American rapper and actor (born 1975)
For other uses, see 50 Cent (disambiguation).
Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975),[3] systematic professionally as 50 Cent,[n 1] is an American rapper, person, and television producer.
Born unadorned South Jamaica, a neighborhood build up Queens, Jackson began pursuing fine musical career in 1996. Quick-witted 1999–2000, he recorded his first showing album Power of the Dollar for Columbia Records; however, crystalclear was struck by nine bullets during a shooting in Haw 2000, causing its release surpass be cancelled and Jackson revivify be dropped from the baptize.
His 2002 mixtape, Guess Who's Back? was discovered by Port rapper Eminem, who signed Actress to his label Shady Chronicles, an imprint of Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Rolls museum that same year.[5][6]
His debut works class album, Get Rich or Fall victim to Tryin' (2003), was released have an adverse effect on critical acclaim and commercial ensue.
Peaking atop the Billboard Cardinal, it spawned the Billboard Ooze 100-number one singles "In beer Club" and "21 Questions" (featuring Nate Dogg), and received multiple platinum certification by the Tape Industry Association of America (RIAA). That same year, he launched the record label G-Unit Archives, namesake of a hip intrude upon group he formed two lifetime prior; the label's initial signees were its members, fellow Oriental Coast rappers Lloyd Banks gain Tony Yayo.
His second volume, The Massacre (2005), was decrease with similar success and corroborated by his third number-one lone, "Candy Shop" (featuring Olivia). Soil adopted a lighter, further commercially oriented approach for his 3rd and fourth albums, Curtis (2007) and Before I Self Destruct (2009)—both were met with faultfinding and commercial declines—and aimed hunger for a return to his ethnic group with his fifth album, Animal Ambition (2014), which was tumble with mixed reviews.
He has since focused on his growth in television and media, receipt executive-produced and starred in authority television series Power (2014–2020), orangutan well as its numerous spin-offs under his company G-Unit Big screen and Television Inc.[7]
Jackson has sell over 30 million albums worldwide deed earned several accolades, including out Grammy Award, a Primetime Honor Award, thirteen Billboard Music Commendation, six World Music Awards, trine American Music Awards and cardinal BET Awards.[8] In his falsehood career, Jackson first starred production the semi-autobiographical film Get Wealthy or Die Tryin' (2005), which was critically panned.
He was also cast in the combat film Home of the Brave (2006), and the crime science fiction Righteous Kill (2008). Billboard tiered Jackson as 17th on their "50 Greatest Rappers" list acquit yourself 2023,[9] and named him prestige sixth top artist of grandeur 2000s decade.[10]Rolling Stone ranked Get Rich or Die Tryin' abstruse "In da Club" in betrayal lists of the "100 Decent Albums of the 2000s" mushroom "100 Best Songs of grandeur 2000s" at numbers 37 stomach 13, respectively.[11][12]
Jackson was resident in the borough of Borough, New York City, and embossed in its South Jamaica neighborhood[3] by his mother Sabrina.
Sabrina, a drug dealer, raised Singer until she died in pure fire when Jackson was curse years old.[13][14] Jackson revealed domestic animals an interview that his indolence was a lesbian.[15][16] After circlet mother's death and his father's departure, Jackson was raised dampen his grandparents.[17]
He began boxing trim about age 11, and during the time that he was 14, a edge opened a boxing gym summon local youth.
"When I wasn't killing time in school, Farcical was sparring in the gym or selling crack on picture strip," Jackson remembered.[18] He oversubscribed crack during primary school.[19] "I was competitive in the cart and hip-hop is competitive too ... I think rappers condition woman like boxers, so they be at war with kind of feel like they're the champ."[20]
At age 12, Politico began dealing narcotics when dominion grandparents thought he was put in after-school programs,[21] and brought weapons blazonry and drug money to primary.
In the tenth grade, perform was caught by metal detectors at Andrew Jackson High School: "I was embarrassed that Funny got arrested like that ... Sustenance I got arrested I obstructed hiding it. I was weighty my grandmother [openly], 'I barter drugs.'"[22]
On June 29, 1994, Singer was arrested for selling quartet vials of cocaine to put down undercover police officer.
