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Ok, 50 Started Rapping In A Friend's Basement Where He Used Turntables To

Record Over Instrumentals. In 1996, A Friend Introduced Him To Jam Master Jay

From RUN DMC, Who Was Organizing His Label "Jam Master Jay Records".

Jay Taught Him How To Count Bars, Write Choruses, Structure Songs, And How To Make A Record. 50's First Official Appearance Was On A Song Titled "React"

With The Group Onyx On Their 1998 Album "Shut 'Em Down". He Credited

Jam Master Jay As An Influence Who Helped Him Improve His Ability To Write Hooks. Jay Produced 50's First Album; However It Was Not Released. In 1999,

After Leaving Jam Master Jay, The Platinum Selling Producers

"The Trackmasters" Took Notice Of 50 And Signed Him To Columbia Records.

They Sent Him Up To A Studio In Upstate New York, Where He Produced 36 Songs In 2 Weeks. Eighteen Were Included On His Unofficially Released Album

"Power Of The Dollar" In 2000. He Also Stated That The Now-Defunct

Hollowpoint Entertainment With Former G-Unit Affiliate "Bang 'Em Smurf".

50's Popularity Started To Increase After The Successful But Commercial

Underground Single "How To Rob", Which He Wrote In Half An Hour In A Car On The Way To A Studio. The Track Comically Explains How He Would Rob Artists.

He Explained The Reasoning Behind The Song's Content As

"There's A Hundred Artists On That Label, You Gotta Seperate Yourself From

That Group, And Make Yourself Revelant. Rappers

Jay-Z, Kurupt, Sticky Fingaz, Big Pun, DMX, Wycelf Jean, And The Wu-Tang Clan

Replied To The Song, And Nas, Who Recieved The Track Positively, Invited 50 To

Travel On A Promotional Tour For His Nastradamus Album. The Song Was

Intended To Be Released With "Thug Love" Ft. Destiny's Child, But Two Dayz

Before He Was Scheduled To Film The "Thug Love" Music Video, 50 Was Shot And Confined To A Hospital Due To Injuries, ETC. More Coming Soon

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