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: 50 Cent]
Six minutes, six minutes
Six minutes, 50, I'm on
Six minutes, six minutes
Six minutes, CB, you're on
[Chorus: Chris Brown]
Put your lighters up, put your lighters up
Put your lighters up, put your lighters up
Put your lighters up, put your lighters up
Put your lighters up, put your lighters up
Put your hands in the air right now
[Verse 1: 50 Cent]
We collar poppin', b-b-bottle poppin'
We gettin' it poppin' tonight
Nigga, we done did a lil' shoppin'
All the hoes is watchin' 'cause we rockin' errthing delight
I told 'em put 'em up
Them hands go up when I'm around
I put it down, there's nothin' like that gangster sound
Y'all niggas know what's up
We ballin' like it's overtime
And everything is on the line
We hustle, got a crazy grind
Championship shine
Rolls-Royce bitch shine
VVS clean
Clean like my bitch
Crossover on my team
C-c-cross me
It's over, man, I mean
It's a wrap, that's that
[Pre-Chorus: Chris Brown]
We poppin' bottles in the club and (Hey!)
Look at the ladies all up on us now (Ah!)
Could give a fuck about a hater (Ah!)
Countin' all this paper (Ah! Ah!)
Tell the DJ to play it back now (Ah! Ah!)
Come, girl, if you lonely (Ah!)
And you know you wanna whine with me, girl (Oh!)
And move your hips and sway (Oh!)
Pull up, pull up, DJ (Oh!)
Put your lighters in the air right now (Boom!)
[Chorus: Chris Brown]
Put your lighters up, put your lighters up
Put your lighters up, put your lighters up
Put your lighters up, put your lighters up
Put your lighters up, put your lighters up
Put your hands in the air right now
[Verse 2: 50 Cent]
Now we gon' ball, we gon' ball 'til the sun burn out
Put a bitch on a bitch 'til they all turned out
All I do is this, all I, all I do is this
Pop tags, got swag, rock Louis shit
I blow big bread, yeah, when a nigga ball
You think I might have made investments in the mall
Unstoppable, the feds got the wires
'Cause fillin' the melody hotter than lead from a Glock
The tops of floor, match the door, money long
Countin' through loose counts, start over, this is don
Shit at its finest, this tracks is for mines
This the Unit, Shady, Aftermath's behind us
[Pre-Chorus: Chris Brown]
We poppin' bottles in the club and (Hey!)
Look at the ladies all up on us now (Ah!)
Could give a fuck about a hater (Ah!)
Countin' all this paper (Ah! Ah!)
Tell the DJ to play it back now (Ah! Ah!)
Come, girl, if you lonely (Ah!)
And you know you wanna whine with me, girl (Oh!)
And move your hips and sway (Oh!)
Pull up, pull up, DJ (Oh!)
Put your lighters in the air right now (Boom!)
[Chorus: Chris Brown]
Put your lighters up, put your lighters up
Put your lighters up, put your lighters up
Put your lighters up, put your lighters up
Put your lighters up, put your lighters up
Put your hands in the air right now