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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[Kurtis Blow, "The Breaks"]
Clap your hands everybody
If you got what it takes
'Cause I'm Kurtis Blow and I want you to know
That these are the breaks
[Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, "The Message"]
Don't push me 'cause I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to lose my head (ha-HA-HA-HA)
It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from going under
[N.W.A, "Express Yourself"]
Express yourself
I'm expressing with my full capabilities
And now I'm living in correctional facilities
[Public Enemy, "Bring The Noise"]
Bass! How low can you go?
Death row, what a brother knows
[Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, "It Takes Two"]
I wanna rock right now
I'm Rob Bass and I came to get down
I'm not internationally known
But I'm known to rock a microphone
So let's go, go!
(Sing it Jimmy!)
It takes two to make a thing go right!
It takes two to make it out--
[Salt 'n' Pepa, "Push It"]
Yo, yo, yo baby pop baby-pop
Yeah, you come here, give me a kiss
Better make it fast or else I'm gonna get pissed
Now push it
Ah, push it
Push it good
Ah, push it
Push it real good
[Vanilla Ice, "Ice Ice Baby"]
All right, stop
[Black Sheep, "The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)"]
Engine, engine, number 9
On the New York transit line
If my train falls off the track
Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up
[Cypress Hill, "Insane in the Brain"]
Insane in the membrane
Insane in the brain
Insane in the membrane
Crazy, insane, got no brain
(Break it down
Oh, put your hands up! Put your hands up!)
[DJ Kool, "Let Me Clear My Throat"]
Let me clear my throat! Oh!
Have mercy baby! I hope you don't mind! Aha-aha
[DMX, "Party Up (Up in Here)"]
Whooo! Y'all gonna make me lose my mind up in here, up in here!
Y'all gonna make me go all out!
Up in here! Up in here! Oh!
[Nelly, "Hot in Herre"]
It's getting hot in here (So hot!)
So take off all your clothes
I am getting so hot
I'm gonna take my clothes off
[50 Cent, "In Da Club"]
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, shawty
It's your birthday
We're gonna party like it's ya birthday
We're gonna sip Bacardi like it's your birthday
And you know we don't really care, it's not your birthday
[Outkast, "Hey Ya!"]
My baby don't mess around
Because she loves me so
And this I know for sho
Hey Ya! Hey Ya!
[Lil Wayne, "A Milli"]
A milli, a milli, a milli, a milli
A-a-a milli, a milli, a milli
[DJ Khaled, "All I Do Is Win"]
All I do is win, win, win, no matter what
Got money on my mind I can't ever get enough
And every time I step up in the building everybody's hands go up
[Cali Swag District, "Teach Me How to Dougie"]
Teach me how to dougie
Teach me, teach me how to dougie
All the girls love me
All the, all the the girls love me
All the girls love me
You ain't messing with my dougie
[Rick Ross, "B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)"]
(Oh! Here's a hip hop tune you know)
I think I'm Big Meech, Larry Hoover
Whipping work, hallelujah
(Jimmy! Jimmy! Jimmy, stop!
Why do you always do that?)
[Biz Markie, "Just a Friend"]
Have you ever met a girl that you tried to date
But a year to make love she wanted you to wait?
Let me tell you a story about my situation
I was talking to this girl from the U.S. Nation
You, you got what I need
But you say he's just a friend
But you say he's just a friend
Oh baby, you, you got what I need (Everybody!)
But you say he's just a friend
But you say he's just a friend
You, you got what I need
But you say he's just a friend
But you say he's just a friend
Oh baby, you, you got what I need
But you say he's just a friend
But you say he's just a friend
[Kurtis Blow, "The Breaks"]
Clap your hands everybody if you got what it takes
(Justin: Cause I'm Justin
Jimmy: I'm Jimmy!
And we want you to know)
That these are the breaks