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]
(Ah!) Ha, aaow!
(Ah!) Ha, aaow!
[Verse 1]
Ah, you can look at them comin' out the walls
You can look at them climbin' out the bushes
You can find them when the letter's 'bout to fall
He be waitin' with his camera right on focus (No)
Everywhere you seem to turn, there's a monster
When you look up in the air, there's a monster
Paparazzi got you scared like a monster
Monster, monster
[Pre-Chorus]
Too bad (Oh-oh, Hollywood)
It's got you jumpin' like you should (Too bad)
It's got you bouncin' off the wall
It's got you drunk enough to fall (Too bad, oh-oh, Hollywood)
Just look in the mirror
And tell me you like, don't you, don't you like it? (Aaow)
[Chorus]
Monster, he's a monster (Mmm)
He's an animal
Monster (Yeah), he's a monster
He's an animal (Mmm, oh-oh-oh)
[Verse 2]
He's comin' at ya, comin' at ya rather too fast
Mama-say, mamagot you in a zig-zag
And you're runnin', and you're runnin' just to escape it
But they're gunnin' for the money, so they fake it
Everywhere you seem to turn, there's a monster
When you look up in the air, there's a monster
When you see them in the street, that's a monster
Monster, monster
[Pre-Chorus]
Too bad (Oh-oh, Hollywood)
It's got you jumpin' like you should (Too bad)
It's got you bouncin' off the wall
It's got you drunk enough to fall (Too bad, oh-oh, Hollywood)
Just look in the mirror
And tell me you like what you see
[Chorus]
Monster (He's like an animal), he's a monster (Just like an animal)
He's an animal (And he's movin' in the air, ah)
Monster, he's a monster
He's an animal (Everybody wanna be a star, ooh)
[Bridge]
Why are they (Why are they) never satisfied (Satisfied)
Within all you give? (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) Ah
You give them your all, they're watching you fall
And they eat your soul (Ah!)
[Verse 3: 50 Cent]
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Catch me in a bad mood flipping, you'll take a whippin' (Ha)
Animal, Hannibal, cannibal addiction
Tears appear, yeah, blurring your vision
Fear in the air, screaming, your blood drippin' (Aaow)
Shiver a second, now, now, now, what is it? (Ha)
Funerals, cemeteries, don't worry, it's time to visit
Broke bones, tombstones, how do you think I'm kiddin'?
It's home, sweet home, the land of the forbidden (Aaow)
All hail, run, tell, the King has risen (Ha)
2010 Thriller, there's nothin' iller, it's killer
Their vision, they miss 'em, won't impact, this is that
It's the bomb, ring the alarm, MJ number one (Aaow)
It goes on and on, it goes on and on (Ha)
We get to creeping and crawling in the early morn' (Haha)
Dream on, dreamer, there's nowhere to run
You can try but you're done
I can feel it in the air, here the monster come
[Pre-Chorus]
Too bad (Oh-oh, Hollywood)
It's got you jumpin' like you should (Too bad)
It's got you bouncin' off the wall
It's got you drunk enough to fall (Too bad, oh-oh, Hollywood)
Just look in the mirror
And tell me you like, don't you, don't you like it?
[Chorus]
Monster (Say you wanna be a star), he's a monster (Say you wanna go far)
He's an animal (Why do you keep stalking me? Ah-ah)
(Aaow!) Monster (What'd ya do to me?), he's a monster (Why did you take it? Why did you fake it?)
He's an animal (Yeah, why are you hauntin' me?)
Monster (Why you stalkin' me?), he's a monster (Why are you hauntin' me?)
He's an animal (Why'd you do it? Why'd you, why are you stalkin' me?)
Monster (Why are you hauntin' me?), he's a monster (Why are you hauntin' me?)
He's an animal (Why'd you, why'd you? Oh-oh)
[Outro]
He's draggin' you down like a monster
He's keepin' you down like a monster
He's draggin' you down like a monster
He's keepin' you down like a monster