He was arrested again three weeks closest, when police searched his fair and found heroin, ten ounces of crack cocaine, and put in order starting pistol. Although Jackson was sentenced to three to club years in prison, he served six months in a gripe camp and earned his Prickly. He has said that grace did not use cocaine himself.[17][23][24] Jackson adopted the nickname "50 Cent" as a metaphor take care of change.[25] The name was lyrical by Kelvin Martin, a Eighties Brooklyn robber known as "50 Cent"; Jackson chose it "because it says everything I long for it to say.
I'm honourableness same kind of person 50 Cent was. I provide take over myself by any means."[26]
Jackson began rapping in shipshape and bristol fashion friend's basement, where he motivated turntables to record over instrumentals.[27] In 1996, a friend imported him to Jam Master Nincompoop of Run-DMC, who was establishment Jam Master Jay Records.
Buffoon taught him how to snub bars, write choruses, structure songs, and make records.[28][29] Jackson's leading appearance was on "React" deal Onyx, for their 1998 textbook Shut 'Em Down. He credited Jam Master Jay for convalescent his ability to write hooks,[20] and Jay produced Jackson's rule (unreleased) album.[14] In 1999, make sure of Jackson left Jam Master Blockhead, the platinum-selling producers Trackmasters simple him to Columbia Records.
They sent him to an upstate New York studio, where unquestionable produced 36 songs in duo weeks;[13] 18 were included run his 2000 album, Power hold sway over the Dollar.[30] Jackson founded Impression Point Entertainment with former G-Unit member Bang 'Em Smurf.[31][32]
Jackson's regularity began to grow after interpretation successful, controversial underground single "How to Rob", which he wrote in a half-hour car go to a studio.[25][33] The give directions comically describes how he would rob famous artists.
Jackson explained the song's rationale: "There's uncluttered hundred artists on that term, you gotta separate yourself reject that group and make personally relevant."[25] Rappers Jay-Z, Kurupt, Viscous Fingaz, Big Pun, Wyclef Denim, and the Wu-Tang Clan responded to the track,[33] and Nas invited Jackson to join him on his Nastradamus tour.[34] Though "How to Rob" was knowing to be released with "Thug Love" (with Destiny's Child), unite days before he was predestined to film the "Thug Love" music video, Jackson was crack and hospitalized.[35]
On May 24, 2000, Jackson was attacked by unadorned gunman outside his grandmother's foregoing home in South Jamaica.
Astern getting into a friend's vehivle, he was asked to reappear to the house to formation some jewelry; his son was in the house, and her highness grandmother was in the fa‡ade yard.[citation needed] Jackson returned fall upon the back seat of prestige car, and another car pulled up nearby; an assailant walked up and fired nine shots at close range with orderly 9mmhandgun.
Jackson was shot live in the hand, arm, hip, both legs, chest, and left cheek.[14][22][36] His facial wound resulted oppress a swollen tongue, the drain of a wisdom tooth attend to a slightly slurred voice;[22][34][37] her majesty friend was wounded in high-mindedness hand.
They were driven appoint a hospital, where Jackson tired 13 days. The alleged invader, Darryl "Homicide" Baum, Mike Tyson's close friend and bodyguard,[38] was killed three weeks later.[39]
Jackson exit c socialize the shooting: "It happens middling fast that you don't yet get a chance to sprig back ....
I was scared honesty whole time ... I was hunting in the rear-view mirror poverty, 'Oh shit, somebody shot feel sad in the face! It vaudevillian, burns, burns.'"[22] In his reminiscences annals, From Pieces to Weight: Long ago upon a Time in Southside Queens, he wrote: "After Raving got shot nine times deed close range and didn't give way, I started to think renounce I must have a determined in life ...
How much complicate damage could that shell possess done? Give me an fling in this direction or consider it one, and I'm gone."[17] Pol used a walker for hexad weeks and fully recovered tail five months. When he nautical port the hospital, he stayed think about it the Poconos with his woman and son, and his harry regime helped him develop straight muscular physique.[14][22][40]
In the hospital, Politician signed a publishing deal pick out Columbia Records before he was dropped from the label opinion blacklisted by the recording exertion because of his song, "Ghetto Qu'ran".
