THE BEST OF 50 CENT CONTEST GIVEAWAY BY GENIUS

OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. MAKING A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. The Best of 50 Cent Contest Giveaway (the “Giveaway”) is sponsored by Genius Media Group, Inc., having an address at 92 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231(“Sponsor”).

ELIGIBILITY:
Subject to these Official Rules, the Giveaway, only those who are at least 18 years old as of the date of entry and who have a Genius account (or who open a Genius account) in good standing by Genius’ determination. Employees of Sponsor, Universal Music Group (“UMG”), and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising and promotion agencies and any other entity involved in the development or administration of the Giveaway (collectively, the “Giveaway Entities”), and their immediate family members or household members are not eligible to participate in or win the Giveaway. Participation in the Giveaway constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. THE GIVEAWAY IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW OR WHERE BONDING, REGISTRATION, OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE REQUIRED BUT HAVE NOT BEEN MET, OR WHERE THE METHODS OF ENTRY SET FORTH BELOW WOULD BE DEEMED CONSIDERATION. ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS APPLY.

ENTRY PERIOD:
The Giveaway begins at approximately 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (“EST”) on March 27, 2017, and ends at 11:59 PM EST on April 2, 2017 (“Entry Period”).

HOW TO ENTER:
• No purchase or payment is necessary to participate in the Giveaway.
• During the Entry Period, participants will need an account on Genius.com. If they do not have one, they will need to sign up here.
• The person(s) with the most IQ earned on the Best of 50 Cent album between now and the end of the contest will win.
• All Genius IQ earned on Best of 50 Cent counts—annotating, editing metadata, accepting, rejecting, deleting, and receiving IQ from upvotes.
• Contributors (non editors/moderators) will have their end scores (not literal IQ) boosted by 30 percent because they don’t have as many IQ earning opportunities as other users.

By submitting an entry, you agree that you are providing your information to Sponsor. Any information provided by you or collected by Sponsor in connection with the Giveaway may be used by Sponsor in accordance with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy https://genius.com/static/privacy_policy and may be shared with Sponsor’s affiliated business entities and the Giveaway Entities. All information submitted to Sponsor as part of an entry becomes the property of the Sponsor.

Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify and/or suspend any participant it determines is acting in bad faith, is caught adding/re-adding metadata to get more IQ will be disqualified and have their account suspended. Any editor/moderator abusing their powers in any way will be disqualified and be stripped of their role(s). Only IQ earned on the songs on the Best of 50 Cent album counts.


Sponsor expressly reserves the right to disqualify any entries that it believes in good faith are generated by an automated means or scripts. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means are void.

PRIZES AND PRIZE RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS:
Four (4) prizes will be awarded as follows:
• 1st Place: Vinyl copy of 50 Cent’s new greatest hits album Best of 50 Cent, Get Rich or Die Tryin, ‘The Massacre’ and ‘Before I Self Destruct'
• 2nd Place: Vinyl copy of 50 Cent’s new greatest hits album Best of 50 Cent, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, and The Massacre.
• 3rd Place: Vinyl copy of 50 Cent’s new greatest hits album Best of 50 Cent, and Get Rich or Die Tryin.
• 4th – 10th place: Vinyl copy of 50 Cent’s new greatest hits album Best of 50 Cent

In no event shall the Sponsor be obligated to award any prizes other than the Prizes specified in these Official Rules. The Prizes are non-transferable and no substitutions (including, without limitation, for cash) are permitted, except that Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater monetary value for any Prize if such Prize should become unavailable for any reason. Each Winner shall be responsible and liable for all federal, state and local taxes on the value of his or her Prize, and any related duties or custom fees. If shipping a prize to a participant is determined to be an unusual burden to the Sponsor, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to distribute the prize to another participant or have the participant be responsible for shipping and handling charges. The Giveaway Entities are not responsible for failed, partial or garbled computer transmissions, or for technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to electronic malfunction or damage of any network, hardware or software and for typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of the Giveaway, including but not limited to: human errors, errors in the advertising, these Official Rules, selection and announcement of the Winners and distribution of the Prizes. Sponsor shall be solely responsible for Prize fulfillment. If due to a printing, production or other error, more Prizes are claimed than are intended to be awarded for any Prize per the above, the intended Prizes will be awarded in a random drawing from among all verified and validated prize claims received. In no event will more than the stated number of Prizes be awarded. THE PRIZES IS AWARDED “AS IS” AND SPONSOR DOES NOT MAKE ANY, AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND REGARDING THE PRIZE(S).

PRIZE SELECTION:
Prizes will be determined by the number of IQ points earned by each participants. Sponsor has the right to determine the number of points earned and determine prize distribution in the event of a tie. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of a potential winner, the potential winner will be deemed to be the person in whose name the email address is associated with the username on Genius.com.

