50 Cent began rapping in 1996 when he was 21 years.  He used a friend’s turntable to record his raps over instrumentals. In 1999, 50 Cent joined Columbia Records and grew substantially when he released an underground single dubbed “How to Rob”. 

On 24th May 2000, armed thugs attacked and shot 50 Cent 9 times outside his grandparent’s house. Luckily, he didn’t die. He however suffered serious gunshot wounds on his face, legs, hands and chest. The incident left 50 Cent with a slurry voice as a result of the gunshot wound on his face.

In February 2003, Curtis Jackson released his 1st album” Get Richh or Die Tryin”. The album became an overnight success selling 872,000 copies 4 days after being released. The album had a number of hit singles the most popular one being ”In Da Club” which broke records i.e. a billboard No. 1 record. 50 cent later started G-unit Records where he signed 3 rappers namely; Tony Yayo, Young Buck and Lloyd Banks. 50 Cent also signed The Game jointly with Dre’s label; Aftermath.

Aside his huge success in music, 50 Cent has also had a successful acting career His first acting experience was in 2005 when he made an appearance on a Simpson’s episode called “Pranksta Rap.” The same year, 50 Cent starred in the movie”Get Rich Die Tryin”. Other movies/films, 50 cent has stared or featured in include; Home of Brave (2006), Righteous Kill (2008), freelancers (2012) and a reality show called Money and Power.

50 Cent has also provided voice over’s for a number of Video games namely; Bulletproof and Blood on Sand. In terms of business ventures, 50 Cent over the years has signed a number of deals with companies such as Reebok for his G-Unit Sneakers.

50 Cent has also been involved in profitable business ventures like the famous vitaminwater business venture that so him earn an estimated $100 million after taxes. 50 Cent also has a condom line known as Magic Stick Condoms. He also has two film companies; G-Unit films and Cheetah Vision formed in 2003 and 2008 respectively. Cheetah Vision is however his only active film company having raised $200 million to date in funding. 50 Cent is also a boxing promoter through his company TMT promotions. He has signed a number of boxers to date i.e. Yuriorkis Gamboa, Andre Dirrell and Billy Dib.

50 Cent is among the best rappers to ever live. He is currently on Forbes list of top 10 richest rappers of all times. Despite having some downfalls in his career i.e. rap”beef” with artists such as ja rule and fat joe, he has still tried to remain relevant to date. The future is very bright for 50 Cent.

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