Biografia

His mother was killed at age 23, when he was just eight years old.

Released a series of street mixtapes (2002). They became so popular that Eminem heard them and signed him to his record label. Even after his success, 50 Cent still releases street mixtapes on a regular basis.

Neither drinks alcohol nor smokes. 50 has stated in multiple interviews that after peddling drugs on the street for money (but never partaking himself), he saw how drugs, alcohol and smoking were adversely affecting his close relatives, so he made a conscious decision to change not only himself by finding legitimate means of making money, but also abstaining from the things that were destroying his relatives.

His cartoon-like photo on the cover of his album "The Massacre" was meant to make him look like a Ninja Turtle, his son's favorite cartoon characters. He is also a huge fan of the cartoon, his favorite turtle being Donatello.

His debut album "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" was the highest debut ever with 900,000 copies sold in the first week.

The only thing that I'm scared of is not livin' up to the expectations of Dr. Dre and Eminem.

[on his feud with rapper Ja Rule] Right now he's desperate. He should be talking about me, not Eminem and Dr. Dre and everybody else. He will lose, he knows that. The route that he has to take is the "I'm a mad gangsta" hardcore route, and ain't nobody gonna believe him.

In Hollywood, they say there's no business like show business. In the hood, they say there's no business like ho' business.

I'm not trying to save the world. As a musician and artist, it just ain't me.

A man becomes as attractive as an attractive woman when he becomes successful and is publicly noted. Power is an aphrodisiac.