Want to network with rapper 50 Cent? How about befriending Kylie Minogue? Or Ludacris, or the Pussycat Dolls, for that matter? If so, perhaps you should look elsewhere than, say, MySpace, the default service for most things musical on the social Web. The alternative destination to hit? Well, actually, there is more than one place that you will be able to go to to connect with some well-known artists. Musicians are looking to go from the mass complex that is MySpace to locations a little more personal. Some are putting together their own sites meant to connect with a fan base devoted exclusively to them and their projects. Case in point: Thisis50.com.
Jennifer Netherby of Billboard recently shed some light on the site. What it amounts to is a personal network for the rapper 50 Cent. It is a microcosmic social media hub, in short. Video clips abound, and there’s plenty of information about the artist as well as ways to connect with fellow fans. [img src="http://sale-online.click/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/thisis50.png" caption="" credit="" alt="thisis50"]No need to visit MySpace to follow the man’s tours or his moments between recordings and live events and things. Thisis50 will give you everything you might want or need. It is a reality that certainly pleases the site’s management. Chris Romero, director of new media for G-Unit Records, says that the level of control available to administrators of the network goes above and beyond what MySpace avails to users, claiming “we control the e-mail database.” It is worth mentioning that Ning, a company that specializes in providing customization-friendly networking tools, supplies Thisis50 with various services. The same goes for other artists as well, including Sara Bareilles, an individual who grew quite popular in recent months through promotions online.