50 Cent
Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, and television producer. Born in Queens, a borough of New York City, Jackson began pursuing a musical career in 1996. In 1999–2000, he recorded his debut album Power of the Dollar for Columbia Records; however, he was struck by nine bullets during a shooting in May 2000, causing its release to be cancelled. Jackson is to be dropped from the label. His 2002 mixtape, Guess Who's Back?, was discovered by Detroit rapper Eminem, who signed Jackson to his label Shady Records, an imprint of Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records that same year. His debut studio album, Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003), was released to critical acclaim and commercial success. Peaking atop the Billboard200, it spawned the Billboard Hot 100-number singles "In da Club" and "21 Questions" (featuring Nate Dogg). It received nonuple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). That same year, he launched the record label G-Unit Records, the namesake of a hip-hop group he formed two years prior; the label's initial signees were its members, fellow East Coast rappers Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo. His second album, The Massacre (2005), was met with similar success and supported by his third number-one single, "Candy Shop" (featuring Olivia). He adopted a lighter, further commercially oriented approach for his third and fourth albums, Curtis (2007) and Before I Self Destruct (2009)—both were met with critical and commercial declines—and aimed for a return to his roots with his fifth album, Animal Ambition (2014), which was met with mixed reviews. He has since focused on his career in television and media, having executive-produced and starred in the television series Power (2014–2020), as well as its numerous spin-offs under his company G-Unit Films and Television Inc. Jackson has sold over 30 million albums worldwide and earned several accolades, including a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, thirteen Billboard Music Awards, six World Music Awards, three American Music Awards and four BET Awards. In his acting career, Jackson first starred in the semi-autobiographical film Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005), which received critical panning. He was also cast in the war film Home of the Brave (2006) and the crime thriller Righteous Kill (2008). Billboard ranked Jackson as 17th on their "50 Greatest Rappers" list in 2023. and named him the sixth top artist of the 2000s decade. Rolling Stone ranked Get Rich or Die Tryin' and "In da Club" in its lists of the "100 Best Albums of the 2000s" and "100 Best Songs of the 2000s" at numbers 37 and 13, respectively. Description above from the Wikipedia article 50 Cent, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: 06 July 1975
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Street Fighter
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50 Ways to Catch a Killer with 50 Cent
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Skillhouse
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Boneyard
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TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
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Tale of the Tape
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How Music Got Free
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Drew "Easy Day" Farrell
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
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The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige
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THE SHOW: California Love
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Hip Hop Homicides
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Hyperfate
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You're Watching Video Music Box
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Power Book II: Ghost
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Jackass: Steve-O YouTube Videos
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LA Originals
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For Life
Cassius Dawkins
The Kelly Clarkson Show
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Power Confidential
Escape Plan: The Extractors
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Escape Plan 2: Hades
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Den of Thieves
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The Defiant Ones
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Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
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Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
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50 Cent | Rap Star
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Not Afraid: The Shady Records Story
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The Prince
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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Last Vegas
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Dream School
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50 Cent | X Games Barcelona 2013
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Money, Power, Respect: Hip Hop Billion Dollar Industry
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How to Make Money Selling Drugs
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Ridiculousness
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The Voice
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Conan
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Before I Self Destruct
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
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DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70
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Streets of Blood
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DJ Cinema Presents: Masterpiece Theater Blend Dvd
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Dead Man Running
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Elvis | Viva Las Vegas
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Righteous Kill
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G-Unit: Bullets Can't Touch Us
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The Game: One Blood
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Live!
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Keeping Up with the Kardashians
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Hoodz: Big Beef
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50 Cent | Live in Concert
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The Graham Norton Show
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Home of the Brave
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Black and Blue: Legends of the Hip-Hop Cop
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50 Cent: Refuse 2 Die
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Beef III
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Get Rich or Die Tryin'
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Live 8
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50 Cent | The Best Music Videos On DVD
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Top of the Pops Reloaded
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Hip-Hop Honeys | Las Vegas
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The Game: The Documentary
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Letter to the President
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The Infamous Times, Volume I: The Original 50 Cent
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Robot Chicken
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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
50 Cent | Who Dares Wins
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Beef II
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Entourage
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SMACK: Platinum Edition
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Tupac: Resurrection
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Top of the Pops Saturday
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Beef
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50 Cent & G-Unit | In Da Club: The Movie
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Born To Ball
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America's Next Top Model
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50 Cent | Shoot First
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50 Cent | The New Breed
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
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Star Academy
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Grounded for Life
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The View
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The View
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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ECHO-Verleihung
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The Simpsons
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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MTV Video Music Awards
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Wetten, dass..?
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Saturday Night Live
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Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest
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Top of the Pops
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50 Cent: Gangsta Unit
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A Portrait of an Artist: The Making of 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'
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The Fifth Wheel