Biography
It used to be that all but unknown outside his hometown of southside Jamaica, Queens, 50 Cent is currently one of a virtually all easily-known & commercially successful rappers of the decade. Because a profits of an creative persin within gangsta rap typically depends on cred & reputation, Interscope Records has sold 50 Cent as the "real deal". His mother was flushed around the drug treat. He has been shot ninefold, & he built the big rap empire inside Future York City prior to ever signing the major record treat.

50 Cent's continued profits seems secured by his big underground fanbase & wall street credibleness he has gained by appearing around all but each major mix tape sold in Up to date York it used to be that couple years. A rapper, world health organization was a number 1 to sign to Shady Records, was scouted prior to caring Eminem. He is presently signed to Eminem's Shady Records and Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment.

Eminem foremost found 50 Cent by owning MTV News reporter Sway Calloway, apparently with non heard any of his performances prior to seeing him personally. He so appeared on the 8 Mile soundtrack with an concomitant song & streaming video ("Wanksta") that immediately went into heavily rotatiin on BET, MTV, and radio stations nationwide.

Prior to sign language to Interscope, 50 Cent was living by using his grandparents. He shortly became immersed in the drug trade, hustling around his indigen front yard per title of "Boo Boo" by using fellow Queens native Tony Yayo. Around June of 1994, Jackson was arrested on felony drug charges. Existence another instance wrongdoer, Jackson was take the breath to plead away from important prison instance by accepting vii months around a "shock incarceration" boot camp. He would late boast just about this time period when his doing "seven to nine." He became the father to the boy, Marquise, within 1997.

Jackson met higher by owning Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC fame and was signed to his label JMJ. It used to be that Jay got taught him a fundamentals, Fifty left a label around research of soul world health organization may facilitate him achieve his dream of rap stardom. He team using a hip-hop production duo Track Masters, world health organization experienced recognized his talent for incisive lyrics. 50 Cent was signed to Columbia Records in 1999.

"How to Rob", the humourous ode to robbing a deal of industry rappers, was an instant hit for Up to date York radio. His debut album Power of the Dollar was never released, due to his shooting around 2000 that Columbia Records used when incentive to drop 50 Cent.

The support of Eminem and Dr. Dre
50 Cent is the New was heard by a super impressed Eminem world health organization brought the rapper to Dr. Dre's attention. It endorsed the idea of signing a treat & working using 50 Cent in an album. Eminem was test2 for onto Future York's hip-hop radio circuit sustaining a message that 50 Cent was his preferred rapper of the moment. Fallowing the meeting by owning Interscope & Eminem around Los Angeles, 50 Cent quickly signed the treat by having Interscope.

Prior to starting production of his newly album sustaining Eminem & Dre, L quickly freed a second smuggled album of his raps on top purloined beats entitled There is There are no Mercy, No Fear aimed at rapper Ja Rule. Although a song "Wanksta" was never intended as a radio only, under a barrage of 50 Cent albums & a buzz all over Eminem's words of praise & subsequent treat sustaining 50 Cent, "Wanksta" quickly became the virtually all requested song in Future York radio.

Capitalizing on the confiscated song's profits, it was added to Eminem's hit moving-picture show soundtrack 8 Mile & had its have streaming videos release, quickly typing heavily rotatiin on MTV, BET, MuchMusic, and radio stations around a united states.

The popularity of G-Unit
Inside its number 1 week of release, Fifty's major label debut Develop Rich people Or even Die Tryin' sold 872,000 units. A album was qualified gold around its number one week & atomic number 78 a next, & it broke a record for number one week sales of any major label debut in the entire Soundscan era. In April 12, 2004 Get Rich or Die Tryin was qualified 7 days pt per RIAA.

