50 Cent

50 Cent

Biography

50 Cent (born Curtis James Jackson, 6.7.1975)
50 Cent is an American rapper whose albums Get Rich Or Die Tryin' and The Massacre have both achieved multi-platinum status.

Childhood: Curtis Jackson was born in the Queens suburb of New York to Sabrina Jackson, a drug dealer. She died when Curtis was 8, when he was sent to live with his grandparents. Despite a disadvantaged start in life, Curtis Jackson competed in the Junior Olympics as an amateur boxer in the mid-1980's. However, he began dealing drugs during the 1980's crack epidemic, aged 12.)Jackson was arrested in 1994 for selling cocaine to an undercover police officer. He was sentenced to three to nine years in prison but served only six months in an incarceration boot camp.

The nickname '50 Cent' was adopted as a metaphor for change. He took the name from a robber in the 1980s named Kelvin Martin, whose nickname was also 50 Cent.

In 2000, when he had quit dealing to pursue a music career, he was shot nine times.

Musical Career: 50 Cent started out rapping in a friend's basement. When he was introduced to Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC, Jay taught him to count bars, structure songs and record tracks.

Jay produced his first record, though it was never released. In 1999, though, best-selling producers Trackmasters became interested in 50 Cent and signed him to Columbia Records. They recorded 36 songs in two weeks, half of which became the unofficially released album Power of the Dollar (2000). The controversial song 'How To Rob' earned him a support slot on Nas' tour.

50 Cent was then picked up by US rapper Eminem, who introduced him to Dr Dre, (who went on to produce 50 Cent's music) and signed him to Interscope Records, after he heard 50 Cent's debut album, Guess Who's Back?

Helped by Eminem and Dr. Dre, who produced his next album, 50 Cent became on the best-selling rap artists in the world. A new track, 'Wanksta' was included on the soundtrack to Eminem's film, 8 Mile and he also signed to Chris Lighty's Violator Management and Sha Money XL's Money Management Group.

His first commercial album, Get Rich Or Die Tryin' was released in 2003. The album debuted at number one in the Billboard 200 and sold 872,000 in the first four days alone.

Interscope Records granted 50 Cent license to set up his own label, G-Unit Records. G-Unit released tracks by Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo and Young Buck and later, rap veterans Mobb Deep. 50 Cent released his second commercial album in 2005. Entitled The Massacre, it sold 1.4 million copies in the first four days and again reached number one in the Billboard 200.

The third album by 50 Cent, Curtis was released in 2007. The album was said to be inspired by his life before becoming a famous rap artist. It debuted at number two in the Billboard 200 charts and his wealth was recognized by Forbes which placed him second behind Jay-Z in the rap industry.

Personal Life: 50 Cent has been involved in a well-publicised feud with rapper Ja Rule and his label Murder Inc. Records. Engaging in various 'disses' via the medium of their own mixtapes, 50 Cent claimed that the feud began when Ja Rule spotted 50 Cent with a man who had robbed him of his jewellery. Ja Rule, on the other hand, claimed that it stemmed from aa video shoot in Queens, because 50 Cent could not stand Ja Rule getting so much respect from the neighbourhood.

In 2005, 50 Cent went on to start a feud with G-Unit rapper The Game. He felt that The Game was disloyal for refusing to back G-Unit in their dispute with other rappers and was also trying to work with rappers that they were feuding with. 50 Cent dismissed the Game from G-Unit on Hot 97 radio. G-Unit attempted to enter the radio building and one of his associates was shot in the leg during the attempt. They eventually were reconciled, and many fans wondered if the whole debacle was a publicity stunt.

50 Cent now lives in Farrington, Connecticut in the former home of Mike Tyson. His son lives in Long Island with 50 Cent's ex-girlfriend. The Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut declared October 12 2007 "50 Cent Curtis Jackson Day."



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50 Cent Buys 200 Front Row Seat For Ja Rule Gig - Just So They'll Be Empty


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50 Cent has found an innovative way to reignite his nearly twenty year-old feud with fellow rapper Ja Rule, apparently personally purchasing 200 front-row tickets to his gig this weekend - just so that they would be empty.

Never mind that he’s just lined his rival’s pockets by personally handing over probably the best part of $3,000 – the rapper apparently snapped up the first 200 seats at the front of the audience for Ja’s upcoming gig on November 9th in Texas.

“What a show, I mean just f***ing great. Do it again my kid went to the restroom. LOL,” he wrote in the caption, poking fun at Ja Rule.

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50 Cent Mocks Terry Crews Over Sexual Assault


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Rapper 50 Cent decided to mock actor Terry Crews in a now-deleted Instagram post after the ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ star testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights earlier this week.

Crews spoke in Washington D.C. on Tuesday (June 26th) about his alleged sexual assault at the hands of Hollywood executive Adam Venit, who was the head of the motion picture department at the talent agency William Morris Endeavor.

“As I shared my story, I was told over and over that this was not abuse,” Crews had said. “This was just a joke. This was just horseplay. But I can say one man's horseplay is another man's humiliation. And I chose to tell my story and share my experience to stand in solidarity with millions of other survivors around the world. That I know how hard it is to come forward, I know the shame associated with the assault. It happened to me.”

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50 Cent Forgets About Bitcoins, Then Becomes A Millionaire


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Unless you've been living under a rock for the past few months, you will have noticed the internet's new obsession with investing in a cryptocurrency called bitcoin. The reason why is obvious when you look at 50 Cent as an example - he's just been made a millionaire out of it.

