Curtis James Jackson Iii

50 Cent is a popular rapper, screenwriter, director, entrepreneur and talented actor who has participated in a number of notable works of famous directors. Curtis Jackson (real name of the artist) was born on July 6, 1975 in the poor Negro neighborhood of South Jameyka, which is located in New York. It is worth saying that the quarter where the future film actor and rapper grew up and was brought up was a hot spot where the laws of the jungle reigned.

As a child, Curtis observed social inequality, filth, poverty, deviant behavior, and sometimes fell asleep to the sound of Wild West-style gunfights. Curtis never saw his father: having made a child to a 14-15-year-old African-American girl Sabrina Jackson, her boyfriend disappeared from sight, so the young mother was left alone with her first child in her arms. However, the girl did not seriously raise her son, she was worried about girlish problems.

Jackson did not have a permanent job, therefore, while her grandparents looked after the child, she was engaged in illegal activities - the sale of a dangerous mixture of crystalline cocaine with baking soda. Therefore, it is not surprising that in the future, the 12-year-old boy followed in the footsteps of the would-be parent and began selling cocaine. Later, the negligent mother regretted that she paid little attention to her offspring, so Sabrina tried to pay off with expensive gifts. Curtis recalled that he rarely saw Jackson, but every meeting with her was like Christmas, because the girl was always preparing a surprise for the child.

At eight years old, Curtis became an orphan. His mother died under strange circumstances: a stranger who came home with a 23-year-old girl, put sleeping pills into an alcoholic drink and left her to die with the gas turned on. The grandparents told the future singer about the terrible tragedy, saying that Sabrina would not come home again. After the incident, the boy went to the house of his mother's parents, where he was brought up with eight uncles and aunts.

It is known that back in high school, Curtis, like Mike Tyson, passionately fell in love with boxing. In his free time from school, the young man went to the gym for children, where he honed fighting techniques and released all the accumulated grievances on the punching bag. However, his hobby did not pass: 50 Сent is a boxing promoter to this day. Jackson equates this sport with music, because, in his opinion, rap art in battles is comparable to a boxing match: both there and there are champions and losers.

Not surprisingly, there is a "black spot" in Curtis's biography. In 1994, a 19-year-old boy was caught red-handed by a police officer in plain clothes trying to buy drugs from a young "entrepreneur". But such a cold shower did not stop Jackson, after three weeks he fell for the law enforcement officers again: several ounces of heroin, crack and firearms were found in his apartment. The guy was sentenced to three years in prison, but the young man did not stay in places of detention for long, as he obtained an early amnesty.

In part, Jackson was introduced to the world of hip-hop by his young cousin, who read under the nickname "Two Five" and earned himself the nickname 25 Cent. After problems with the law, Curtis realized that it was impossible to slide down an incline, so he decided to take the right path and direct his energy in the right direction. Jackson begins practicing verbal art in a friend's basement, taking on the nickname 50 Cent after a famous gangster from the past who lived in Brooklyn in the 1980s. The guy used an old gramophone as background music (backing tracks).

In 1996, Curtis's friend introduced him to the popular DJ Jason William Mizell, who was a member of the mainstream rap group Run-DMC.It should be said that this hip-hop gang occupied a leading position in the charts along with the Beastie Boys and Public Enemy. Therefore, meeting with Jason played into the hands of Curtis. The hip-hop guru taught the aspiring performer to feel the beat. Jackson's debut album was supposed to be released under Jam Master Jay Records, but this did not happen.

But the young man does not give up and already in 1999 begins cooperation with the oldest Trackmasters producers within the Columbia Records recording brand. "50 cents" starts to work in an accelerated mode. In 14 days, he composed more than 30 songs, half of which were included in the unofficial album Power of the Dollar (2000). It would seem that life is in full swing, 50 Cent is gradually becoming a popular rap singer, and nothing bodes well. But in 2000, Curtis found himself in the balance of death.

The fatal event happened to the aspiring performer on April 24, while he was sitting in the back seat of a car near his own grandmother's house. An unknown criminal shot Jackson 9 times, one of the bullets hit him right in the face and nearly deprived the musician of his voice. 50 Cent miraculously managed to survive, the doctors managed to pull the young man out of the world. Rehabilitation lasted 5 months, 4 of which the rapper went on crutches. After this tragic event, Curtis always wears a body armor when he appears in public. Having recovered from his injuries, the singer continued to engage in his favorite activities.

