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"50 cent" redirects here. For the currency amount, see 50 cents. For other uses, see 50 Cent (disambiguation).
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50 Cent
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50 Cent at the CES 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show
Born Curtis James Jackson III
July 6, 1975 (age 40)
South Jamaica, Queens, New York, U.S.
Occupation
Rapper entrepreneur investor actor record producer film producer television producer
Years active 1998 present
Home town South Jamaica, Queens, New York, New York
Net worth Increase $155 million (2015)[1]
Children 2
Musical career
Genres Hip hop
Instruments
Vocals
Labels
Jam Master Jay Columbia Aftermath Entertainment Shady Interscope G-Unit Capitol Caroline
Associated acts
G-Unit DJ Whoo Kid Jam Master Jay Dr. Dre Eminem Sha Money XL Olivia Snoop Dogg Mobb Deep M.O.P. Nas LL Cool J Obie Trice
Website 50cent.com
Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, entrepreneur, investor, record, film, and television producer. Born in the South Jamaica neighborhood of the borough of Queens, Jackson began selling drugs at age twelve during the 1980s crack epidemic. Although he left drug-dealing to pursue a musical career, he was struck by nine bullets in a 2000 shooting. After Jackson released the compilation album Guess Who's Back? in 2002, he was discovered by Eminem and signed by Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records.

With the aid of Eminem and Dr. Dre (who produced his first major-label album, Get Rich or Die Tryin'), Jackson became one of the world's best selling rappers and rose to prominence with East Coast hip hop group G-Unit (which he leads de facto). In 2003 he founded G-Unit Records, signing his G-Unit associates Young Buck, Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo. Jackson had similar commercial and critical success with his second album, The Massacre, which was released in 2005. He released his fifth studio album, Animal Ambition, in 2014 and is working on his sixth studio album: Street King Immortal, scheduled for release in 2016.

During his career Jackson 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.[2] He has pursued an acting career, appearing in the semi-autobiographical film Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005), the Iraq War film Home of the Brave (2006) and Righteous Kill (2008). 50 Cent was ranked the sixth-best artist of the 2000s, the third-best rapper (behind Eminem and Nelly), and Get Rich or Die Tryin' and The Massacre were ranked the 12th and 37th best albums of the decade by Billboard.