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Birth name: Curtis James Jackson III 

Date of birth: 6 July 1975 

Place of birth: Queens, New York, New York, USA

Nickname: Interscope, Fiddy, Boo Boo 

Height: 6′ (1.83 m)

• Curtis James Jackson III grew up in South Jamaica, Queens, New York in poverty-stricken circumstances.
• When he was eight years old, his mother was murdered in her home in a drug deal, and 50 Cent moved in with his grandparents.
• Grew up in the same area of Queens, New York as actor Dwayne Winstead’s cousin Ted Witherspoon.
• He soon became immersed in the drug trade, hustling around his native neighborhood by the name of “Boo Boo.” By embracing that reputation, 50 Cent built a large following in New York before ever signing a major record deal.
• His mother was killed at the age of 23. 50 Cent was only 8 years old at the tim.
• His big opportunity came in the form of the late Jam Master Jay, who signed 50 Cent to his JMJ label in 1996.
• He entered the “family business” and began selling crack cocaine when he was just twelve.
• A three man security detail isn’t enough to protect 50 Cent. He wears a bullet-proof vest religiously, as does both members of his G-Unit crew.
• The shooter of 50 cent was shot 9 times but died but it was not known who did the shooting.
• Is currently involved in a feud with music artist, Ja Rule.
• Is currently signed to Eminem’s Shady Records imprint, which is distributed by Interscope Records.
• Has a son: Marquise, nicknamed 25 Cent.
• His son Marquise appered in the song wanksta.
• In the spring of 2000, 50 Cent was shot in the face, hand and legs by a man with a nine millimeter at close range. He survived a total of nine bullets.
• 50 first received mainstream press in November 2002, when police questioned him in the days following the murder of Jam Master Jay.
• His first single for Aftermath, “Wanksta,” first appeared on the 8 Mile soundtrack. 50 Cent once said that Ja Rule was the inspiration for “Wanksta.”.
• Jay-Z, the late Big Punisher, Sticky Fingaz, Ghostface Killah and most recently Fat Joe, Jadakiss, The Game and Nas have all replied to 50 Cent’s dissing songs.
• His debut album “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” was the highest debut ever with 900,000 copies sold in the first week.
• After catching the attention of the Trackmasters, in 1999 50 Cent signed a deal with Columbia Records for $250,000.
• With the Columbia deal, he received a $65,000 advance. $50,000 went to Jam Master Jay and $10,000 went to an attorney.
• In just over two weeks, he recorded thirty-six songs, some of which ended up on his Columbia debut LP Power of a Dollar, deemed by Blaze Magazine as a classic.
• His crack operation grew to gross over $5,000 a day, but he saw rap as a way to get out of the game and performed rhymes at parties.
• Released DVD called “The New Breed” (April 2003)
• 50 Cent’s first arrest happened at his high school when he was busted in gym class for the hidden crack vials in his sneakers.
• After Columbia released him, 50 Cent started selling his music straight to bootleggers. Many or the covers of his bootleg CDs feature 50 Cent brandishing some sort of firearm. These bootlegs gained him many fans, including Eminem, who, on a Los Angeles radio show, declared 50 Cent his favorite rapper.
• In the summer of 1999, his first single was released. It was the comedic, and now classic, single “How To Rob,” which jokes about jacking the hottest music celebrities of that time, including Mariah Carey, Master P, Timbaland and Jay-Z.
• His mother was killed at the age of 23. 50 Cent was only 8 years old at the time
• Was discovered by Jason Mizell aka Jam Master Jay.
• Wears a bullet proof vest and even bought one for his son. He also drives a bullet-proof SUV.
• Has a new music video “Just A Lil Bit” out that Lloyd Banks and Olivia have cameos in.
• The video for ‘In Da Club’ was voted the 82nd greatest music video of all time in a Channel 4 (UK) poll.
• Once while performing at a concert 50 cent was stuck in the head with a water bottle prompting him, and members of his group G-unit, to dive into the audience looking for the thrower.
• That’s not a dimple on 50 Cent’s left cheek. It’s a bullet wound.
