50 Cent brings forward album release

Rapper 50 Cent is rushing his album Massacre to stores five days early, after it was leaked onto the internet on Monday.

The anticipated album was originally scheduled for release on February 15, before being pushed back to March 8, but it will now hit stores on March 3 following the leak.

The track causing the most stir since the album hit the black market has been the highly anticipated track Piggy Bank, in which 50 Cent takes verbal jabs at fellow rappers Fat Joe, Nas, Jadakiss, Ja Rule and Shyne.

MTV reports that Lwan Back rapper Fat Joe has vowed to hit back on his album, All Or Nothing, which is also due on March 3.