50 Cent Extra Credit Blog

Curtis Jackson aka 50 Cent, was born in Queens New York and grew up in a very rough neighborhood to say the least. At age 12 he started to sell crack and weed, and just a year later bought  his own gun. Years later he stopped the drug business and started to pursue his rap career. During his rise to fame he was shot nine times in a drive by shooting. He amazingly survived and came back stronger then he had before  and released his album called Guess Who's Back, and that is when he got the attention of Eminem. Eminem and Dre signed 50 to Interscope records. 50 was one of the highest selling artists in 2003. He has acted in his movie called Get Rich or Die Tryin'. His album Get Rich or Die Tryin' was the 6th best album of the 2000's, and has his fifth album coming out in November. Here is one of 50s' more popular song, I Get Money