Acquaintance with rap guru Eminem (with whom 50 Cent later recorded several joint tracks, for example, "You Don't Know") helped Curtis get out of rags to riches, because the most popular performer appreciated Jackson's creative efforts. Impressed by the tracks, Eminem introduced Curtis to the successful beatmaker Dr. Dre. In Los Angeles, after the deal, which was valued at $ 1 million, 50 Cent records the mixtape "No Mercy, No Fear."

In the winter of 2003, Curtis released his debut commercial album Get Rich or Die Tryin ', which took Jackson to the top of fame. The rap album includes such rotating singles as "Inda Club" (according to Billboard - the number one song in the USA in 2003), "PIMP", "Don't Push Me", "If I Can't" and many others. Get Rich or Die Tryin 'sold 872,000 copies in its first 4 days.

The release of Curtis's second album - The Massacre - took place in March 2005. Success was not long in coming: in the first four days, almost 1.5 million records were sold. His singles "Intro", "Outta Control" and "In My Hood" sounded from all the speakers of cars, and videos "Candy Shop", recorded with Olivia Teresa Longott (Olivia), "Disco Inferno" and "All His Love" were broadcast on all music channels.

After 2 years, Jackson created the third album Curtis, which includes the tracks "My Gun Go Off", "Man Down", "Ayo Technology" (feat. Justin Timberlake, Timbaland), "Peep Show" (feat. Eminem), "All of Me "(feat. Mary J. Blige)," I'll Still Kill "(feat. Akon)," Straight to the Bank "and others. In 2007, Curtis recorded the album Bulletproof as a soundtrack for the computer game 50 Cent: Bulletproof (in 2009, the shooter 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand was also released).

In 2008, the extra-album single "Get Up" was released, and in 2009, 50 Cent delighted fans with their fourth studio album Before I Self Destruct. In 2015, "50 Cents" delighted fans with The Kanan Tape, which included the tracks "I'm the Man" (feat. Sonny Digital), "Nigga", "Body Bags" and others.

It should be said that "50 Cents" is not only a successful singer, but also a talented actor, who is given any images. Curtis sticks confidently in front of the director's cameras, so the writers often invite the rapper to change roles and work on the set. For 2017, the performer's track record includes more than 30 films.

In 2005, Curtis starred in Jim Sheridan's Get Rich or Die, which seems to describe Jackson's biography. The plot of the picture revolves around a little boy who crossed the line of the law for money. But the protagonist of the picture changes his attitude towards life and prefers the drug trade to music.

In 2009, "Fifty" starred in John Evnet's action-packed thriller "The Right to Kill", where he worked on the same cinema platform with famous Hollywood stars: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Carla Gugino. Three years later, Curtis stars in the thrilling action movie "Freelancers", where he transforms into a police officer who, after the murder of his father, vows to punish the criminals.

In the same 2012, Curtis appears in David Barrett's film "Wedge by Wedge", which tells the story of a firefighter who falls under the state witness protection program. The cast included Rosario Dawson, Bruce Willis and Julian McMahon.

In 2013, "50 Cents" tried his hand at a new role and played in a drama with elements of the comedy "The Stars", where Michael Douglas, Kevin Kline and Morgan Freeman also took part. In addition, he starred in the crime thriller Prince (2014), the comedy The Spy (2015) with Jude Law and Jason Statham, and the sports drama Lefty (2015).

The rapper prefers not to make his personal life public and believes that the details of life outside the frame should be kept within the walls of the house. But the journalists learned that Jackson has a child from a certain Shanigawa Tompkins, who gave her beloved son Markis. Photos with beloved child 50 Cent are showing on his official page on Instagram.

It is also known that Curtis is a successful entrepreneur, he voiced a number of video games, signed a five-year contract with the sports brand Reebok (2003) and starred in an advertisement for the energy drink Vitamin Water (he had a stake in the company that Coca-Cola acquired, giving the artist $ 100 million).

In 2016, 50 Cent together with Chris Brown recorded the acclaimed track "No Romeo No Juliet".

In 2018, viewers of the world will see two films with the participation of Curtis at once. He will star in the action movie "Den of Robbers", and together with Sylvester Stallone and Dave Batista will take part in the thriller "Escape Plan 2".

2000 - "Power of the Dollar" 2003 - "Get Rich or Die Tryin '" 2005 - "The Massacre" 2007 - "Curtis" 2009 - "Before I Self Destruct" 2014 - "Animal Ambition"

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