which is a domain I also like better
Richard
Also 50 is way beyond street cred and being a rapper he is an actor and has made more on his share of vitamin water than selling music.
He is a pretty sharp guy and the east coast/west coast beef is old and cold.
Its a different world Dr. Dre, Pharrell, Sean Combs, Jay Z and the list goes on and on, these guys are businessmen expanding their interested financial and otherwise well beyond just as writers producers and artists.
“Don’t worry if I write rhymes I write checks”
Bad Boys for Life
Sony already has 50cent.com
He already has a central location for fans at thisis50.com
And he hasn’t had a hit in awhile, low point of popularity.
He did good with the water, the headphones trying to mimic Dr. Dre. not so much
50 cent made the majority of his wealth from the sale of Vitamin Water. His take was 100 million. He tried to follow Dr Dre in the headphone market. 50 got involved with a headphone maker but decided instead of investing in the company that he would make an exact copy of those headphones. Judge last month awarded that 50 cent has to pay the headphone maker 16 million in damages.
…..meanwhile Dr. Dre is busy depositing his 2.3Billion check in the bank. Thanks Apple.
Dr. Dre’s story is incredible. When they said straight outta Compton they weren’t kidding. Imagine growing up in Compton with nothing and now being a billionaire. A real rags to riches story.
Dre is another business man, but also makes me wonder the impact Shug Knight passing had on him. But yes, its a great story. Most these guys…Dre, 50, Ice Tea, Cube, etc all saw the writing on the way long before Nas said “hip hop is dead” and got their affairs in order to plant the seeds of tv, movies, clothing, etc. Very smart.
It’s stories like this, young kids need to read about and model after. Dre took the advantage of consumer demand, technology and created a sound business/product. More stories like this and less stories about race, gender orientation and wealth hating please. Oh and more tv shows like Shark Tank.
@Ramahn,
Knight is very much alive.
Suge Knight
Record Producer
Marion Hugh “Suge” Knight, Jr. is the founder and CEO of Black Kapital Records and co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records. Death Row Records rose to dominate the rap charts after Dr. Dre’s breakthrough album The Chronic in 1992. Wikipedia
Born: April 19, 1965 (age 49), Lynwood, CA
Height: 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
See Wikipedia
He delivers an Oscar worthy performance in Last Vegas.
I was thinking pac and Knight was behind it (as a l
….as a lot of people believe). So Freudian slip I guess. But thanks. Was trying to make a much bigger point tho.
@Ramahn
I hear ya.
Not a Problem at all, my approach to blog comments is designed to catch the wrongs, the mistakes, and the Freudian slips.