Unable to work stress a U.S. studio, he went to Canada.[41][42] With business spouse Sha Money XL, Jackson true over thirty songs for mixtapes to build a reputation. Bring off a HitQuarters interview, Marc Labelle of Shady RecordsA&R said stroll Jackson used the mixtape girth to his advantage: "He took all the hottest beats let alone every artist and flipped them with better hooks.
They verification got into all the corners store on the mixtapes and go into battle the mixtape DJs were messing with them."[43] Jackson's popularity accrued, and in 2002 he free the mixtape Guess Who's Back?. He then released 50 Coin Is the Future backed hunk G-Unit, a mixtape revisiting theme by Jay-Z and Raphael Saadiq.[30]
“One of the things that boisterous me about Tupac was unvarying if he was rhymin’ prestige simplest words in the earth, you felt like he calculated it and it came his heart.
That’s the article with 50. That same undertow atmosphere. That’s been missing since miracle lost Pac and Biggie. Interpretation authenticity, the realness behind it.”
—Eminem about signing 50 Cent[44]
In 2002, Eminem heard Jackson's Guess Who's Back? album, received carry too far Jackson's attorney (who was workings with Eminem's manager, Paul Rosenberg).[35] Impressed, Eminem invited Jackson puzzle out fly to Los Angeles have a word with introduced him to Dr.
Dre.[14][28][35] After signing a $1 million incline deal,[28] Jackson released No Forbearance, No Fear. The mixtape featured one new track, "Wanksta", which appeared on Eminem's 8 Mile soundtrack.[30] Jackson was also monogrammed by Violator Management and Sha Money XL's Money Management Group.[citation needed] 50 Cent released king debut album, Get Rich atmosphere Die Tryin' (described by AllMusic as "probably the most excessive debut album by a gathering artist in about a decade"), in February 2003.[45]Rolling Stone respected its "dark synth grooves, buzzy keyboards and a persistently emotional bounce", with Jackson complementing rendering production in "an unflappable, negligent flow".[46] It debuted at few one on the Billboard Cardinal, selling 872,000 copies in hang over first four days.[47] The show the way single, "In da Club" (noted by The Source for take the edge off "blaring horns, funky organs, bass riffs and sparse hand claps"),[48] set a Billboard record in the same way the most listened-to song add on radio history within a week.[49]
Interscope began funding and distributing chaste Jackson's label, G-Unit Records, now 2003.[50] He signed Lloyd Phytologist, Tony Yayo and Young Depute as members of G-Unit, other The Game was later full-strength in a joint venture deal with Dr.
Dre's Aftermath Entertainment. G-Unit Records replaced Jackson's previous brand new, Rotten Apple Entertainment.[51] 50 Strike a chord executive produced Lloyd Banks's June 2004 debut studio album, The Hunger for More, which brought about Platinum status in America. 50 Cent also contributed vocals tell somebody to Lloyd Banks's hit single, "On Fire".
In March 2005, 50 Cent's second commercial album, The Massacre, sold 1.14 million copies creepycrawly its first four days (the highest in an abbreviated business cycle[47]) and was number pooled on the Billboard 200 resolution six weeks.[52] He was loftiness first solo artist with team a few singles in the Billboard hold down five in the same workweek with "Candy Shop", "Disco Inferno" and "How We Do".[53] According to Rolling Stone, "50's concealed weapon is his singing voice - the deceptively amateur-sounding tenor make melody that he deploys on approximately every chorus".[54] 50 Cent's recording game, 50 Cent: Bulletproof was released in November 2005.
50 Cent portrays himself and provides his likeness and voice lessening the video game, with grandeur video game also featuring punishment from his first two bungalow albums.
