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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[50 Cent talking]
Is this mic on, lady's and gently men
I like to thank you all for coming out tonight
For the screening of my new film
I'm Not Rich, and Still Lying
Its 50 cent starring as Game
Sort of biographic, I hope you enjoy yourself
[Verse 1 - 50 Cent]
50 calling me crazy, I may be just maybe
I'm gangster, I'm kreping, I'm move to I'm tripping
Fuck 50, fuck Dre, fuck NWA
Man I'm hurricane Game (EM this nigga changed)
I brought the west back, I write the best raps
(but what about Snoop), Snoop shit ain't all that
Man I get bad bitches, now I even fuck Mya
(I fucked the first Game), 50 you a liar
See that's why I hate you, you think you know me
I'm tell everybody, you shot my homie
I hope the police get you and you go to jail
The Feds freeze your accounts, and you can't make bail
I hope everybody on G-Unit goes to hell
With Eminem, Obie, Stat-quo, and D12
So what I was in change of heart, so what I was a stripper
So what I never banged, I from Compton nigga
[Chorus]2x
Now horror films, they scare me
I watch action films vary rarely
When its comedy or its drama
Its starring me, no problem
[Verse 2 - 50 Cent]
GGGGGGUnot I got my own shoe (game that shit aint go sale)
So the ads in the magazine, nobody can't tell
(good luck with your next album man, I hope it does well)
You trying to be funny, D-Mack got all my money
And Jimmy robbing me, they listening probably
Me and face had a fall out, he really not my brother
We got the same father, but we got different mothers
Now Suge punk Dre, but he don't punk me
I won a Vibe Awards this year, nobody punch me
(Game you know I write that hook, for hate it or love it)
So what, it still on my trophy case I think nothin of it
[Chorus]
Now horror films, they scare me (yeah)
I watch action films vary rarely (its 50)
When its comedy or its drama (new album, July 18)
Its starring me, no problem
Now horror films, they scare me (cause I cant stay away)
I watch action films vary rarely
(Y'all thought I was gonna let y'all eat ha, ha, ha)
When its comedy or its drama
Its starring me, no problem (naw nigga)
Ooooooooo
[50 cent talking]
Ha, ha, ha, this is too much fun man
Ay, ay nigga I seen your little DVD nigga
Ha, ha, ha, it that all you got
I mean, I mean news flash, nobody believes you
Ha, ha, ha, didn't you say you wake up out the coma 2001
Well your brothers says, you were never in a coma
Didn't you say, you were in a gang
Well your brothers says, you were never in a gang
Now you can get your records together
And you can submit, to me
I mean you can send the records you have
To me so I can… open… your album budget
Your recording budget, you got to send the music to the boss
Ha, ha, ha, ha, that's me the boss
Yeah its G-Unit, G-Unit
That's it that all, I rule with a iron fist