


He executive-produced and starred in the television series Power (2014–2020) and is slated to produce its spin-offs. He underwent musical changes by his fifth album, Animal Ambition (2014), and is currently working on his sixth studio album. 50 Cent had similar commercial and critical success with his second album, The Massacre, which was released in 2005. In 2003, he founded G-Unit Records, signing his G-Unit associates Young Buck, Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo. Dre (who produced his first major-label album Get Rich or Die Tryin'), 50 Cent became one of the world's best selling rappers and rose to prominence as de facto leader of East Coast hip hop group G-Unit. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. In 2002, after 50 Cent released the compilation album Guess Who's Back?, he was discovered by Eminem and signed to Shady Records, under the aegis of Dr. He later began pursuing a musical career and in 2000 he produced Power of the Dollar for Columbia Records, but days before the planned release he was shot and the album was never released. īorn in the South Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, Jackson began selling drugs at age 12 during the 1980s crack epidemic. Known for his impact in the hip hop industry, he has been described as a "master of the nuanced art of lyrical brevity".

Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, and entrepreneur.
