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Curtis James Jackson III Born July 6 1975 In South Jamaica Queens New York Better Known By His Stage Name 50 Cent Is A Grammy Award Nominated Rapper Actor Singer Entrepreneur Author And Founder Of The Hip Hop Group And Label G-Unit. Jackson Was Born And Raised In South Jamaica A Neighborhood In The New York City Borough Of Queens. His Mother Sabrina A Drug Dealer Died In A Fire When He Was 8. Since His Father Had Already Abandoned The Family Young Curtis Was Sent To Live With His Grandparents. Growing Up During The Crack Epidemic Of The 80s And 90s Jackson Dealt Drugs When He Wasn't "killing Time" At School Or Boxing At A Local Gym. His Grandparents Assumed He Was At After-School Programs When He Was Out Selling Crack. In Tenth Grade Jackson Was Caught With Guns And Drug Money Passing Through The Metal Detectors At Andrew Jackson High School In Queens. In 1994 Jackson Was Arrested Again For Selling Vials Of Cocaine To An Undercover Officer And Three Weeks Later He Was Arrested Yet-Again After Police Found Heroin Crack Cocaine And A Starter Pistol In His Home. Jackson Was Sentenced To 3 To 9 Years In Prison But Opted To Join A 6 Month Boot Camp Program And Get His GED. Around This Time Jackson Began Going By "50 Cent " Inspired By Deceased Brooklyn Stick-Up Man Kelvin "50 Cent" Martin. After Leaving Drug Dealing To Pursue A Rap Career He Released His Debut Album Guess Who's Back Again In 2002. He Was Discovered By Eminem And Dr. Dre And Then Signed To Interscope Records. He Has Since Released Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 2003 The Massacre 2006 Curtis 2007 And Before I Self Destruct 2009 . 50 Cent Has Engaged In Feuds With Other Rappers Including Jay-Z Ja Rule The Game Cam'ron Fat Joe And Rick Ross. He Has Also Pursued An Acting Career Appearing In The Semi-Autobiographical Film Get Rich Or Die Tryin' In 2005 The Iraq War Film Home Of The Brave In 2006 And Righteous Kill In 2008. 50 Cent Is One Of The Richest Hip-Hop Performers Having A Net Worth Estimated At US $440 Million In 2008. Before 50 Cent Ever Inked A Major Deal He Built Up A Substantial Fan Base In New York Through Underground Mixtapes. 50 Cent Met Up With Jam Master Jay Of Run-DMC And Was Signed To His Label To Write All Of Jay’s Music. After He’d Left JMJ He Signed To Columbia Records In 1996. On This Label He Released Power Of The Dollar And The Singles How To Rob And Ghetto Qua Ran. Columbia Records Released Him From The Label After Being Shot On May 24th 2000. Around This Time Eminem Had Heard One Of 50 Cent’s Demo Tapes And Expressed A Huge Interest In Him On MTV As Did Dr. Dre. Shortly After This 50 Cent Officially Signed To Interscope Records. He Was The First Rapper To Sign To The Joint Label Owned By Dr. Dre And Eminem. The First Song He Released On This Record Was Entitled Wanksta And Was Featured On The 8 Mile Soundtrack. In Its First Week Of Release His Debut ”Get Rich Or Die Tryin’” Sold 872 000 Units - Easily Reaching Gold Status. Within The Second Week It Went Platinum 1 Mil And On April 12th 2004 The RIAA Certified It Six Times Platinum. In 2005 He Followed The Success Of His Album Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ With A New Release - The Massacre Originally Called St. Valentines Day Massacre Until The Release Date Was Pushed Back . The First Single Released Off This Disco Inferno Was A Huge Hit - He Followed This Hit Up By The Release Of Candy Shop And Then Again With Just A Lil Bit. In 2003 Interscope Records Allowed 50 Cent To Have His Own Label - G-Unit Records. He First Signed Lloyd Banks Tony Yayo And Young Buck As The Established Members Of G-Unit Records. In 2004 Dr. Dre And 50 Cent Had Signed The Game Under A Joint Venture.