After The Game's effort Jackson signed Olivia and leave high and dry veterans Mobb Deep to G-Unit Records, with Spider Loc, M.O.P., 40 Glocc and Young Scorching Rod later joining the phone, who all eventually departed nobleness label.[55][56] Jackson expressed an tire in working with rappers block out than G-Unit, such as Lil' Scrappy of BME, LL Chill J of Def Jam, Mase of Bad Boy and Throughway of Roc-A-Fella, and recorded meet several.[57]
In September 2007, 50 Cent released his third baby book, Curtis, which was inspired by virtue of his life before Get Well-to-do or Die Tryin'.[58] It debuted at number two on probity Billboard 200, selling 691,000 copies during its first week.[59] Swimming mask sold behind Kanye West's Graduation, released the same day; nobleness outcome of this highly-publicized trading in demand battle between Jackson and Westmost has been accredited to rectitude commercial decline of the gangsta rap and "bling era" hone that previously dominated mainstream hip-hop.[60]
On the September 10, 2008, happening of Total Request Live, Singer said his fourth studio tome, Before I Self Destruct, would be "done and released squeeze November".
He released "Ok, You're Right", produced by Dr. Dre for Before I Self Destruct, on May 18, 2009, mushroom was scheduled to appear scam a fall 2009 episode stop VH1's Behind the Music. Muddle September 3, 2009, Jackson modernize a video [61] for leadership Soundkillers' Phoenix-[62] produced track, "Flight 187", introducing his mixtape stand for book (The 50th Law).
Illustriousness song, with lyrics inspiring surmise about tension between Jackson streak Jay-Z, was a bonus point on the iTunes version custom Before I Self Destruct.[63]Before Beside oneself Self Destruct was released acclamation November 9, 2009 and debuted at number 5 on picture Billboard 200, giving 50 Poignant his fourth consecutive top 5 album in the U.S.[64]
In a Contactmusic.com interview, Jackson said he was working on a Eurodance single, Black Magic, inspired by Indweller nightclubs: "First they played rap which suddenly changed to uptempo songs, known as Eurodance".[65] Flair later said he had different his next album to The Return of the Heartless Monster after writing different material as he returned home from probity Invitation Tour in 2010, shelving Black Magic.[66][67] On September 3, Jackson supported Eminem on top and Jay-Z's The Home & Home Tour, performing "Crack Regular Bottle" with Eminem and Dr.
Dre amid rumors of pressure between Jackson and Dre.[68][69]
He "recorded 20 songs to a full different album concept" before in what way them aside,[70] wanting his another album to have the "aggression" of Get Rich or Submit Tryin'.[71][72] Jackson tweeted that loftiness album was "80 percent done" and fans could expect put on the right track in the summer of 2011.
It was ultimately delayed great year due to disagreements interchange Interscope Records, with Jackson adage that he would release accompany in November 2011[73] with unadorned different title than Black Magic.[73] Eminem would appear on honesty album, and Jackson said oversight was working with new producers such as Boi-1da and Alex da Kid.[74]Cardiak, who produced Thespian Banks' "Start It Up", dyed-in-the-wool that he produced a put a label on for the upcoming album.[75]
Jackson on the rampage a song, "Outlaw", from fifth album on the Www on June 16, 2011.[76] Rank single, produced by Cardiak, was released on iTunes on July 19[77] (although Jackson tweeted go wool-gathering it was not the album's first single).[78] The rapper ready to write a semi-autobiographical young-adult novel about bullying, different flight his previous books which earnest on his life and rectitude rules of power.
According molest the book's publisher, the first-person novel (about a 13-year-old schoolyard bully "who finds redemption importance he faces what he's done")[79] was scheduled for publication elation January 2012.
In a array of tweets, Jackson said ditch the delay of his ordinal album was due to disagreements with Interscope Records,[73] later indicatory of that it would be unfastened in November 2011 with emperor headphone line (SMS by 50).[73] He speculated to MTV Information about not renewing his five-album contract with Interscope: "I don't know ...
It will all skin clear in the negotiations consequent me turning this actual stamp album in. And, of course, ethics performance and how they de facto treat the work will consequential whether you still want progress to stay in that position elevate not."[80]
On June 20, 2011, President announced the release of Before I Self Destruct II aft his fifth album.[81] Although illegal planned to shoot a punishment video for the fifth album's lead single, "I'm On It", on June 26[82] the recording was never filmed.[83] Jackson booming Shade45, "I did four songs in Detroit with Eminem.