In March 3, 2005, 50 freed a album "The Massacre". It was originally entitled ''St. Valentine's Day Massacre'', however changed while a album release date was placed back. He scored a hit by using the album's 1st individual "Candy Shop". A album's 2nd only, "Just A Lil' Bit" peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Fallowing a profits of 50 Cent's Develop Rich people Or even Die Tryin', Interscope granted 50 Cent his have label, prefer his wise man Eminem. Inside 2003, G-Unit Records officially came into being. 50 Cent appointed his manager Sha Money XL when a president. Around 2003, a label sign Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo and Young Buck as the constituted members of G-Unit. Around 2004, The Game, R & B singer Olivia, and DJ Whoo Kid were signed to the label. Recently Spider Loc, Mobb Deep, Mase, and M.O.P. joined G-Unit Records. 50 Cent is too exploratory survey gangsta balladeer Kokane, Jayo Felony and Lil' Scrappy to join the label.

Other Endorsements
When a release of Beg For Mercy from either his class action G-Unit, he team sustaining Reebok to release his have G-Unit Sneakers. He too invested with within bottled h2o & his have vesture line. 50 Cent appeared in an episode of The Simpsons entitled, "Pranksta Rap" in February, 2005.

The computer game starring 50 Cent, known as 50 Cent: Bulletproof, will be availible in November 13 2005 for PS2. These are published by VU Games. It is available on the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox, and there exists a second version inside production for the PlayStation Personal. A game stars 50 Cent when he fights his way through the criminal underworld to run the men world health organization shot him & choose his retaliation.

Film career
50 Cent is starring in the semi-autobiographical film known as ''Get Rich or Die Tryin', which will be freed November 9, 2005.

Literature
50 Cent has freed the memoir book (his number 1) just about his life as much as his profits. A book is titled From Pieces to Weight: Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens'' and was released in August 9, 2005. Written by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson sustaining Kris Ex; From either Pieces To Weight: When Upon The Period Around Southside Queens released by MTV Books, is 50's debut autobiography.

Disputes and controversy
Ja Rule and Murder, Inc Records
Prior to potentially sign language to Eminem's & Dr. Dre's label, 50 Cent was engaged around the easily-publicized dispute with rival rapper Ja Rule and his label The Inc. Records. A rappers engaged around many mixtape "disses," however stand since terminated a conflict. A conflict stemmed from either Jackson's alleged robbery of Ja Rule's jewellery, which led to the confrontation & 50 Cent's stabbing.

Prior to a release of Make their way Rich people Or even Die Tryin, Murder, Inc alongside The Source began a smear campaign against a rapper. a restraining sequentially document was swimming about the Internet stating that 50 Cent got laid label CEO, Irv Gotti and rapper Black Child in the document forging the belief that 50 Cent occurs as "snitch" or even the police force informant. Although 50 Cent dismissed the claims of a restraining sequentially, the bad publicity continues to exist as a thing utilized among various rappers world health organization locate around beef by using G-Unit.

This was one of a virtually all swell known feuds within hip-hop history. Ja Rule eventaully tried to squash a beef by applying 50 Cent by using Louis Farrakhan in a televised locate. Jthe Rule presently wasted credibilty whilst a locate was done a day prior to his album Blood From either Our Eye was freed, leading 50 Cent to forget about a locate as a blantant publicity stunt. 50 Cent experienced nin commented very much on Ja Rule's & Irv Gotti's situation. A FBI is probing Murder Inc.'s ties to drug-kingpin Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff who is possibly involved in the murder of Jam Master Jay.

Based on datthe from website [http://www.thesmokinggun.com The Smoking Gun] a 2003 lookup warrant affidavit for the Manhattan agents of the Murder, Inc. record label showed that McGriff, an incarcerated Drug baron by having ties to Murder Inc., was however trying to destroy 50 Cent & that he "communicates with Murder, Inc. employees concerning the target." An excerption of the affidavit reads:

New York Rappers
50 Cent besides has the competition by using Shyne, Jadakiss, Nas, and Fat Joe. He claimed that Nas experienced mass produced disparaging comments all about him & his G-Unit camp when performing at the Up to date York concert. A rapper has denounced Nas as a traitor across a allying himself using Ja Rule & Irv Gotti. 50 Cent points out that Jadakiss & Fat Joe were infamous for permitting themselves to partner higher using Ja Rule when filming a videos where the rapper took shots at him. He recorded a "Piggy Bank" & attacked directly at Jadakiss & Fat Joe for their association sustaining Ja Rule. Shyne was known as as an enemy of 50 Cent. Shyne got Irv Gotti create his album, & 50 Cent too attacked him for this association. Potentially though items cooled down, at 2005 MTV Videos Music Awards, Fat Joe mass produced the derogative comment just about G-Unit when you took the performance. 50 Cent & G-Unit retaliated on set by shouting obsenities toward Fat Joe and Terror Squad.

