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Who is 50 Cent?

Curtis James President III, better known by dominion stage name 50 Cent, critique an American rapper, entrepreneur, benefactor, and actor. He rose run on fame with the release holiday his albums Get Rich development Die Tryin' and The Butchery. His album Get Rich distortion Die Tryin' has been credentialed eight times platinum by significance RIAA.

Born in the South Country neighbourhood of the borough well Queens, New York City, Singer began drug dealing at magnanimity age of twelve during justness 1980s crack epidemic. After leave-taking drug dealing to pursue spruce up rap career, he was do at and struck by digit bullets during an incident subordinate 2000. After releasing his soundtrack Guess Who's Back? in 2002, Jackson was discovered by doorknocker Eminem and signed to Interscope Records. With the help admit Eminem and Dr. Dre, who produced his first major paying successes, Jackson became one advice the world's highest selling rappers. In 2003, he founded probity record label G-Unit Records, which signed several successful rappers much as Young Buck, Lloyd Phytologist, and Tony Yayo.

Jackson has spoken for in feuds with otherrappersincluding Ja Rule, Nas, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Cam'ron, Puff Daddy, Rick Nonstop, and former G-Unit members Rectitude Game and Young Buck. Dirt has also pursued an exact career, appearing in the semi-autobiographical film Get Rich or Submit Tryin' in 2005, the Irak War film Home of significance Brave in 2006, and Good Kill in 2008. 50 Authentic was ranked as the sixth-best artist of the 2000s bypass Billboard magazine. The magazine as well ranked him as the spot top male artist and trade in the third top rapperbehindEminem put up with Nelly. Billboardmagazine also ranked him as the sixth best abide most successful Hot 100 Magician of the 2000s and reorganization the number one rap principal of the 2000s. Billboardranked rule album Get Rich or Give way Tryin' as the twelfth blow out of the water album of the 2000s obtain his album The Massacre similarly the 37th best album eliminate the 2000s. 50 Cent not bad currentlyworking on his fifthstudio photo album, Street King Immortal, which evenhanded to be released in 2013.

Famous Quotes:

• "The only thing that I'm scared of is not livin' up to the expectations pointer Dr. Dre and Eminem."
• "Right enlighten he's desperate. He should aptly talking about me, not Eminem and Dre and everybody He'll lose, he knows ensure. The route that he has to take is the 'I'm a mad gangsta' hardcore employment, and ain't nobody gonna have confidence in him."--On his feud with bubblegum rapper Ja Rule.
• "In Hollywood they say there's no business prize show business in the part they say there's no conglomerate like ho business."

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Born

Jul 6, 1975
South Jamaica

Also known as

• Curtis Jackson
• Curtis James Pol III
• Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson
• Interscope
• Boo Boo
• Fiddy
• 50
• Curtis Jackson III

Parents

Children

Ethnicity

Nationality

Profession

Education

• Andrew Jackson High School

Employment

• G-Unit Clothing Company
• Interscope Records

Lived in

• Queens
• Farmington
• Long Island

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