Curtis James Jackson III famed as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, television producer, entrepreneur, as well as investor who rose into the fame after the released Guess Who's Back. He has won a Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards, 16th Times. Back to his career, he used to sell drugs and later he began pursuing a musical career. He 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. Rolling Stone consider Get Rich or Die Tryin' and "In da Club" to be in their lists of "100 Best albums of the 2000s" and "100 Best songs of the 2000s" at numbers 37 and 13 respectively. He is a very talented rapper.
Young Buck Threatens To Destroy 50 Cent's Career: "I'll Ja Rule You"
Young Buck's been subject to many roasts at the hands of 50 Cent. With Buck's new project on the way, 50 Cent took an unorthodox route in raising awareness for it on social media. "Young buck is almost ready to drop his album. He worked hard on this project, I told him his personal choice to date a transexual will confuse some of his core audience but with the support of the LGBT he should be fine," 50 Cent wrote on Instagram, reminding everyone of Buck's alleged affair with a transgender person. Young Buck caught wind of the topic and threatened to "Ja Rule" the Power executive's career on Instagram Live.
Birth Facts, Early Life, Birthday, Family, Wiki, Siblings, Education, And More
50 Cent was born on 6th July 1975 as Curtis James Jackson III in South Jamaica, Queens of New York under the birth sign Cancer. At present, his age is 43 but his age will be 44 on his upcoming birthday in July as of 2019. He was born to mother Sabrina Jackson, a drug dealer in Queens, New York City, USA. He was only 8 years old when his mother died in strange fire. This led to his father leaving him in the shade of his grandmother. His nationality is American and his ethnicity is African-American. During his young age, he used to trade drugs and often brought guns and drugs to the school. Later, he got caught by the police with cocaine, heroin, and such other drugs and from then, his drug dealer career came to an end. After all this incident, he adopted a nickname, 50 Cent. His religion is Christian. There is no information regarding his education and more but it will be added soon.
Body Statistics (Height, Weight, Measurement, And More)
50 Cent is a very handsome rapper with a charming smile on his face attracting a lot of people towards him. He stands at a height of 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) and he weighs 94 kg. His chest measures at 49 inches, biceps 17 inches and waist 34 inches. He is left-handed. His other body measurement will be added soon.
Career (Beginning-Present)
- Back in his career, he used to sell drugs.
- Later, he got caught by the police with cocaine, heroin, and such other drugs and from then, his drug dealer career came to an end.
- 50 Cent began his career after he met with a New York hip-hop group Run.
- He then went on to create his own crew, G.
- With his crew containing Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks, he published his first record, Guess Who's Back in the year 2002.
- This song grabbed the attention of the huge rap artists like Eminem and Dr. Dre.
- He then released 50 Cent Is the Future backed by G-Unit, a mixtape revisiting material by Jay-Z and Raphael Saadiq.
- The rapper was later signed up for their record label Shady Records and Aftermath Entertainment.
- He then released No Mercy, No Fear.
- Eminem and 50 Cent collaborated together to create the 8 Mile soundtrack, Wanksta.
- Later, Dr. Dre mentored the rapper during release his of his debut album, Get Rich or Die Tryin.
- This album debuted at the first spot in the Billboard 200 of 2003.
- Later, he produced another album titled, G. However, his official second album titled The Massacre came out in 2005.
- In the year 2007, he released yet another album titled Curtis.
- This album took the second spot at the Billboard 200.
- In the year 2009, he released his fourth album titled Before I Self Destruct. Animal Ambition: The Untamed Desire released five years later in the year 2014.
- His popular singles include How to Rob, In Da Club, Candy Shop, Hustler's Ambition, Ayo Technology, and more.
- He released "Get Low" on May 20, 2015, as the intended first single from his sixth studio album, Street King Immortal (2015).
- On 13th July 2015, he announced bankruptcy.
- Interscope Records released 50 Cent's final album for the label, a greatest hits album titled Best Of on 31st March 2017.
- Besides rapping, he is also a profound actor and has been spotted in over 30 movies and TV shows until now.
- His latest movies include Escape Plam 2: Hades and Den of Thieves.
- His last televised series was in 2017 in 50 Central.
- Moreover, he has also an impeccable business sense.
- He has investments in industries such as gaming, liquor, book publishing, footwear, video games, apparel, and so on.
- He also had his own film production companies, G Unit Films.
Achievements And Awards
50 Cent has been nominated for a total of One Hundred and Thirty-Five awards, out of which she has won Eighty-Six. Some of the awards includes American Music Awards (03 Times), ASCAP Awards (11 Times), AVN Awards (02 Times), BET Awards (03 Times), BET Hip Hop Awards (01 Times), Billboard Music Awards (13 Times), Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards (16 Times), Grammy Awards (01 Times), MOBO Awards (03 Times), MTV Video Music Awards (02 Times), The Source Awards (03 Times), Vibe Awards (06 Times), World Music Awards (06 Times) and more.
Married, Unmarried Or In A Relationship
Moving towards 50 Cent's marital status, he is not married yet but he has been around 30 dating relationships till date. In the year2006, when he was dating his girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins, he became a father for the first time. His girlfriend gave birth to a son, Marquise Jackson. During his birth, his girlfriend asked for $50 million for nurturing the kid, but the case was turned down. He then dated a lot of high profile ladies including Nia Long, Dollicia Bryan, Meagan Good, Kim Kardashian, and so on. He was last seen with Tatted-up Holly for two years from 2013 to 2015. He became a father for the second time during his dating affair with Daphne Joy. They gave birth to a daughter, Sire Jackson. As of today, he is not dating anyone nor is in any kind of marital relationships. He is focusing on his career and he is living a happy life without any disturbances.
Net Worth, Earnings, Source of Wealth
50 Cent has accumulated the net worth of $20 million. He earns a huge amount from his albums and singles. He also earns much from her business ventures. His exact salary has not been revealed yet but there is no doubt in the mind of his follower that he is earning a considerable amount of salary from his present work. He is satisfied with his earnings.
