50 Cent, cuyo nombre de nacimiento es Curtis James Jackson III, nació el 6 de julio de 1975 en el barrio de South Jamaica, Queens, Nueva York. Criado por su madre, Sabrina, quien fue traficante de drogas, 50 Cent enfrentó múltiples dificultades desde una temprana edad. Su madre murió cuando él tenía apenas ocho años, dejando a Curtis bajo el cuidado de sus abuelos.
Durante su adolescencia, Jackson cayó en el tráfico de drogas y tuvo numerosos problemas con la ley. Sin embargo, desde joven mostró interés en la música, escribiendo y componiendo sus propios temas.
El camino hacia el estrellato no fue fácil. 50 Cent comenzó su carrera musical en los últimos años de la década de 1990, grabando su primer álbum Power of the Dollar en 2000 para Columbia Records. Sin embargo, el álbum nunca fue lanzado oficialmente debido a un incidente que cambió su vida: 50 Cent recibió nueve disparos en un tiroteo en mayo de 2000. Milagrosamente, sobrevivió y decidió centrarse completamente en su carrera musical.
Tras recuperarse, 50 Cent llamó la atención de Eminem, quien quedó impresionado por su mixtape Guess Who's Back?. Eminem lo presentó a Dr. Dre, y juntos decidieron firmarlo bajo sus sellos discográficos, Shady Records y Aftermath Entertainment.
En 2003, lanzó su álbum debut Get Rich or Die Tryin', el cual fue un éxito
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[DJ Whoo Kid:] {Whooooooooo! }
[50 Cent:]
I need niggas to listen to me 'round and need you close your eyes, right?
And listen to me... And shut up mansion when I'm doin' right here, right?
Okay, I'm in Harlem... And no fo' sho' you don't know it.
Harlem looks like... Okay, so... just imagine is!
Imagine it a Tecs he cap, runs with 15 Tecs we caps in a roll.
But they not yellowcaps!
This saw in the 'Cedes' Benzes.
Okay?
Because... we're now in New York... we're in Harlem.
Okay? Now look a imagine is!
The door opens... at the 5 star hotel. There he is: "It's Lloyd Bank$! "
He's walkin' out... look at him: "Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh! "
The crowd goes wild! "Lloyd Bank$! Lloyd Bank$! Could you sign my ass? "
That's what she says. Right?
And why you look... YOU GOTCHA EYES CLOSE, RIGHT?
It supposed to be a imagine it... okay?
"Lloyd Bank$! Lloyd Bank$! Sign my titties! "
Right? This is what they doin', right?
And... why they goin' crazy? They know this...
OOooh! The other guy... the other guy: "THAT'S 50CENT! OH, MY GOD! " Now: Aaaaaaaooooooohhhhhhh!
The crowd goes wild...
The guys in then... The guys gon': "Yo! Yo, 50 whattup? Yo, yo whattup my nigga? "
And 50's lookin' like: "What the fuck are this groupie ass nigga's doin' around me? "
They understand, I'm like: "What tha fuck? Get the fuck from AROUND ME! Why are bitches runnin'
From Bank$ an' that niggas comin' at me? WHATTA FUCK IS GOIN' ON AROUND HERE? "
Right? So close your eyes motherfucker! Yeah, it's s'pposed to be a imagine it!
So they lookin', right? And they lookin'...
And they see the other guys comin' out now entourage.
And it gon': "Yo! Who the fuck is he? "
Any kept quiet figure out who the fuckin' yearz, because he's just... remember on entourage.
But he has on more fuckin' diamonds than the other guys.
And now you like...
"WHATTA FUCK IS GOIN' ON HEEERE? "
And you thinkin' it: This is a DREAM! Right?
Close your eyes, all right? This s'pposed to be a imagine. All right?
And it, she looks closer... We start to know is...
There everybody hands on down...
So... the city is self you gon'... wait a minute! The milli tell me everybody's rich?
And them yo' city is yo'self...
Damn...
Been down with G-Unit is a dream! Hahahahahahaaaa!
Hahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh!