New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Interscope Records) The new single is currently featured in the trailer for Sony Pictures' upcoming film, the Anton Fuqua-directed "The Equalizer," out
September 26th. Viewers got a sneak peak of the track when a trailer for the film was released on August 15. "
Guts Over Fear" will run during the closing credits of the film.
Shady Records was founded in 1999 by Eminem, the biggest-selling artist in hip-hop history, and his manager Paul Rosenberg. The first artist signed, D12, hit double platinum and #1 with their debut album, Devil's Night. 2002 saw the soundtrack album to 8 Mile open with a #1 berth on the charts and sell quadruple platinum, with "
Lose Yourself" becoming the first hip-hop song to win an Academy Award (Best Original Song). Shady artist
50 Cent then debuted with the #1 Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003), an eight times platinum smash and the fastest-selling debut in history.
Shady Reccords continued its streak with 50 Cent's next release, the #1 and five times platinum The
Massacre (2005) plus the platinum Curtis (2007) and gold Before I Self Destruct (2009). D12 peaked at #1 again with the double platinum D12 World (2004). Next came the various artists disc
Eminem Presents: The Re-Up (2006) earned #2 and platinum. The label also found success with Obie Trice's gold Cheers (2003). Most recently, Shady Records has brought to the forefront
Bad Meets Evil (2011's Hell: The Sequel went #1 and gold),
Yelawolf (2011's Radioactive), and supergroup
Slaughterhouse (2012's #2-charting Welcome to: Our House). New albums from
Yelawolf and
Slaughterhouse are coming soon.