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1 Basic Facts
2 First Record Deals
3 Misfortune and Recovery
4 Eminem & Shady Records
5 Wealth & Success
6 50 Cent and the Future
7 Discography
8 Hit singles
9 External Links
50 Cent (pronounced "Fiddy Cent") is an immensely popular US rap artist. Once almost unknown outside his hometown of New York, he became the first artist signed to Eminem's record label Shady Records who was scouted before knowing Eminem. He appeared on the 8 Mile soundtrack with an accompanying song and video that immediately went into heavy rotation on BET, MTV, and radio stations across the country. In the opinion of many observers his continued success seems guaranteed by his large underground fanbase and the "mad street cred" he has gained by appearing on almost every major mix tape sold in New York in the past few years. Interscope Records is very determined to sell 50 Cent as the "real deal", as the success of an artist in gangsta rap depends on his street cred and reputation. In this respect 50 Cent has a clear advantage over almost every other mainstream rapper. His mother was killed in a drug deal, he was a drug dealer himself, he has been shot nine times (nine bullets in one shootout), he overcame enormous disadvantage, and he built a large rap empire in New York city before ever signing a major record deal.

1 Basic Facts

50 Cent was born Curtis Jackson in the late 1970s in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, New York to a single mother who was forced to deal drugs in order to provide for him. When he was aged eight his mother was violently killed in a drug deal gone bad and he was taken in by his grandparents and became accustomed to the workings of the street and how to make money illegally. 50 Cent (his name is according to the "The new Breed" DVD a metaphore for change) from thought of rap as only a hobby until the birth of his baby boy. Between his many run-ins with the law and his new role as provider, 50 decided it was time to pursue rapping seriously as a career.

2 First Record Deals

He met up with Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC fame and was signed to his label JMJ . 50 Cent was intent on learning the rigors of producing palatable rap music: how to count bars, the basics of song structure and importance of good production. Despite learning all this, 50 saw that he wasn't going to get to where he wanted to go with JMJ, and left the label in search of someone who could help him achieve his dream of rap stardom. He teamed up with the all-star hip-hop production duo Track Masters who recognized 50 Cent's talent for incisive lyrics and signed him to Columbia Records in 1999. Although he looks back on this time with displeasure (his biography refers to it as being "locked up in the studio"), the 18 days spent in a studio in Upstate NY produced 36 tracks which later became his breakthrough album Power of the Dollar . Although never officially released, the album was heavily bootlegged, judged a classic by Blaze Magazine , and the humorous ode to robbing a slew of industry rappers ( Jay-ZJay-Z (aka the Jigga HO and Hova born Shawn Carter December 4, 1969) is an American rapper, originally from the Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, New York. He was raised by a single mother and, as a young man, began hustling on the streets of New York. He brief, Puff Daddy, DMXDMX can mean: rap artist named "DMX" Digital Multiplex, a lighting communications protocol. Digital Music Express cable radio service TLAs., various members of the Wu-Tang ClanThe Wu-Tang Clan is a pioneering hardcore rap group, originally from Staten Island, New York (Staten Island is referred to as "Shaolin" in their lyrics). There are nine original members of the Wu-Tang Clan. All of the nine members have released solo album, even his producers Track Masters, and many more) was an instant hit for New York radio.



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