• Some of his top music videos include: “In Da Club”: Dr.Dre, Xzibit and Eminem, “21 Questions”: Meagan Good, Nate Dogg and Tyson Beckford, “P.I.M.P”: Snoop Dogg, “Many Men”, “Candy Shop”: Olivia, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck & Lil Scrappy and has appeared on Lloyd Banks: “I’m So Fly”, “Karma”, “On Fire”, Young Buck: “Shorty Wanna Ride”, “Let Me In” and “Look At Me Now/Bonafide Hustler”, Eminem: “Like Toy Soldiers” and The Game: “How We Do” and “Hate It Or Love It”. 
• After the release of “Beg For Mercy” from his group G-Unit, he teamed up with Reebok to release his own G-Unit Sneakers and clothing line.
• Grew up in the same area of Queens, New York as actor Dwayne Winstead’s cousin Ted Witherspoon.
• Voted #8 on VH1′s 100 Hottest Hotties
• Used to be a boxer.
• He was allegedly stabbed during a recording-studio scuffle with Ja Rule’s posse.
• Neither drinks alcohol nor smokes.
• Days before the relase of “Power of the Dollar” 50 Cent was shot 9 times with 9mm pistol and Columbia decided to pull the plug on the album.
• While sitting in a car in Queens in May of 2000, 50 Cent was shot in the face, hands and legs, but he managed to survive.
• 50 cent was an orphaned child.
• 50 cent was shot 9 times in front of his grandmother’s house and rumours started he went back to selling crack.
• He has been stabbed and put in jail numerous times in 2000.
• According to 50 Cent, beef started with Ja Rule and Murder Inc. when Ja Rule was robbed by a neighborhood acquaintance of 50 Cent’s.
• He bought former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson’s Farmington, Conn., mansion for $4.1 million. The house is approximately 50,000 square feet, has 52 rooms, and was bought by Tyson for $2.7 million in 1996. The house includes five Jacuzzis, 25 full baths, 18 bedrooms, an elevator, two billiard rooms, a movie theater and a locker room.
• Born on the same day though not the same year as President George W. Bush.
• Recorded an album in 1999 titled “Power of the Dollar” but it was shelved by Columbia Records due to 50′s “legal problems”
• Released a series of street mixtapes in 2002. These mixtapes became so popular that Eminem heard them and became determined to sign 50 to his record label. Even after his success, 50 still releases street mixtapes on a regular basis.
• Album “The Massacre” was originally titled “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” and set for a February 15 release date, but due to halted production of CD, it was set back to March 8th.
• Currently touring everywhere possible with artists like Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, Sean Paul, Chingy, and Bone Crusher on the Roc Tha Mic Tour.
• 50 Cent’s break out hit single “Wanksta” reached #14 on the U.S. Hot 100. “In Da Club”, “21 Questions” and “Candy Shop” all reached #1 and “Window Shopper” has been as high as #2.
• Bought a multi-million dollar mansion that was once owned by Mike Tyson
• Was accompanied by actress Vivica A. Fox to the MTV Video Music Awards 2003.
• 50 Cent bought former boxer Mike Tyson’s house in Farmington, Connecticut and as of 2006 lives there.
• He recorded the track “Piggy Bank” on his album “The Massacre” and attacked Jadakiss and Fat Joe for their association with Ja Rule.
• Created a dance known as the “two step”.
• His favorite actor is Charlie Sheen.
• Some of his Grammy nominations include: Best Rap Album (twice) for “The Massacre” and “Get Rich or Die Tryin’”, Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group (3 times) for “Hate It or Love It”, “Encore” and “Magic Stick”, Best Rap Solo Performance for “Disco Inferno”, Best Rap Song (3 times) for “Candy Shop”, “Hate It or Love It” and “In Da Club”, Best New Artist in 2004 and Best Male Rap Solo Performance for “In Da Club.”.
• Since starting G-Unit as of 2006 he has signed three different artists including Mobb Deep, Ma$e, and M.O.P.
• His cartoon-like photo on the cover of his album “The Massacre” was meant to make him look like a Ninja Turtle, his son’s favorite cartoon characters. 50 is also a fan of the cartoon, his favorite turtle is Donatello.
• Album “The Massacre” was originally titled “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” and set for a February 15 release date, but due to halted production of CD, it was set back to March 8th of 2005.
