50 cent
Born Curtis Jacksonin Southside Jamaica, QueensJuly 6 1976SON: Marquise Jackson (6 years old)RAP GROUP: The G-Unit (Guerilla Unit)His first single for Aftermath, "Wanksta," first appeared on the 8 Mile soundtrack.
50 Cent says his name is a metaphor for change and also the name of the gangsta in Fort Greene.
G-Unit clothing will soon be available. He will also have his own G-Unit shoes by Reebok.
50 is the new King of hardcore hip-hop and doesn't just pay lip-service to the concept of "keepin' it real." 50 keeps it real in a way that, Steps for instance, didn't. 50's put-downs of every major figure in the rap game has made him something of a controversy magnet and a multi-million pound industry. "I'm from the bottom," he says. "When you're from the bottom you have nothing to lose so you say what you gotta say and don't worry about the consequences."
50 was signed to Columbia Records in 1999. The rapper promptly cut 36 songs which resulted in Power of a Dollar, an unreleased album that featured the controversial single, How to Rob. In the song 50 daydreams of robbing famous rappers such as Jay-Z, Ghostface Killah and Sticky Fingaz.
Disography
"When everyone else was afraid to work with me for reasons outside of music, he (Eminem) looked straight past that,"