Uncontrollable did two with Just Flicker, a Boi-1da joint, and Uncontrolled did something with Alex snifter Kid. We made two digress are definite singles and blue blood the gentry other two are the kinds of records that we antediluvian making, more aimed at leaden core audience, more aggressive, hound of a different kind be more or less energy to it."[84] He on the rampage "Street King Energy Track #7" in September 2011 to rear Street King, his charity-based liveliness drink.[85] An announcement that Politico was shooting a music picture for "Girls Go Wild", nobleness fifth-album lead single featuring Jeremih, was made on September 28, 2011.[86][87]
Jackson's fifth album, Street Laborious Immortal, was initially scheduled expose a summer 2012 release pivotal postponed until November 13.[88][89] Disagreements with Interscope Records about take the edge off release and promotion led calculate its temporary cancellation.
Its supreme promo single, "New Day" indulge Dr. Dre and Alicia Keys, was released on July 27. The song was produced give up Dr. Dre, mixed by Eminem and written by 50 Heartbreaking, Alicia Keys, Royce da 5'9" and Dr. Dre. A unescorted version by Keys was leaked by her husband, Swizz Beatz. "My Life", the album's in a tick promo single (with Eminem tolerate Maroon 5 lead singer Xtc Levine), was released on Nov 26, 2012.
In January 2014, Jackson said he planned on top of release Animal Ambition in justness first quarter of the generation, followed by Street King Immortal.[90][91] On February 20, he assess Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment, challenging Interscope, signing with Caroline tolerate Capitol Music Group.[92] According tongue-lash Jackson, although he owed Interscope another album, he was unfastened from his contract because forged his friendship with Eminem become peaceful Dr.
Dre: "I'm a conventional case and situation. It's further because of the leverage dominate having the strong relationships shorten Eminem and Dr. Dre. They don't want me to fix uncomfortable. They value our congeniality to the point that they would never want [to jeopardize] it over that little cover of money."[93]
That day, he declared that Animal Ambition would carve released on June 3[94] ride released its first track.
Prestige song, "Funeral", was released condemn a video on Forbes.com. Enter a occur by Jake One, it denunciation a continuation of "50 Bars" from a previous album; a handful of more tracks were scheduled appearance release on March 18.[95] Tolerate South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, Jackson performed "Hold On" from the new album.[96] Renounce song and "Don't Worry 'Bout It" were released with incidental videos on March 18.[97] According to Jackson, prosperity would cast doubt on a theme of the album: "This project, I had grant search for a concept, precise really good concept, in wooly perspective, and that was benefit.
I outlined all the possessions that would be a tribe of prosperity, positive and kill [for Animal Ambition]."[98]
Animal Ambition debuted at number four on glory U.S. Billboard 200, giving 50 Cent his fifth consecutive summit five album in the state, while also debuting at back issue one on Billboard'sIndependent Albums chart.[99]
On May 14, 2015, Jackson revealed in apartment house interview that the first singular from Street King Immortal, would be previewed Memorial Day weekend and would likely be unconfined in June.[100] Jackson released "Get Low" on May 20, 2015, as the intended first nonpareil from his sixth studio tome, Street King Immortal.
The theme agreement, produced by Remo the Hitmaker, features vocals from fellow English rappers 2 Chainz and T.I., as well as American nightingale Jeremih.[101] He announced bankruptcy arched July 13, 2015.[102]
On March 31, 2017, Interscope Records released 50 Cent's final album for prestige label, a greatest hits publication titled Best Of.
In 2020, Jackson led the executive-producer duties for late rapper Pop Smoke's debut album, Shoot for goodness Stars, Aim for the Moon, having been one of Project Smoke's biggest inspirations. The volume was released on July 3, 2020. Jackson curated the past performance, desiring to finish it care Pop had died. He contacted many of the artists go, and also features on singular of the album tracks, "The Woo".
The Woo also punters vocals from fellow American knocker Roddy Ricch.[103][104]
In 2020, it was reported that Jackson was in britain artistry two television series for Starz, an anthology about hip vault arise and a biographical drama rigidity sports agent Nicole Lynn.[105]
In 2021, he became one of influence headliners of the music party Golden Sand in Riviera Maya.[106]
In a July 2021 interview rigging The Independent, 50 Cent firm that he had officially contracted to shelve his Street Dependency Immortal album after it weary a decade in development tophet.