• 50 Cent has appeared as a guest on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, “The View”, “Live with Regis & Kelly”, “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”, “Late Show with David Letterman”, “106 & Park Top 10 Live”, “Howard Stern,” and “Saturday Night Live”.
• His group, G-Unit, includes Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Olivia, Spider Loc, Mobb Deep, MOP, Mase, and DJ Whoo Kid.
• 50 cent will be having a movie called “Get Rich, or Die Tryin” in 2005 based on his life an how became to be a star.
• Raised in Queens by his grandparents.
• 50 Cent appeared on an episode of The Simpsons entitled “Pranksta Rap” in February 2005.
• He has a video game called “50 Cent: Bulletproof”, which is available on the PS2, Xbox, and PSP.
• Named among Fade In Magazine’s “100 People in Hollywood You Need to Know” in 2005.
• He has a new video for the remix to the song “Outta Control” which features Mobb Deep.
• 50 Cent’s SUV is bulletproof… and is also bombproof.
• 50 Cent currently has an escalating feud with The Game. The Game, who was previously signed to G-Unit, was booted by 50 Cent. Fans mostly believed that 50 Cent and The Game were bonding at the time of The Documentary’s release. 
• The Game’s major debut album was surrounded by controversy. Right after its release, 50 Cent felt that the rapper was disloyal for saying he wanted to work with artists G-Unit were feuding with and he formally dismissed the rapper.
• Was #8 on the annual Forbes magazine Celebrity 100 list in 2006.
• Dan McTeague, a member of Canadian Parliament suggested that the government ban 50 Cent from entering the country. McTeague said the rapper’s message was inappropriate at a time when its largest city Toronto was experiencing a huge increase in gun violence. 
• He released a memoir about his life up to his success entitled “From Pieces to Weight: Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens”; the book was released on August 9, 2005. There are other books planned for release sometime in 2007.
• He wrote an autobiography called “From Pieces to Weight”.
• Filmed a motion picture called “Home of the Brave” in 2006 with Jessica Biel and Samuel L. Jackson.
• In December 2008 50 told the Canadian press that he had been affected by the recession, losing several million dollars on the stock market. He also went on to say that he had been unable to sell his Connecticut mansion and pushed Before I Self-Destruct back because of the recent economic downturn.
• In November 2009, 50 Cent won in a lawsuit against Taco Bell over the fast food chain using his name to promote the brand without his permission.
• In July 2009, The Game stated the beef was squashed with help from Michael Jackson and Diddy, and he apologized for his actions during the beef. Tony Yayo said that neither Jackson or G-Unit would accept his apology. Since then, The Game continued his old “G-Unot” ways at live concerts. Jackson released “So Disrespectful” a diss song on Before I Self Destruct targeting Jay-Z, The Game and Young Buck.
• Game later responded with the song “Shake”, poking fun of the music video for 50′s single “Candy Shop”, quote, “Me and 50 aint agreeing on shit so I had to (Shake) Aint no telling what he putting in that protein (Shake) Seen the candy shop video look at this nigga (Shake) And thats the same shit that made the nigga Young Buck (Shake)”. He also takes shots at Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo, in which he says, “I’m surprised that Lloyd Banks and Yayo didn’t (Shake) Wasn’t selling no records Jimmy Iovine said (Shake)”. Game also dissed G-Unit several times on the song “400 Bars”.
• In an interview with the British entertainment website ContactMusic, 50 Cent announced that he was working on a dance (primarily Eurodance) album named Black Magic. 50 Cent said he was inspired by the European nightclubs. “First they played hip-hop which suddenly changed to uptempo songs, known as Eurodance”. Later however, he confirmed that he had shelved Black Magic in favor of writing new material that did not fit the concept of Black Magic. He did confirm that he is working on his yet-to-be-titled fifth studio album.
• In 2010, Jackson’s film company Cheetah Vision landed $200 million in funding.