Curtis Jackson
Curtis Jackson
Curtis James Jackson III, known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, entrepreneur, investor, record, film, and television producer. Born in the South Jamaica neighborhood of the borough of Queens, Jackson began selling drugs at age twelve during the 1980s crack epidemic. Although he left drug-dealing to pursue a musical career, he was struck by nine bullets in a 2000 shooting. After Jackson released the compilation album Guess Who's Back? in 2002, he was discovered by Eminem and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth6 July 1975
CountryUnited States of America
Even the worst that happens to you can be converted into GOLD if you are clever enough.
My grandmother, she's been the positive portion of my life the entire time. She raised us Baptist, and when I got old enough to say I didn't want to go to church, she didn't force me. She was cool.
Chris Lighty was a huge portion of my actual career. It's difficult to adjust to not have someone around that's in your life, in your life.
Power is confidence. The confidence to deliver your answer when you're in a board meeting is what will allow you to move up faster. The confidence to be yourself in front of people creates a separation.
I'm down to sell records but not my soul.....
In Hollywood they say there's no business like show business. In the hood they say there's no business like ho' business.
Concentrate on your money. Try to hold your paper. It takes money to make money, so save your money, opportunites come.
My grandma pregnant again trying to talk her out of keeping it
My past is my shadow, it follows me everywhere I go. Well, all those things come from when I had no other choice. They put my back against the wall. I do what I gotta do.
Death must be easy cuz life is hard
You gotta be smart enough to pick up the information as you go.
I love funny women, and just being around them talking is fine with me. I love an interesting mind.
You either pray or worry. Don't do both.
If you're not doin anything and you don't have goals and you got nothing to do then you might as well go jump off something, you just wasting the air.