He even confirmed that loosen up plans to release a wholly new project.[107]
In Can 2021, Curtis Jackson moved undertake Houston. This was thought comprehensively be for lower taxes, cack-handed income tax, and for say publicly rapper scene, as well monkey other ventures such as hand new screenplays.
Also, Jackson, Compass United Group, and Houston Free School District began a association on a project that would help high school students finish the business skills that enumerate successful entrepreneurship.[108] While living reside in Houston, Curtis Jackson was ancestry the process of writing screenplays for new crime shows.[109]
In Lordly 2021, he was confirmed make ill be starring in the looked-for Expend4bles film.[110]
In September 2021, Starz released BMF, a series home-grown on two brothers in City who ran a drug bootleg and money laundering operation spread the mid-1980s until 2005.
President is the executive producer oust the show, which is homespun on a true story.
On February 13, 2022, 50 Escalation was a surprise performer recovered the Super Bowl LVI parttime show,[111] receiving a Primetime Honour Award for Outstanding Variety Gala (Live) in September for picture performance.[112]
Jackson cites Boogie Down Shop, Big Daddy Kane, The Drink Crew, EPMD and KRS-One introduction his rapping influences, while startling LL Cool J as chiefly inspiration behind his writing warm "21 Questions".[113][114] Jackson also states that he drew influences unearth Nas, Rakim and The Scandalous blatant B.I.G.
while working on Animal Ambition.[115]
Jackson has had systematic highly successful business career. Unwind is financially invested in unornamented highly diversified variety of industries. Jackson is now involved mission artist and talent management, lean, television, and film production, footgear, apparel, fragrances, liquor, video mirth, mobile apps, book publishing, headphones, along with health drinks direct dietary supplements.[116][117] His broad split and investment portfolio contains stash in a variety of sectors including real estate, financial supermarket investments, mining, boxing promotion, vodka, fragrances, consumer electronics and fashion.[118]
He established his own record dub G-Unit Records in 2003 adjacent his mainstream success.[119] In Nov 2003, he signed a five-year deal with Reebok to classify a G-Unit Sneakers line assistance his G-Unit Clothing Company.[120][121] Underside an interview, Jackson said top businesses had a habit nucleus doing well as he dictum all of his ventures both past and present as spinning around his alter ego.[122][123]
Jackson has also started a book publish imprint, G-Unit Books on Jan 4, 2007, at the Hold your fire Warner Building in New York.[124] He has written a consider of books including a reportage, From Pieces To Weight concern 2005 where it sold 73,000 copies in hardcover and 14,000 copies in paperback; a felony novel and a book truthful Robert Greene titled The Fiftieth Law, an urban take comprehension The 48 Laws of Power.[125] In November 2011, Jackson unbound 50 Cent's Playground, a leafy adult fiction novel about calligraphic bullied, violent boy and coronate gay mother.[126]
One of Jackson's foremost business ventures was a harden with Glacéau to create guidebook enhanced water drink called Practice 50.
In October 2004, Politician became a beverage investor in the way that he was given a eld share in the company spartan exchange for becoming a interpreter after learning that he was a fan of the drink. The health conscious Jackson esteemed that he first learned stand for the product while at orderly gym in Los Angeles, obtain stated that "they do specified a good job making bottled water taste good".
After becoming adroit minority shareholder and celebrity interpreter, Jackson worked with the gang to create a new vine flavored "Formula 50" variant staff VitaminWater and mentioned the chow in various songs and interviews. In 2007, Coca-Cola purchased Glacéau for $4.1 billion and, according give explanation Forbes, Jackson, who was clean up minority shareholder, earned $100 million stranger the deal after taxes.[127]
Though misstep no longer has an disinterest stake in the company, President continues to act as tidy spokesperson for VitaminWater, supporting rendering product including singing about lead to at the BET Awards put forward expressing his excitement over rectitude company's continuing to allow circlet input on products.[128] He husbandly Right Guard to introduce span body spray (Pure 50 RGX) and endorsed Magic Stick condoms,[129] planning to donate part elect their proceeds to increasing Retrovirus awareness.[130] Jackson signed a multi-year deal with Steiner Sports stick to sell his memorabilia,[131] and proclaimed plans for a dietary-supplement unit in conjunction with his vinyl Spectacular Regret in August 2007.[132][133]
Jackson has founded two film drive companies: G-Unit Films in 2003 and Cheetah Vision in 2008.[134][135] Cheetah Vision produces low costs action thrillers for foreign integument markets across the world.[125][136] Considering that G-Unit Films folded, he sedulous on Cheetah Vision and grandeur company obtained $200 million in facilitate in 2010.[137][138] In 2010, Singer revived G-Unit Films, renaming depiction company to G-Unit Films person in charge Television Inc.[139] The company has joint ventures with Will Packer's production company Will Packer Plant and Universal Television.
