Curtis James Jackson III (50 cent)

Queens Curtis Jackson III grew up in the South Jamaica neighborhood, in New York City. He grew up without a father, and his mother, Sabrina, gave birth to his 15-year-old. Sabrina proposed a cocaine dealer, to Jackson until 8 years old when she was murdered in 1983. Twenty-three, when she fell into a coma after someone drugged her drink. She left after the gas in her apartment open and close the windows shut. After her death, Jackson moved into his home with his grandparents, aunts and uncles. He recalls, "My grandmother told me, 'Your mother's not home, she will not come back to pick you up you will stay with us." At this time, I began to adjust to the streets a little bit ".

50 points in a friend's basement, his rap turntables recorded instrumental music. In 1996, a friend introduced him to Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC organizing his label Jam Master Jay. Jay taught him how to count bars, write the chorus, the structure of the song, and how to make a record. 50 Cent's first official appearance in the one entitled "Response Group agate their 1998 album Close them down. He believes Jam Master Jay, who helped him to improve their ability to write a hook. Jay 50 cents first album, but it has never been published. Left Jam Master Jay in 1999 platinum sales producers Trackmasters 50 cents notice and signed him to Columbia Records. They sent his studio in upstate New York, where he was within two weeks of the 36 songs. Released album, his unofficial power, the U.S. dollar in 2000, is included in the eighteen. He also began Hollow Point Entertainment with former G-unit subsidiary Pradesh EM triazolam no longer exist.

May 24, 2000, 50% of the gunmen attacked, allegedly Ouyang "Hommo" Baum, the former home of his grandmother, Queens South Jamaica. He went into a friend's car, but was asked to return to the house jewelry. His son in the house, while his grandmother was in the front yard. In return the back seat of the car, near another car stopped. An attacker, and then went to 50 Cent's left side with a 9mm pistol, opened nine shots at close range. Hand he was shot nine times: (a bullet hit his right thumb and his little finger out), arms, hips, legs, chest, left cheek. Face wound, swelling of the tongue, the loss of the wisdom teeth, and a small slander his voice. His friend also suffered gunshot wounds of the hand. They were driven out of the 50 cents it took ten days to the hospital for examination. Baum was killed, the alleged shooter, after three weeks. Baum is also Mike Tyson's close friend and bodyguard.

In February 2003, 50 released his commercial debut album Die Tryin "All Music Guide described as" probably the most hyped debut album of rap artist of the Decade "album of the Rolling Stones"50 points" "dark synthetic groove, a lively keyboard and sustained fashion rebound unruffled, laid-back flow" production added that its debut in the first four days of the number one of the Billboard 200 album chart, selling 872,000 copies.the first single, "big club", "tweeter, funky organs, guitar riffs and sparse slap shot," the source pointed out, broke a billboard record, heard most of the songs in the history of radio in one weekwithin.50 points already established himself in a variety of areas. With Reebok in November 2003, he signed a five-year contract, the distribution of the "G Unit shoes" part of the line, his G-Unit clothing company. He provided the voice-over of the protagonist in the video game, 50 Cent: Bulletproof, which is for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and PlayStation Portable released. Its sequel, 50: Blood Sand, released in early 2009. He has worked with Glac automatically create a vitamin water beverage type 50. In 2007, Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola purchased Glac? Gold for $ 4.1 billion dollars. Forbes estimated at 50 cents, who owns shares of the company for $ 1 million after-tax gain from the deal. Him right back teamed up to launch a body spray called Pure 50 RGX Body Spray and a the magic wand condom condom plan in his part of the proceeds donated to HIV awareness. 50 cents has signed a multi-year agreement, with Steiner Sports to sell his memorabilia.Jackson began a reality TV show at the MTV entitled 50 points: money and power; winners won a $ 100,000 investment in Jackson. The winner's name is Ryan Mayberry.