50 Cent Quotes on Life, Success & Power (Wisdom Radio)
Who is 50 Cent?
50 Cent (Curtis James Jackson) is an American rapper, actor, producer,
and entrepreneur.
He began a musical career and in 2000 he produced Power of the Dollar
for Columbia Records, but days before the planned release he was shot
and the album was never released. In 2002, after Jackson released the
compilation album Guess Who's Back?, he was discovered by Eminem and
signed to Shady Records, under the aegis of Dr. Dre's Aftermath
Entertainment and Interscope Records.
With the help of Eminem and Dr. Dre (who produced his first major-label
album, Get Rich or Die Tryin'), Jackson 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). In 2003, he founded G-Unit Records,
signing his G-Unit associates Young Buck, Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo.
Jackson had similar commercial and critical success with his second
album, The Massacre, which was released in 2005. He released his fifth
studio album, Animal Ambition, in 2014 and as of 2019 is working on his
sixth studio album, Street King Immortal.
During 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. 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). (imdb)
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