Curtis James Jackson III, better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is indeed an American rapper, actor, as well as businessman. He has indeed been dubbed a “master of the delicate art of lyrical brevity” for his influence on the hip hop business.
Jackson, who was born in Queens’ South Jamaica community, began selling narcotics there at age of 12 during the 1980s crack epidemic. He eventually pursued a musical career, producing Columbia Records’ Power of the Dollar in 2000, but then he was shot days well before the album’s scheduled release, as well as the record wasn’t ever published. Following the release of the compilation album Guess Who’s Back? in 2002, Eminem found 50 Cent and signed him to Shady Records, which is owned by Dr Dre’s Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records.
50 Cent gained fame as that of the de facto leader of East Coast hip hop group G-Unit well with help of Eminem and Dr Dre. He had become one of the world’s best-selling rappers as well as grew to notoriety as the de facto head of G-Unit with the help of Eminem and Dr Dre. In 2003, he launched G-Unit Records, signing Young Buck, Lloyd Banks, and Tony Yayo, all of whom were members of G-Unit. With his second album, The Massacre, released in 2005, 50 Cent experienced similar commercial and critical success. By his fifth album, Animal Ambition, he had changed his musical direction, and that he is presently working on his sixth studio album. He created, executive produced, and featured inside the television series Power, and that he is set to produce its spin-offs.
50 Cent has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide and it has received several prizes, along with a Grammy, thirteen Billboard Music Awards, six World Music Awards, three American Music Awards, as well as four BET Awards.
Jackson’s acting credits include the semi-autobiographical movie Get Rich or Die Trying (2005), the military picture Home of the Brave, as well as the criminal thriller Righteous Kill (2008). Billboard named 50 Cent the sixth-best artist of the 2000s as well as the third-best rapper. Get Rich or Die Trying and “In da Club” were named 37 and 13 on Rolling Stone’s lists of both the “100 Best Albums of the 2000s” as well as “100 Best Songs of the 2000s,” correspondingly.
Jackson’s rapping inspirations include Boogie Down Productions, Big Daddy Kane, The Juice Crew, EPMD, as well as KRS-One, while “21 Questions” was written with the help of LL Cool J. Jackson also claims that when working on Animal Ambition, he was influenced by Nas, Rakim, as well as the Notorious B.I.G.
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