50 CENT

IntroductionCurtis James

Jackson III (born July 6, 1975),

better known by his stage name 50

Cent.

50 cent is an American rapper and he was actor

too.

He was born and raised in South

Jamaica, a poverty-stricken urban neighborhood

in Queens, New York City.

Early careerIn 1996, when he was 21 years old, Jackson started rapping in a

friend's basement. He used turntables to record over instrumentals. Another friend introduced him to Jam Master

Jay of Run-DMC who was organizing his label Jam Master Jay

Records.

In 1999, after leaving Jam Master Jay, the platinum-selling

producers Trackmasters took notice of Jackson and signed him to Columbia Records. They sent him to a studio in Upstate New

York where he produced thirty-six songs in two weeks.

ShootingOn May 24, 2000, Jackson was attacked by a gunman,  outside his grandmother's former home in South Jamaica, Queens. He went into a friend's car, but was asked to return to the house to get jewelry.

 An assailant then walked up to Jackson's left side

with a 9mm handgun and fired nine shots at close range. He was shot nine times: in the hand, arm, hip, both legs, chest, and his face (his left cheek).

rehabilitationHis training regimen helped him achieve

his physique recognized worldwide

not only for their tattoos at the time ... because of their large muscle mass, 50 had

become fully rehabilitated, instead of being the opposite.

Rise to fameIn 2002, 

Eminem listened to a copy of

Jackson's Guess Who's Back? CD. He received the CD through Jackson's attorney, who was

working with Eminem's

manager Paul Rosenberg. Impres

sed with the album, Eminem

invited Jackson to fly to Los Angeles.

Film and TelevisionIn 2005, Jackson made a cameo appearance on The Simpsons 

episode.

 He starred in the 2006 film Home of the Brave, as a soldier returning home from

the Iraq War, traumatized after killing an Iraqi woman. Jackson is working on a role as a fighter

in an Angola State Prison in Spectacular

Regret alongside Nicolas Cage, and starred opposite Al

Pacino and Robert De Niro in 2008's Righteous Kill, a movie

regarding a police death.