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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[Intro: The Game, Snoop Dogg & WC]
Another West Coast classic (Yeah)
(Hit 'em up)
S-N double O-P (Hit 'em up, hit 'em up)
And Dub-C (Sizzle)
And yours truly
Yeah
[Chorus: Snoop Dogg & 50 Cent]
I'm fly like an eagle
Live my life so illegal
We go right at your people
See no evil, I
We do or die (Give it to me baby)
[Verse 1: Snoop Dogg]
When will you niggas ever learn (Learn)
That time is money, and money get your ass burned
Learn from the niggas that did it before I had a chance
You know the ones with the Chucks and the khaki pants
Usеd to tell me all the timе "Bang, lil man"
Took your advice, now my life is a paradise
Havin' it, ghetto fabulous, established since 1992
[Chorus: Snoop Dogg]
I'm fly like an eagle
Live my life so illegal
We go right at your people
See no evil, I
We do or die
I'm fly like an eagle
Live my life so illegal
We go right at your people
See no evil, I
We do or die
[Verse 2: The Game]
Straight out the mothafuckin' county jail with my blues on
G-Unit shoes on, baby momma on the way, jump in the Regal, throw Snoop on
Back to the hood to get my mothafuckin' gin and my juice on
It ain't been too long 'cause Dub still got spinners on the 'Lac
And half on the dub sack
If you smokin' then hit it and pass it to the left
If you ain't got nuttin' on it homie you smokin' stress
Niggas see me and wanna bang they hood
I don't know why when half you niggas is scared of Suge
Nigga I put it down for my mothafuckin' hood with my niggas Dub-C and Snoop Eastwood
I'm surrounded by legends, Westcoast rap veterans and we bangin' Tha Pound and Westside Connection
'64 Chevy when I wheelie off the block
It's still 187 on a mothafuckin' cop
[Chorus: Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent & WC]
I'm fly like an eagle
Live my life so illegal
We go right at your people
See no evil, I
We do or die
I'm fly like an eagle
Live my life so illegal
We go right at your people
See no evil, I
We do or die (Yeah)(Give it to me baby)
[Verse 3: Lloyd Banks]
Yea, yea, yeah
It's gotta be something about the way I'm dressing or the way I move that get's 'em bent over stretching anyway I choose
5 O'Clock in the morning alarm clock on snooze
Wake up exchange a number that I'm not gon' use
A tricks the only reason that she got on shoes
But I stick to the hot dog and popcorn rules
Dedicated to the game, I'm not gon' lose
I'm gettin' change so I got more jewels
You know what its like to cruise through the avenue? (Huh?)
Go shoppin' and have a hundred niggas mad at you? (Huh?)
Stalkers knockin' at ya door cause I had a few (Huh?)
Leave the stage with a crowd of bitches grabbin' you (Yea)
Probably not, I got a angel who won't say a curse (Uh huh)
A rap [?] always beggin' me to say a verse
It don't really matter the way I say it, it works
First I play in ya shirt then I play around in ya purse (Yea)
Yea
[Chorus: Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent & WC]
Fly like an eagle
Live my life so illegal
We go right at your people
See no evil, I
We do or die
I'm fly like an eagle
Live my life so illegal
We go right at your people
See no evil, I
We do or die (Yeah)(Give it to me baby)
[Verse 4: WC]
Follow me, it's time, nees let the hogs eat
Dub-sizzle, Dogg Pound and Black Wall Street
Three niggas ready to ride, get bandanas in pocket
And we keep the party jumpin' like draulics
Gangsta shit, I was raised off that, off 'Gnac and go back like suade golf hats (Neeeah)
I don't spit fire, I spit terror, from the Loco Jams army of this sport, so we in the gangbang era
Ain't no other identical, I'm one of the most original (Uh) with this gun and pencil when I bang South Central (Hit 'em up)
I represent Swang, I don't rep no coast 'cause niggas ain't willin' to die like I'll die for most
I'm ten years plus in the game and ain't fallen off my hustle and I keep a fresh pair of busta knuckles
Dub-C bitch, I been rich and still ride in the Regal (Ching ching) and I'm fly as a mothafuckin' eagle
Neeeah
[Outro: WC]
That's it right there
Black Wall Street, Swang
Dogg Pound!
Worldwide baby