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Curtis James Jackson III Born July 6 1975 In South Jamaica Queens New York Better Known By His Stage Name 50 Cent Is A Grammy Award Nominated Rapper Actor Singer Entrepreneur Author And Founder Of The Hip Hop Group And Label G-Unit. Jackson Was Born And Raised In South Jamaica A Neighborhood In The New York City Borough Of Queens. His Mother Sabrina A Drug Dealer Died In A Fire When He Was 8. Since His Father Had Already Abandoned The Family Young Curtis Was Sent To Live With His Grandparents. Growing Up During The Crack Epidemic Of The 80s And 90s Jackson Dealt Drugs When He Wasn't "killing Time" At School Or Boxing At A Local Gym. His Grandparents Assumed He Was At After-School Programs When He Was Out Selling Crack. In Tenth Grade Jackson Was Caught With Guns And Drug Money Passing Through The Metal Detectors At Andrew Jackson High School In Queens. In 1994 Jackson Was Arrested Again For Selling Vials Of Cocaine To An Undercover Officer And Three Weeks Later He Was Arrested Yet-Again After Police Found Heroin Crack Cocaine And A Starter Pistol In His Home. Jackson Was Sentenced To 3 To 9 Years In Prison But Opted To Join A 6 Month Boot Camp Program And Get His GED. Around This Time Jackson Began Going By "50 Cent " Inspired By Deceased Brooklyn Stick-Up Man Kelvin "50 Cent" Martin. After Leaving Drug Dealing To Pursue A Rap Career He Released His Debut Album Guess Who's Back Again In 2002. He Was Discovered By Eminem And Dr. Dre And Then Signed To Interscope Records. He Has Since Released Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 2003 The Massacre 2006 Curtis 2007 And Before I Self Destruct 2009 . 50 Cent Has Engaged In Feuds With Other Rappers Including Jay-Z Ja Rule The Game Cam'ron Fat Joe And Rick Ross. He Has Also Pursued An Acting Career Appearing In The Semi-Autobiographical Film Get Rich Or Die Tryin' In 2005 The Iraq War Film Home Of The Brave In 2006 And Righteous Kill In 2008. 50 Cent Is One Of The Richest Hip-Hop Performers Having A Net Worth Estimated At US $440 Million In 2008. Before 50 Cent Ever Inked A Major Deal He Built Up A Substantial Fan Base In New York Through Underground Mixtapes. 50 Cent Met Up With Jam Master Jay Of Run-DMC And Was Signed To His Label To Write All Of Jay’s Music. After He’d Left JMJ He Signed To Columbia Records In 1996. On This Label He Released Power Of The Dollar And The Singles How To Rob And Ghetto Qua Ran. Columbia Records Released Him From The Label After Being Shot On May 24th 2000. Around This Time Eminem Had Heard One Of 50 Cent’s Demo Tapes And Expressed A Huge Interest In Him On MTV As Did Dr. Dre. Shortly After This 50 Cent Officially Signed To Interscope Records. He Was The First Rapper To Sign To The Joint Label Owned By Dr. Dre And Eminem. The First Song He Released On This Record Was Entitled Wanksta And Was Featured On The 8 Mile Soundtrack. In Its First Week Of Release His Debut ”Get Rich Or Die Tryin’” Sold 872 000 Units - Easily Reaching Gold Status. Within The Second Week It Went Platinum 1 Mil And On April 12th 2004 The RIAA Certified It Six Times Platinum. In 2005 He Followed The Success Of His Album Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ With A New Release - The Massacre Originally Called St. Valentines Day Massacre Until The Release Date Was Pushed Back . The First Single Released Off This Disco Inferno Was A Huge Hit - He Followed This Hit Up By The Release Of Candy Shop And Then Again With Just A Lil Bit. In 2003 Interscope Records Allowed 50 Cent To Have His Own Label - G-Unit Records. He First Signed Lloyd Banks Tony Yayo And Young Buck As The Established Members Of G-Unit Records. In 2004 Dr. Dre And 50 Cent Had Signed The Game Under A Joint Venture.
