Curtis Jackson
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Curtis Jackson
Curtis James Jackson III, known professionally as 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth6 July 1975
CountryUnited States of America
She's a pretty outgoing dog. We're stunned I'm dumbfounded.
She's a typical girl. She loves shoes. She loves going shoe shopping, right in mom's closet.
They're a brick wall; a train if they run into you.
Some people are born with very little; some are fortunate enough to have it all. When I grew up, we didn't have much. I had to hustle to get what I wanted... but I had that hunger for more. I didn't always make the right choices, but I learned from my mistakes.
A big mistake people make when they are trying to lose weight is that they stop eating. They'll eat salads once a day and then their body starts trying to protect itself and holds onto the fat.
My grandparents went through a bad experience themselves; they invested money in a church and got burned - the pastor had his own agenda - and my grandfather lost interest in the church after that. That was when I had the option to not go. 'Grandpa ain't going; I'm gonna stay with Grandpa.'
If you were in a bad relationship and you meet someone new, you're going to leave with your luggage. The next person is going to have to endure things that someone else causes.
If I'm focused while I'm strokin I could change how you walk
Negative energy that comes at you in some form is energy that can be turned around - to defeat an opponent and lift you up.
A thug is what I want and a thug is what I need. And my friends don't understand, and I think it's jealousy.
Money definitely changes your lifestyle. But the things you go through makes who you are. Your experiences, they travel with you.
Death gotta be easy cause life is hard
It's not funny when you actually get shot, but afterwards, yeah, it's funny.
I make music cuz it's almost like I can escape everything I was involved in. All I gotta do is make music. I don't do nothin but make music.