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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[2 sniffles]
[Intro 1:]
[whispering] Quiet, quiet!
You hear that? [beat starts]
[Intro 2:]
The fuck son?
I'm tellin' you man!
You gotta watch these niggaz, man! {DAMN! }
[Chorus:]
I'm PARANOID! - Bitch I can't sleep!
Niggaz tryna get me; man gimme my heat!
Put one under my pillow! - One under my seat!
Niggaz lookin' at me like I'm somethin' to eat! {50CENT! }
[Verse 1:]
We thought the coke and the dope'll help us escape poverty
When that didn't work we resorted to armed robbery.
Yeah, I done it but I ain't the one they say did it
Before my first verse my Benz had been kitted!
I'm so hood! - That's what the bitches like about me!
She bob and weave she up and down she suck the life up out me. [scream]
I tell you about my regimen, I'm blowin' stacks stuntin'
The coldest shit I'm on it kid I blow a nigga frontin'! [scratches] {BRING IT BACK! }
[Intro 2:]
The fuck son?
I'm tellin' you man! [gunshot]
You gotta watch these niggaz, man! {"FOREVER KING"! } [gunshot]
[Chorus:]
I'm PARANOID! - Bitch I can't sleep!
Niggaz tryna get me; man gimme my heat!
Put one under my pillow! - One under my seat!
Niggaz lookin' at me like I'm somethin' to eat! {DAMN! } [gunshot]
[Verse 1:]
We thought the coke and the dope'll help us escape poverty
When that didn't work we resorted to armed robbery.
Yeah, I done it but I ain't the one they say did it
Before my first verse my Benz had been kitted! {COME ON! }
I'm so hood! - That's what the bitches like about me!
She bob and weave she up and down she suck the life up out me. [scream]
I tell you about my regimen, I'm blowin' stacks stuntin'
The coldest shit I'm on it kid I blow a nigga frontin'! [blast]
I'm dirty, yeah! I do that dirt I'm down to put that work in
I kick that door to get them bricks that Eagle get to chirpin'. [gunshot] {Whooo! }
See the beam and your hit! - Nigga leakin' yeah!
Screamin' and shit! [scream] - Man shut the fuck up! {DAMN! }
[Chorus:]
I'm PARANOID! - Bitch I can't sleep!
Niggaz tryna get me; man gimme my heat! [Tarzan shouts]
Put one under my pillow! - One under my seat! {CAN'T FORGET... }
Niggaz lookin' at me like I'm somethin' to eat! {ROGER! } [gunshot]
I'm PARANOID! - Bitch I can't sleep!
Niggaz tryna get me; man gimme my heat!
Put one under my pillow! - One under my seat! {Whoooooooooooooooooooooo Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid! }
Niggaz lookin' at me like I'm somethin' to eat!
[Verse 2:]
I had a dream niggaz got me
Woke up and niggaz shot me! [gunshot] - I ain't slept in three days! [gunshot]
My eyes red! - Somethin' wrong with my head
The Mack stashed right under the pillow on my bed! {DAMN! }
It's not hot! - Why the fuck am I sweatin'?
My heart beatin'! - I'm buggin'! - I reckon! [scream]
Bitch don't move! - It's dark, I might panic;
Jus' sit still! - I mean it - goddamn it! [gunshot]
My back against the world! - Fuck the world, I kill 'em all
Ain't a nigga too big or too small! [blast]
Chop 'em down watch 'em fall! - Watch 'em bleed watch 'em crawl!
Watch 'em bleed till they gone!
[Chorus:]
I'm PARANOID! - Bitch I can't sleep!
Niggaz tryna get me; man gimme my heat! [gunshot]
Put one under my pillow! - One under my seat!
Niggaz lookin' at me like I'm somethin' to eat! {"THISIS50.COM"! }
I'm PARANOID! - Bitch I can't sleep!
Niggaz tryna get me; man gimme my heat!
Put one under my pillow! - One under my seat!
Niggaz lookin' at me like I'm somethin' to eat!
[Bridge:]
I'm PARANOID! [gunshot] {DAMN! }
I can't even fuckin' sleep!
I'm PARANOID! [gunshot]
Bitch quit playin' hand me my heat!
I'm PARANOID! [gunshot]
I can't even rest my head!
I'm PARANOID! [gunshot]
I'm finna leave me a nigga dead! [kids ovation]
[Outro:]
WHAT? !
NIGGAZ AIN'T FUCKIN' WITH ME!
I WISH A NIGGA WOULD! {HAHA! }
I been takin' it easy on these niggazm mayne!
I been easy on 'em mayne!
I'm a TURN IT UP NOW! [4 gunshots] {DAMN! }
YEEEAH! [rewind]