50 Cent

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Born: July 6, 1975
From: New York City, New York, USA
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Biography

Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, and television producer. Born in Queens, a borough of New York City, Jackson began pursuing a musical career in 1996. In 1999–2000, he recorded his debut album Power of the Dollar for Columbia Records; however, he was struck by nine bullets during a shooting in May 2000, causing its release to be cancelled. Jackson is to be dropped from the label. His 2002 mixtape, Guess Who's Back?, was discovered by Detroit rapper Eminem, who signed Jackson to his label Shady Records, an imprint of Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records that same year. His debut studio album, Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003), was released to critical acclaim and commercial success. Peaking atop the Billboard200, it spawned the Billboard Hot 100-number singles "In da Club" and "21 Questions" (featuring Nate Dogg). It received nonuple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). That same year, he launched the record label G-Unit Records, the namesake of a hip-hop group he formed two years prior; the label's initial signees were its members, fellow East Coast rappers Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo. His second album, The Massacre (2005), was met with similar success and supported by his third number-one single, "Candy Shop" (featuring Olivia). He adopted a lighter, further commercially oriented approach for his third and fourth albums, Curtis (2007) and Before I Self Destruct (2009)—both were met with critical and commercial declines—and aimed for a return to his roots with his fifth album, Animal Ambition (2014), which was met with mixed reviews. He has since focused on his career in television and media, having executive-produced and starred in the television series Power (2014–2020), as well as its numerous spin-offs under his company G-Unit Films and Television Inc. Jackson has sold over 30 million albums worldwide and earned several accolades, including a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, thirteen Billboard Music Awards, six World Music Awards, three American Music Awards and four BET Awards. In his acting career, Jackson first starred in the semi-autobiographical film Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005), which received critical panning. He was also cast in the war film Home of the Brave (2006) and the crime thriller Righteous Kill (2008). Billboard ranked Jackson as 17th on their "50 Greatest Rappers" list in 2023. and named him the sixth top artist of the 2000s decade. Rolling Stone ranked Get Rich or Die Tryin' and "In da Club" in its lists of the "100 Best Albums of the 2000s" and "100 Best Songs of the 2000s" at numbers 37 and 13, respectively. Description above from the Wikipedia article 50 Cent, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

76 films

Expend4bles

20236.0

Den of Thieves

20186.9

Southpaw

20157.4

Escape Plan

20136.7

Spy

20156.8

Street Fighter

2026

Last Vegas

20136.4

Escape Plan 2: Hades

20185.2

Morning Glory

20106.4

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

20056.8

The Prince

20144.9

Righteous Kill

20085.9

The Frozen Ground

20136.3

20105.8

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

20166.6

Escape Plan: The Extractors

20195.5

Fire with Fire

20125.7

Boneyard

20245.4

Setup

20114.9

Freelancers

20125.1

Home of the Brave

20065.4

Live!

20075.5

Streets of Blood

20094.3

Twelve

20105.7

Gun

20105.2

Live 8

20057.4

Blood Out

20115.2

How to Make Money Selling Drugs

20127.1

Hyperfate

20225.0

You're Watching Video Music Box

20216.4

Tupac: Resurrection

20037.9

TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy

20245.1

Hip-Hop Honeys | Las Vegas

2005

The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump

20235.5

All Things Fall Apart

20115.8

Jack's Law

20062.8

Dead Man Running

20095.8

LA Originals

20207.0

The Game: The Documentary

200510.0

Beef

20037.1

The Fifth Wheel

2026

50 Cent | The New Breed

20036.1

Elvis | Viva Las Vegas

20087.3

Skillhouse

20254.0

Caught in the Crossfire

20104.6

DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70

20096.0

Not Afraid: The Shady Records Story

20158.5

Letter to the President

20055.0

Before I Self Destruct

20094.9

THE SHOW: California Love

20226.7

50 Cent: Rise Above

20105.0

DJ Cinema Presents: Masterpiece Theater Blend Dvd

20096.6

G-Unit: Bullets Can't Touch Us

2008

50 Cent | The Best Music Videos On DVD

2005

50 Cent & G-Unit | In Da Club: The Movie

2003

50 Cent: Refuse 2 Die

20054.6

Champs

20156.3

Missionary

20247.3

SMACK: Platinum Edition

2004

The Infamous Times, Volume I: The Original 50 Cent

20055.3

Black and Blue: Legends of the Hip-Hop Cop

20068.0

Beef II

20047.0

Beef III

20056.5

How Music Got Free

20246.1

Money, Power, Respect: Hip Hop Billion Dollar Industry

2012

The Game: One Blood

20082.0

Born To Ball

2003

Hoodz: Big Beef

2007

50 Cent | Who Dares Wins

2005

50 Cent | Rap Star

201610.0

Tale of the Tape

20247.0

A Portrait of an Artist: The Making of 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'

2026

50 Cent | X Games Barcelona 2013

2013

50 Cent | Live in Concert

2007

50 Cent | Shoot First

20038.0

50 Cent: Gangsta Unit

2026