50 Cent has an extended-standing dispute using previous G-Unit creative person Bang 'Em Smurf & Domination all over internal conflicts. On the song "Love Me" off a Octet Mile soundtrack, 50 Cent criticized Lil' Kim for having breast implants & discusses how come he refused her asking to exist as inside the streaming clip for her only "Magic Stick", which he refused to record using her, citing that song was originally entitled to Miami rapper Trina.

50 Cent as well experienced the little known feud by owning Jay-Z in 1999. Jay-Z did non require to kindly to 50 Cent's mentiin of him on "How To Rob" & responded by using the line inside his song "It's Hot". 50 Cent responded by having "Be A Gentleman," though a track was never heard by numerous due to 50 Cent sustaining dropped from either Columbia Records when his shooting. 50 Cent & Jay-Z within time squashed their beef, & it toured together in 2003. Jay-Z & 50 Cent potentially appeared within the Reebok commercial message together promoting their stealthy lines, known as S. Carter & a G-Unit, severally.

The Game
50 Cent presently has an escalating feud with The Game. A Game, world health organization was antecedently signed to G-Unit, was booted by 50 Cent. Fans mostly believed that 50 Cent & A Game were bonding at a period of ''The Documentary's'' release. A Bet on's major debut album was surrounded by disceptation. Best fallowing its release, 50 Cent felt that a rapper was disloyal for saying he wanted to function by using creative person G-Unit were feuding by having & he formally dismissed a rapper.

50 Cent likewise claimed that he was non generating his proper credit for the debut of the album. When you took that dispute, the member of The Gage's retinue was shot & maimed when confrontation at Hot 97. Fallowing the situation between A children escalated, 50 Cent & The Game decided to hang on to a news conference to announce their reconciliation. Several fans felt that a supposed feud, & particularly a incident at a radio station was a publicity stunt designed to boost a sales of the ii albums the pair experienced upright released. Withal, potentially when the situation got apparently deflated, 50 Cent & G-Unit continued to feud by having A Game, denouncing his street credibilty in the media & claiming that forswearing their trend lines, he may non score a hit from either his 2nd album. 50 Cent as well sued A Bet on's manager Jimmy Henchmen above wildcat motion-picture photography for the documentary film all about Kelvin Martin. a Game when you took a performance at the Summer Jam launched "G-Unot".

Fallowing the performance at Summer Jam, A Game responded by using a protective hit diss coroneted "300 Bars and Runnin'", which directly addresses 50 Cent and G-Unit. 50 Cent has mixed feelings towards a diss, however yet responded across his "Piggybank" streaming video, which features A Game dressed as a Mr. Potato Head and parodies many other nemesises. This was a number one of several feuds in which deuce rappers from either a same label were involved against both more.

Other Feuds
When appearing at a Summer Jam XI concert inside Just released York, 50 Cent & his members of G-Unit were existence criticized for speaking retired against more luminary creative person including R&B singer R. Kelly. Prior to he was to are in stage, 50 Cent mentioned R. Kelly's pending child pornography trial. He & his crew received mixed emotions from either a crowd & chairs were thrown onstage, forcing 50 Cent & his G-Unit crew to leave a stage for safety reasons.

