50 CENT STEPS DOWN FROM JAY-Z CHART BATTLE

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Rapper 50 Cent has backed down from a September (09) chart battle with hip-hop superstar Jay-Z - he's pushed back the release of his new album by two weeks.

The In Da Club hitmaker was rumoured to be dropping his upcoming disc Before I Self Destruct on the same day as Jay-Z's highly-anticipated Blueprint 3 on 11 September (09).However, 50 Cent has postponed his project and it will now hit stores Stateside on 29 September (09), putting an end to reports of a clash.The G-Unit frontman has previously gone head-to-head with another artist on Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Records, Kanye West.The pair released albums on the same date in 2007, but 50 was left licking his wounds when he emerged the loser. West's Graduation outsold Curtis by an estimated 266,000 copies in the U.S. to snag the number one spot, while the Stronger star also came out on top in the U.K.