He has pursued an acting career, appearing in the semi-autobiographical film Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (2005), the Iraq War film Home of the Brave (2006) and Righteous Kill (2008). He executive produces and stars in the show Power, which airs on Starz.Īt the time of his career Jackson has sold over 30 million albums worldwide and won several awards, including a Grammy Award, thirteen Billboard Music Awards, six World Music Awards, three American Music Awards and four BET Awards. In 2014 he released his fifth studio album, Animal Ambition, and is working on his sixth studio album, Street King Immortal.
With his second album Jackson had similar commercial and critical success ,The Massacre, which was released in 2005. He founded G-Unit Records, signing his G-Unit associates Young Buck, Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo in 2003. Dre he became one of the world’s best selling rappers and rose to prominence with East Coast hip hop group G-Unit (which he leads de facto). Dre’s Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. He was discovered by Eminem and signed to Shady Records, under the aegis of Dr. After cent released the compilation album Guess Who’s Back?. However, days before the planned release he was shot and the album was never released. Cent later started pursuing a musical career and in 2000 he produced Power of the Dollar for Columbia Records.
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He started selling drugs at age twelve during the 1980s crack epidemic. He was Born in the South Jamaica neighborhood of the borough of Queens. That company was bought by Coca-Cola for $4.1 billion in 2007, and Forbes magazine reported at the time that "Fiddy's estimated take from that sale, after taxes $100 million." However, 50 Cent filed for bankruptcy in 2015, saying that his assets of nearly $50 million didn't cover his liabilities.50 Cent born as Curtis James Jackson III, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, television producer, entrepreneur, and investor. He also became a boxing promoter through is company SMS Promotions, founded the film production company Cheetah Vision, and became a celebrity spokesman for (and investor in) the bottled water company Glacau, designing his own grape-flavored Formula 50.
50 Cent has also made his mark as a businessman, primarily through his G-Unit entertainment company, which he founded as a record label in 2003. His autobiography, From Pieces to Weight, was published in 2005. Between the gunfire, feuds and hit singles, Rolling Stone magazine was moved to call 50 Cent "in many ways the ideal East Coast hardcore rapper." His later albums include Before I Self Destruct (2009) and Animal Ambition (2014). His second album, 2005's The Massacre, was almost overshadowed by 50 Cent's public feud with fellow rapper and proteg, The Game. The album has sold more than 8 million copies since its release. Although it didn't get national airplay, his Power of a Dollar (1999) was an underground hit, as was his earlier single "Thug Love." But it was Get Rich or Die Tryin', with its groove-rich tales of thugs, drugs, money and ambition, that made him a national and international star. Before his mainstream breakthrough he was popular in clubs and on the streets, thanks to locally distributed tapes. 50 Cent's troubled past was part of the package: he was raised by his grandparents after his drug-dealing mother died, and in 2000 he survived being shot 9 times. Name at birth: Curtis JacksonCurtis "50 Cent" Jackson's 2003 album Get Rich or Die Tryin' was a top-seller, propelled by the hit song "In Da Club" and by support from hip-hop superstars Eminem and Dr.
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