It might be a while since the world was blessed with a 50 cent track, but that doesn’t stop him from checking our news feeds every now and then to see what he’s been up to. Such is the relevance of Curtis Jackson, known simply as 50 Cent – a rapper who managed to make his voice heard through his music, but who also keeps reminding fans and haters alike that he’s still here , even when he’s not on a stage track.
Curtis Jackson is best known for his music, but he has also dabbled in acting and producing, and is also a businessman and investor who seems keen on staying as far away as possible from the humble background he came from is. Read on to learn more about the life and hustle and bustle of 50 Cent.
50 cent biography
Curtis Jackson, now known by his adoptive professional name 50 Cent, was born on July 6, 1972. He grew up during the crack epidemic of the 1980s and lived in the borough of Queens. His mother was selling drugs at the time and he joined her when he was only 10 years old. He soon began a career in music and in 2000 he produced an album called Dollar Power for Colombia Records. Unfortunately, he was shot before the project could be released and it never saw the light of day.
The bullets didn’t stop 50 Cent, who came back in 2002 with a compilation album he titled Guess Who’s Back? This project has led to him being discovered by Eminem, who then signed him under his Shady Records. dr Dre and Eminem helped 50 Cent become one of the best-selling rappers worldwide with his first project under the label Get Rich or Die Trying which was a huge commercial success. Meanwhile, he rose to prominence, with G-Unit, an East Coast hip-hop group, even becoming their de facto leader. 50 Cent then formed G-Unit Records in 2003 and signed G-Unit associates such as Young Buck and Lloyd Banks.
50 Cent’s next album was called The Massacre. It was released in 2005 and was also commercially successful. The rapper is currently working on a sixth studio album, which will be called Streer King Immortal. In his career so far, he has recorded worldwide record sales of over 30 million albums. He has also received multiple awards for his music, including a Grammy, four BET Awards, three American Music Awards, and thirteen Billboard Music Awards.
wife, girlfriend or baby mom
50 Cent isn’t married, but he’s been involved with a number of women and, in fact, had children by two of them. In 1996 he was dating Shaniqua Tompkins and on October 13 of that year she gave birth to a son who they named Marquise Jackson. Shaniqua Tompkins later sued him for $50 million for promising to take care of her for life, but the case was dismissed by a judge.
The two also regularly bicker on social media, but 50 Cent has said that the birth of his son changed his life and changed his priorities. His second son, Sire Johnson, was born on September 1, 2012 and is a product of his relationship with model Daphne Joy.
Wealth (income and earnings)
In 2007, Curtis Jackson was ranked as the second wealthiest rapper in the hip-hop industry. Living in a mansion owned by ex-boxer Mike Tyson, he was one of the richest of the richest in the American hip-hop scene for years. As of 2015, 50 Cent is reported to have a net worth of $155 million. However, he filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut on July 13, 2015 with a debt of $32,509,549.91.
While his assets were listed within $10, 50 Cent affirmed in his bankruptcy filing under oath that he was worth only $4.4 million. After the entire bankruptcy battle, it’s difficult to pin down the rapper’s actual net worth, but his standard of living hasn’t been significantly impacted.
weight loss and more
If there’s any doubt that 50 Cent takes his acting career as seriously as his hip-hop career, you simply have to go back to 2011, when the rapper shed quite a bit of weight for the film Things Fall Apart. The rapper looked shockingly thin in the photos he posted online as he accepted a role in the film in tribute to a friend who had died of cancer. For this role, he lost over 50 pounds by eating strictly liquid and running on the treadmill for three hours a day.