How many years did 50 cent active?

Answer 1

50 Cent (real name Curtis Jackson) was born on July 6, 1976 in the Jamaica district of Queens, New York. 50's mother was 15 when he was born.

Biography and Career :

His father had already left home and 50 Cent was sent to live with his grandparents. But by the age of 12, 50 Cent was on the streets selling crack. "Life is cheap in those places," he says. "You can have someone killed for $5,000."

50 Cent is the new King of hardcore hip-hop and doesn't just pay lip-service to the concept of "keepin' it real."

He keeps it real in a way that, Steps for instance, didn't. 50 Cent'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 Cent 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. Unsurprisingly, the song's targets were not amused and a series of anonymous death threats followed.

He was shot nine times, including a nine millimeter bullet to the face in April, 2000. He spent the next few months recovering and Columbia Records promptly dropped him from the label. -Jackl1019