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50 Cent: I'll Quit if Outsold by Kanye West (VIA FOX NEWS)

50 Cent believes his new album will outsell Kanye West's upcoming disc, and he's betting his solo career on it. Both 50 Cent and West have albums due out Sept. 11. 50 Cent, who has sold better than West, has been riled by forecasts that sales of West's "Graduation" could rival those for his "Curtis" CD.

I wonder... Years from now, when our bones have long since turned to dust, will people look back on 9/11 and shake their heads, remembering it as the day... the day that 50 Cent retired?

What will we tell our children next year, I wonder, when the anniversary of 9/11 comes up and they start asking questions about 50 Cent? Will the First Lady tell us not to watch TV that day? Will news shows decide not to air footage of 50's videos?

If Kanye is indeed responsible for the tragedy of 9/11... will the President vow to hunt him down, whatever the cost? Or will he try, only to make a link to his own pet war? (Look out, Dixie Chicks!)