The Giveaway will be conducted under the supervision of the Sponsor. The decisions of the Sponsor are final and binding in all matters relating to the Giveaway. Each Winner must claim his/her Prize within five (5) business days after the date of notification of such Prize. A winner's failure to respond to the Prize notification within the specified five (5) business days will be considered such winner's forfeiture of the Prize and an alternate winner may be selected from the pool of eligible entries. If an entrant is found to be ineligible, an alternate winner may also be selected from the pool of eligible entries.

GENERAL CONDITIONS AND RELEASES:
By entering the Giveaway or accepting a Prize, you agree to conform to all federal, state and local laws and regulations. When applicable, each Winner may be required to execute and return (and winning may be conditioned upon the winner executing and returning) to Sponsor, within ten (10) business days, an Affidavit of Eligibility and a Liability and Publicity Release drafted by Sponsor to be eligible for the Prize, or an alternate winner will be selected. Each Winner may be required in Sponsor’s sole discretion to complete relevant tax forms as a condition to the delivery of the applicable prize. Each Winner may also be required to furnish proof of identity, address and birth date in order to receive a Prize.
Unless prohibited by applicable law, your acceptance of a Prize constitutes your permission to use your name, photograph, likeness, voice, address (city and state) and testimonials in any and all media, in perpetuity, in any manner Sponsor deems appropriate for publicity purposes without any compensation to such entrant or any review or approval rights, notifications, or permissions; and constitutes your consent to disclose your personally identifiable information to third parties (including, without limitation, placing the winner’s name on a winner’s list).

An entrant or winner may be disqualified from the Giveaway if he or she fails to comply with each provision of these Official Rules, as determined in the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Participation in the Giveaway is at entrants’ own risk. Giveaway Entities shall not be liable for: (1) failed, returned or misdirected notifications based on inaccurate information provided by the winner in connection with an entry; (2) entries and responses to winner notifications which are lost, late, incomplete, illegible, unintelligible, postage-due, misdirected, damaged or otherwise not received by the intended recipient in whole or in part or for computer or technical error of any kind; (3) any electronic miscommunications or failures, technical hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions which may limit an entrant's ability to participate in the Giveaway; (4) any technical malfunctions of the telephone network, computer on-line system, computer equipment, software, program malfunctions or other failures, delayed computer transactions or network connections that are human, mechanical or technical in nature, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrant's or any other person's computer or mobile device related to or resulting from the Giveaway; (5) any typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of the Giveaway, including but not limited to: errors in the advertising, Official Rules, selection and announcement of the winners and distribution of the Prize(s); (6) any warranty with respect to any Prize or any component thereof.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE HEREIN OR OTHERWISE, GIVEAWAY ENTITIES AND/OR THEIR VENDORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE OR OBLIGATED WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT OR UNDER CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY FOR (A) ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF REVENUE, GOODWILL, OR ANTICIPATED PROFITS), (B) DATA LOSS OR COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, (C) ANY MATTER BEYOND SUCH PARTIES’ REASONABLE CONTROL AND/OR ANY MONETARY AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF THE ESTIMATED RETAIL VALUE OF THE PRIZE.
By entering the Giveaway, you agree to and hereby do release and hold harmless the Giveaway Entities and their directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents, and representatives from any damage, injury, death, loss, claim, action, demand, or other liability (collectively, “Claims”) that may arise from your acceptance, possession and/or use of any Prize or your participation in the Giveaway, or from any misuse or malfunction of any Prize awarded, regardless of whether such Claims, or knowledge of the facts constituting such Claims, exist at the time of entry or arise at any time thereafter. Any person attempting to defraud the Giveaway Entities or in any way tamper with the Giveaway may be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Sponsor reserves the right to modify these Official Rules in any way or at any time. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend the Giveaway should viruses, bugs or other causes beyond its control corrupt the administration, security or proper operation of the Giveaway. In the event of cancellation or suspension, Sponsor shall promptly post a notice on Sponsor’s website to such effect. The Giveaway shall be governed by New York law, without regard to conflicts of laws provisions. By participating in the Giveaway, you agree that any dispute or litigation arising from or relating to the Giveaway, excluding only Claims arising from or related to Genius or UMG intellectual property, shall be determined by binding arbitration only in New York, NY, by and under the Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures of JAMS, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Sponsor may seek equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction. If any provision of these Official Rules is held to be illegal or unenforceable, such provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these Official Rules otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable.

RULES & WINNERS’ LIST:
To receive a complete list of winners or a copy of the Official Rules, within six (6) months after the end of the Entry Period, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to The Best of 50 Cent Contest Giveway, Genius Media Group, Inc., 92 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231.