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Curtis Is The Third Studio Album By 50 Cent. It Was Released September 11 2007 By Shady Records Aftermath Entertainment Interscope Records And Universal Music Group. The Album Features Production From Dr. Dre Eminem And Timbaland Among Others. Music Writers Have Noted That 50 Cent Divides Between "hard" And "soft" Songs On The Album. Curtis Received Generally Mixed Reviews From Music Critics Upon Release. The Album Debuted At #2 On The US Billboard 200 Chart Selling 691 000 Copies In Its First Week. After Years Of Slumping Sales The Album's Competition With Kanye West's Graduation 2007 And The Resulting Record-Breaking Performances Both Albums Displayed Was Considered To Be A "great Day For Hip Hop." Initially 50 Cent's 2007 Album Which Was Planned To Be Before I Self Destruct. However He Decided To Push Back Its Release Date To 2008 And Instead To Release Curtis In 2007. The Album's Title Was Changed Twice. For The First Time It Was Changed From "Curtis" To "Curtis S.S.K.". The Second Time The Title Of The Album Was Changed Back From "Curtis S.S.K." To "Curtis". The "S.S.K." Which Stood For "SoundScan Killer" Was Intended To Show The Pressure 50 Cent Felt To Succeed. The "S.S.K." Also Stands For "SouthSide King" And "Shoot Stab Kill". 50 Cent Stated That The Album Was Inspired By His Life Before His Commercial Debut Get Rich Or Die Tryin'. He Also Stated That He Chose The Album's Title Because He Was Known As "Curtis" Before He Became Famous. In January 2007 DJ Whoo Kid Predicted The Album To Be A Double Disc LP With One CD Having A "crazy Club-Bangin' Ridiculous" Theme And The Other Having A "hard-Core Killer Sh-- " Theme. However This Did Not Materialize. Curtis Debuted At Number Two On The US Billboard 200 Chart Selling 691 000 Copies In Its First Week. It Had The Fourth Highest Sales Week For An Album In 2007 Topping Linkin Park's Minutes To Midnight Which Sold 625 000 Then Outsold By The Eagles' Long Road Out Of Eden Which Moved 711 000 Units And Later Alicia Keys' As I Am Bringing In 742 000 Copies. It Also Had The Highest Sales Week For An Album By An East Coast-Based Artist Since Jay-Z's Kingdom Come Debuted With 680 000 Copies Sold Several Months Earlier. However Curtis Brought In The Third-Lowest First-Week Sales Of 50 Cent's Career With Get Rich Or Die Tryin' Selling 872 000 And The Massacre Moving 1.14 Million Copies. The Album Sold 143 000 Copies In Its Second Week Of Release In The US 71 000 Copies In Its Third Week 50 000 Copies In Its Fourth Week 38 000 Copies In Its Fifth Week On The Chart And 30 000 Copies Sold In Its Sixth Week It Sold 24 000 Copies In Its Seventh Week 20 000 In Its Eighth Week 17 000 In Its Ninth Week 17 000 In Its 10th Week 21 000 In Its 11th Week 15 000 In Its 12th Week 17 000 In Its 13th Week 19 000 In Its 14th Week And 25 000 In Its 15th Week. In The US Curtis Ultimately Sold 1 225 000 In 2007. In 2007 Curtis Was Ranked As The 36th Most Popular Album Of The Year On The Billboard 200. In July 2007 Kanye West Changed The Release Date For His Third Studio Album Graduation From September 18 2007 To The Same Release Date As Curtis With September 11 2007. This Forced The Albums To Go Head-To-Head And Compete For Higher Sales Against Each Other. 50 Cent Claimed That If Graduation Sold More Records Than Curtis He Would Stop Releasing Solo Albums. However He Later Dispelled His Comments. When Asked Again About His Threat To Retire 50 Cent Stated That If He Were To Lose He Will Release An Album Every Time A Major Def Jam Artist Releases An Album. Graduation's First-Week Sales Of 957 000 And Curtis's First-Week Sales Of 691 000 Served As Only The Second Time Since 1991 When Nielsen SoundScan Began Collecting Data That Two Albums Sold More Than 600 000 In A Week In The United States In 1991 Guns N' Roses Released Use Your Illusion I And Use Your Illusion II Selling 685 000 And 770 000 Copies Respectively. The First-Week Sales Totals Of Graduation And Curtis Outsold The First-Week Sales Totals Of Guns N' Roses' Two Albums. In September 2008 Billboard Released The One-Year Sales Figures For Both Albums Curtis Finished With Sales Of 1 336 000 And Graduation Finished With Sales Of 2 116 000.