50 Cents-Biography

Real Name: - Curtis James Jackson III

Birthday: - July 6, 1975

Born: - South Jamaica

Genres: - Hip hop, Gangsta rap

Everyone known by his stage name 50 Cent, He is an American rapper and actor. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003) and The Massacre (2005). Get Rich or Die Tryin' has been certified 8 times platinum by the RIAA and has sold over 15 million copies worldwide. His album The Massacre has been certified five times
platinum by the RIAA and has sold 11 million copies worldwide. Jackson began drug dealing at the age of twelve during the 1980s crack epidemic. After leaving that stupid drug dealing and he started rap career. The past period he was shot at and struck by nine bullets during an incident in 2000.

After releasing his album guess who’s back? in 2002, Jackson was discovered by rapper Eminem. With the help of Eminem and Dr. Dre, who produced his first major commercial successes, Jackson became one of the world's highest selling rappers in 2003, he founded the record label G-Unit Records, which signed several successful rappers such as Young Buck, Lloyd Banks, and Tony Yayo.

Jackson has engaged in feuds with other rappers including Ja Rule, Fat Joe, Cam'ron, Rick Ross, and active G-Unit members The Game and Young Buck. He has also pursued an acting career, appearing in the semi autobiographical film Get Rich or Die Tryin' in 2005, the Iraq War film Home of the Brave in 2006, and Righteous Kill in 2008. 50 Cent was ranked as the sixth best artist of the 2000–2009 decade by Billboard magazine. The magazine also ranked him as the fourth top male artist and as the third top rapper behind Eminem and Nelly. Billboard magazine also ranked him as the sixth best and most successful Hot 100 Artist of the 2000–2009 decade and as the number one rap artist of the 2000–2009 decade. Billboard ranked his album Get Rich or Die Tryin' as the twelfth best album of the 2000–2009 decade and his album The Massacre as the 37th best album of the 2000–2009 decade. He is currently working on his fifth studio album, Black Magic, which currently has no official release date but is expected to be released later in 2011. Jackson has a tattoo of "Marquise" with an axe on his right biceps. "The axe is 'cause I'm a warrior. I don't want him to be one, though, “he explains. He also has "50", "Southside", and "Cold World" inscribed on his back because "I'm a product of that environment. It's on my back, though, so it's all behind me."Thanks all for read the greatest rapper, 50 Cents Biography.