50 Cent 'moves album release forward'

50 Cent has brought forward the release date of his new album Before I Self Destruct after the record leaked online last week.

Although the disc has faced repeated delays this year, the rapper has now moved its release closer by one week.

"I'm pushing the record up; it'll be out on the 16th," he told US radio station Shade 45. "I'm expecting it to do good because of the response I've heard on the web.

"I feel good that it was leaked in its entirety, in sequence. So people can hear my vision."

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