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"Wanksta" is the second single from the 8 Mile soundtrack. Released in 2002, the single, performed by 50 Cent, reached No. 13, becoming 50 Cent's first Top 20 single and his commercial debut single.
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The song was his first single to chart after signing up with Eminem's & Dr. Dre's labels, Shady/Aftermath. It was a bonus track (track 17) on his 2003 commercial debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin' as well as on his 2002 mixtape No Mercy, No Fear. Eminem also made a remix aimin at Ja Rule and tweeked the beat to sound high pitched.
The song's lyrics are believed to speak against long time nemesis Ja Rule, but 50 Cent disputed this himself in a MuchMusic interview, stating that the song was not directed against Ja Rule, "But Ja Rule is a wanksta".[1] The title is a portmanteau word; wanker + gangsta = Wanksta; a "self-obsessed, show-off person".
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