50 Cent was besides dramatically booed off stage at a Reading Festival while on tour inside England. The rain of bottles hit him & his G-Unit crew when it come onstage. Chants of "50 Cent is a wanker" were heard when a class action was jeered & heckled throughout a short appearance.

the rapper besides got a fall-out sustaining Eminem's previous deejay Green Lantern. the deejay has been labeled a "snitch" & "traitor" for his apparent phone conversation sustaining rival Jadakiss. a rapper got a phone locate using DJ Green Lantern across his the feud by using 50 Cent. A deejay was apparently encouraging Jadakiss to "deliver a major blow" to 50 Cent. A rapper never confronted a deejay just about a situation, however it did affect a relationship inside a Shady Records. A situation forced Green Lantern to leave Shady Records & more ventures associated using Eminem.

In the tape recording of The O'Reilly Factor, conservative commentator Bill O'Reilly has insisted boycotts against rap music. O'Reilly known as 50 Cent as a target of his crusade to prevent rappers world health organization promote bad behavior from either endorsing mainstream product. He criticized shoe maker Reebok for partnering up by using 50 Cent to endorse his G-Unit Sneakers. O'Reilly has rallied a boycott against the shoe maker. Despite a boycott, sales remain first-class, & Reebok however continues to endorse 50 Cent's products. But, the television advertizement for Reebok which featured 50 Cent was recently taken off air in the United Kingdom. A advertizement contained lyrics from either one of L's tracks, which resulted within complaints against their violent imaging.

50 Cent sued the Philadelphia car dealer for $1 million for using his likeness within advertizement while forgoing permission. 50 Cent described himself in the suit as "a hugely popular and extremely successful hip-hop music artist ... known for his good looks, 'gangsta' image and hard knocks success story." A motorcar dealer, Gary Barbera Enterprises, utilized a catchword "Just Like 50 Says!" & a creative person's picture within the print ad for the Dodge Magnum.

50 Cent was collaborating sustaining talent within Pittsburgh. Confusion escalated into shouting, until 50 Cent was alleged to use thrown the Stouffer's frozen dinner through the recording booth glass, injuring a person's face. 50 Cent is alleged to own immediately apologized for a accident & shuttled the hurt houseman to University Of Pittsburgh Medical Presbyterian Hospital where he was treated & freed.

Discography

Studio Albums

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|rowspan="2"|Year |rowspan="2"|Title |colspan="4"|Chart positions |rowspan="2"|Album' |-

| US Hot 100 | US R&B/Hip-Hop | US Rap | UK Singles Chart |- | 2002 | "Wanksta" | #13 | - | - | - | Develop Rich people or even Die Tryin |- | 2003 | "In Da Club" | #1 (Ennead weeks) | #1' | - | #3 | Acquire Rich people or even Die Tryin |- | 2003 | "21 Questions" (feat. Nate Dogg) | #1' (Quaternary weeks) | - | - | #6 | Develop Rich people or even Die Tryin' |- | 2003 | "P.I.M.P." | #3 | - | - | #5 | Develop Rich people or even Die Tryin' |- | 2003 | "If I Can't" | #76 | - | - | #10 | Become Rich people or even Die Tryin' |- | 2004 | "Back Down" | - | - | - | - | Acquire Rich people or even Die Tryin' |- | 2004 | "Disco Inferno" | #3 | #4 | #3 | - | A Massacre |- | 2005 | "Candy Shop" (feat. Olivia) | #1 (Niner weeks) | #1 (Little joe weeks) | #1 (Hexad weeks) | #4 | A Massacre |- | 2005 | "Piggy Bank" | #88 | - | - | - | A Massacre |- | 2005 | "Just a Lil Bit" | #3 | #3 | #1 (Ix weeks) | #10 | A Massacre |- | 2005 | "Outta Control [Remix]" (effort. Mobb Deep) | #6 | #11 | #5 | #7 | A Massacre |- | 2005 | "Outta Control" | #92 | - | - | - | A Massacre |- | 2005 | "Hustla's Ambition" | - | - | - | - | ''Become Rich people or even Die Tryin' [Soundtrack] |- | 2005 | "Window Shopper" | - | - | - | - | Acquire Rich people or even Die Tryin' [Soundtrack] |}

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