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The 42-year-old rapper dropped his last album 'Animal Ambition' back in 2014, and while he only sold 124,000 copies within the year of release, that album has now brought in between $7 million and $8.5 million because he decided to accept a then little known currency called bitcoins for the record.

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50 Cent: It's Easy To Make A Hit Record


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50 Cent thinks it's easy to make a hit record.

The chart-topping rap star is one of the biggest-selling artists in the world, and 50 - who launched his first hit single, 'In Da Club', in 2003 - has insisted that it's not difficult to create a money-spinning record.

He told PEOPLE: ''Simplicity is a big key to hit music. Don't overthink things, just organically see what you feel when the production comes in. Like (the lyric), 'Go shorty, it's your birthday.' It's not rocket science. It's a simple statement.

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Gerard Butler And 50 Cent Embraced The Darkness In Den Of Thieves


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The new thriller Den of Thieves centres on the leader of an elite unit of the Los Angeles County Sheriff taking on a fiendishly inventive bank robbery crew. Gerard Butler and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson play the leaders of the two factions in a cat-and-mouse chase.

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"I read the script for the first time six years ago," says Jackson. "It was unpredictable. I can appreciate heist films, particularly the action, which excites me. But there was more to the characters than just the action.With many other films in this genre, the stories are just about the heist. This was about the relationships."

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50 Cent Says New LP Is 'as Thrilling' As His First


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50 Cent has claimed 'Street King Immortal' is just ''as thrilling'' as his highly acclaimed debut record 'Get Rich or Die Tryin''.

The influential hip hop star is currently working hard on his long awaited sixth studio album - with the 15th anniversary of his first LP ready to be celebrated this year - and he has revealed his confidence in the new tracks.

Speaking to The New York Times about his first batch of new material since 2009's 'Before I Self Destruct', he said: ''Right now I'm in the middle of recording my sixth album ... But it's as thrilling as my first.''

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50 Cent Says He Was Offered $500k By Donald Trump For Campaign Appearance


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Rap star 50 Cent has sensationally claimed that he turned down an offer of $500,000 from Donald Trump to join his presidential campaign last year.

The 42 year old hip-hop veteran, real name Curtis Jackson, was discussing the controversial Trump administration in a radio interview with US station Hot 97 this week when he revealed that he had been offered half a million dollars to make an appearance on the campaign trail for the Republican candidate.

Fiddy told the interviewer Ebro that he believed that the offer was made because Trump wanted to appeal to black voters. Indeed, recent research from the U.S. Census Bureau revealed that the African-American vote declined in 2016 for the first time in two decades.

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50 Cent Lashes Out At Excitable Female Fan In Baltimore


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Fans can be grabby at concerts, that's just the way it goes. But for 50 Cent, it seemed the only appropriate course of action was to lash out at a female who had excitedly seized his hand at a concert in Maryland over the weekend.

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50 Cent was performing alongside New York hip hop collective The Lox at Baltimore Soundstage on Saturday (April 8th 2017) when he decided to get a little fan interaction. According to a video obtained by TMZ, he reached out his hand and a woman grabbed it, throwing him off balance so that he was forced to jump off the stage.

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50 Cent - Friars Club honors Martin Scorsese with Entertainment Icon Award at Cipriani Wall Street at Cipriani Wall Street - New York City, United States - Wednesday 21st September 2016

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50 Cent Angrily Slammed For Mocking Janitor With Social Anxiety Disorder At Airport


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Rapper 50 Cent has provoked outrage online after he posted a video online in which he poked fun at an airport janitor for being high on drugs, when in fact he suffers from severe social anxiety.

50 Cent, real name Curtis Jackson, posted a video to his Instagram – which he has since deleted – in which he can be heard insulting the cleaner at Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky airport, who is pushing a trolley as he walks past ignoring the rapper as he asks his name, taunting him for looking like he was “high”.

“Look at him, look at him, what kind of s*** do you think he took before he got to work today," Jackson says, pointing his phone camera at Farrell. "He is high as a motherf***** right here in the airport. Pupils dilated and everything. The new generation is f***ing crazy!”

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50 Cent Calls Meek Mill "A Special Kind Of Stupid" Over His Feuds


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Meek Mill’s war of words with 50 Cent has been reignited with a vengeance, with the latter describing Meek as a “special kind of stupid” during a new radio interview in response to the troubled rapper’s diss at him in his track ‘Gave ‘Em Hope’ last month.

Fiddy became embroiled in Meek’s well-publicised feud with Drake in July last year, and has continued to poke fun at the young rapper, who was recently sentenced to 90 days’ house arrest for violating his parole in relation to a 2009 drugs & guns case.

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50 Cent , Curtis Jackson - Curtis Jackson, better known as 50 Cent, arrives at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) - Los Angeles, California, United States - Friday 8th January 2016

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Curtis Jackson /50 Cent/ - 2015 Cantor Fitzgerald Charity Day - Arrivals - New York, United States - Friday 11th September 2015

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Curtis Jackson /50 Cent/ - 2015 Cantor Fitzgerald Charity Day - Arrivals - Manhattan, New York, United States - Saturday 12th September 2015

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50 Cent , Curtis James Jackson III - 50 Cent signs his Studio Mastered Sound Headphones by Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson at Adorama in New York City - Manhattan, New York, United States - Thursday 10th September 2015

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50 Cent

50 Cent

Date of birth

6th July, 1973

Occupation

Musician

Sex

Male

Height

1.83




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