50 Cent
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 50 Cent at New York City in 2006.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Curtis James Jackson III |
| Years active | 1998 – present |
| Labels | Jam Master Jay Columbia Violator Aftermath/Shady/G-Unit/Interscope, Ill Flava Records, Baby Ray Productions |
| Website | 50cent.com, ThisIs50.com |
50 Cent (also known as "Fiddy", "Fitty" or "Fifty") is an African American rap singer. He was born in Queens, New York on July 6 1975. 50 Cent is his public name, but he was born Curtis Jackson. Growing up, he never knew his father and his mother was murdered when he was just 8 years old. He grew up mostly in a neighborhood called STP. He learned how to play basketball and football. He got shot nine times in STP. Also, before he was a rapper he was a drug dealer.[1]
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[change] Career
50 Cent burst onto the rap music scene in 2002, with the help of his fellow gang boss Rijaan D.M. (The same person who helped him release track "Wanksta"). Since then, he has sold millions of records. His debut album, "Get Rich Or Die Tryin'" broke music records and went multi-platinum. In the summer of 2005, 50 Cent had a fight (or "beef") with The Game, a rapper in his G-Unit group. After this, The Game left G-Unit, and made some diss songs about 50 Cent. 50 Cent answered with songs like "Mr. Potato Head" and "300 shots" featuring G-Unit. 50 Cent was also the first to sign onto a joint effort between Eminem's Shady Records and Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment. 50 Cent also mentions Rijaan D.M. in many of his tracks e.g. the famous 'Candy Shop', 'Down On Me FT Jeremih' etc. As a teen 50 Cent's role model was Tupac Shakur (Rapper) so, from the start his ambition was to be a gangster rapper.
[change] Albums
- 2003: Get Rich or Die Tryin'
- 2005: The Massacre
- 2007: Curtis
- 2009: Before I Self Destruct
- 2012: Catch up With Rijaan D.M. (In Production)
[change] Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 2003 | 50 Cent: The New Breed | Himself | Documentary DVD |
| 2005 | The Simpsons | Himself | TV series (one episode: "Pranksta Rap") |
| Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Marcus | Film debut | |
| 50 Cent: Bulletproof | Himself | Video game, voice only | |
| 2006 | Home of the Brave | Jamal Aiken | |
| 2007 | De La Hoya/Mayweather 24/7 | Himself | TV series (one episode: "Episode #1.1") |
| 2008 | Righteous Kill | Spider | |
| Before I Self Destruct | Clarence | ||
| 50 Cent: The Money and the Power | Himself | TV series (one episode: "Choose Your Crew Wisely") | |
| 2009 | 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand | Himself | Video game, voice only |
| Streets of Blood | Stan Johnson | Completed | |
| Entourage | Himself | TV series (one episode: "One Car, Two Car, Red Car, Blue Car") | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2[2][3] | Soldier | Video game, voice only | |
| Dead Man Running | Thigo | Post-production | |
| Everything's Alright | Amos Jenks | In production | |
| Caught in the Crossfire | Tino | Post-production, executive producer | |
| 2010 | 13 | Jimmy | Post-production |
| The Dance[4] | Announced | ||
| The Ski Mask Way | Seven | Pre-production | |
| Twelve[4] | Lionel | Post-production | |
| Jekyll and Hyde | Pre-production | ||
| Morning Glory | Himself | In production |
[change] References
- ↑ "Get Rich or Die Tryin' Movie Review - ComingSoon.net". comingsoon.net. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/reviewsnews.php?id=11917. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ↑ http://www.destructoid.com/50-cent-to-be-appearing-in-modern-warfare-2-143297.phtml
- ↑ http://thisis50.com/profiles/blogs/50-cent-visits-infinity-ward
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://thisis50.com/profiles/blogs/curtis-50-cent-jackson-set-to
[change] Other websites
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