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ABOUT 50 CENT
50 Cent Biography
50 CENT MOVIE: GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN'
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 Born into a notorious Queens drug dynasty during the late ‘70s 50 Cent lost those closest to him at an early age. Raised without a father, 50’s mother, who’s name carried weight in the street, was found dead under mysterious circumstances before he could hit his teens. The orphaned youth was taken in by his grandparents, who provided for 50.But his desire for things would drive him to the block. Which in his case was the infamous New York Avenue, now known as Guy R. Brewer Blvd. There, 50 stepped up to get his rep up, amassing a small fortune and a lengthy rap sheet. But the birth of his son put things in perspective for the post adolescent, and 50 began to pursue rap seriously. He signed with JMJ, the label of Run DMC DJ Jam Master Jay and began learning his trade. JMJ would teach the young buck to count bars and structure songs. Unfortunately, caught up in industry limbo, there wasn’t much JMJ could do for 50.
The platinum hitmakers Trackmasters took notice of 50 and signed him to Columbia Records in 1999. They shipped 50 to Upstate NY where they locked him up in the studio for 2 ½ weeks. He turned out 36 songs in this short period, which resulted in Power Of A Dollar, an unreleased masterpiece that Blaze Magazine judged a classic.
50’s stick up kid anthem "How to Rob" blew through the roof and playfully painted him as a deliriously hungry up-and-comer daydreaming of robbing famous rappers. But 50 and the fans were the only ones laughing. Unable to take a joke Jay-Z, Big Pun, Sticky Fingaz, and Ghostface Killah all replied to the song. "It wasn’t personal. It was comedy based on truth, which made it so funny," says 50 Cent.
In April of ‘00 50 was shot 9 times, including a .9mm bullet to the face, in front of his Grandmothers house in Queens. He spent the next few months in recovery while Columbia Records dropped him from the label. 50 didn’t fold, he flew. Right into the zone.
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