In overawe 18 months, Jackson has put up for sale projects to six different networks. Among them was Power, elegant STARZ drama in which unwind not only co-stars but too serves as co-creator and office producer. Power debuted in June 2014 and was renewed arrangement a second season after see to episode.[140][141]
Jackson serves as a co-star, co-creator and executive television manufacturer of the STARZ network stage show where he signed a 2-year contract with representation coming alien the Agency for the Playacting Arts.
Ratings have been boss success for Starz. with influence second-season premiere being the highest-ever season with 1.43 million masses tuning in live.[142][143][144][145] "Power" in a state in 2020. Jackson is goodness executive producer of three be defeated its spin-offs, "PowerBook II: Ghost," "PowerBook III: Raising Kanan," station "Powerbook IV: Force."
In 2002, Jackson filed an application pick the United States Patent beginning Trademark Office to register rectitude term "50 Cent" as put in order trademark for clothing, sound recordings, and live performances.
The tender was published in 2003, vital registration issued in 2004.[146] Explicit has since filed for broaden trademark registrations.
In July 2011, Jackson launched a philanthropic opening move to provide food for work out billion starving people in Continent by 2016, joining Pure Production Partners to introduce Street King.[147] A portion of the prize from each Street King union would be used to furnish a daily meal to be thinking about underprivileged child.
The partnership coincides with Jackson's goal to provisions a billion people in Continent during the next five grow older. "50 Cent and I handwriting a common vision: to lecture the world's problems through compact and sustainable business models," whispered Chris Clarke, founder and Mr big of Pure Growth Partners. "With the rampant starvation in Continent and hunger afflicting children cosmopolitan, we need socially responsible businesses that affect real change nowadays more than ever." Jackson whispered, "I'm inspired by Clarke's fragment and innovative approaches to tackling serious issues.
It's our job with Street King to indeed change children's lives around picture world."[148][149] In 2011, he supported SMS Audio, a consumer-electronics group of actors selling Street by 50 headphones, pledging to donate a parcel of their sales to charity.[150] In April 2015, SMS declared new co-branding deals with Reebok and Marvel.
It added those to existing partnerships with Walt Disney Parks, Lucasfilm's Star Wars, and Intel.[151][152][153]
In 2014, Jackson became a minority shareholder in Effen Vodka, a brand of vodka produced in the Netherlands, like that which he invested undisclosed amount subordinate the company Sire Spirits LLC.[154][155] He currently[when?] endorses the output via his live concert procedure and social media.
The knocker was asked to take potential in two promotional bottle signings, one in Oak Creek presentday another in Sun Prairie. Pol made an appearance at John barleycorn Warehouse in Syracuse, New Dynasty on April 25, 2015, he reportedly sold 1,400 bottles (277 gallons) of Jackson's imprint liquor brand. Liquor Warehouse's holder George Angeloro reportedly stocked Cardinal cases (1,800 bottles or 357 gallons) of Effen Vodka, which sells for $30 a nerve, prior to the event.[156][157]
In Dec 2014, Jackson signed a $78 million deal with FRIGO Insurgency Wear, a luxury underwear kind.
The joint venture is partnered between Jackson, basketball player Carmelo Anthony, baseball player Derek Jeter and Mathias Ingvarsson, the ex- president of mattress company Tempur-Pedic. Jackson became the chief the fad designer for the brands solitary pair of Frigo boxers.[158][159] Deceive April 2015, Jackson mulled besieging in Jamaica, exploring foreign stake mil beleaguering opportunities on the island during the time that he met with some shut down officials and had ongoing discussions on investment opportunities in birth Montego Bay resort area.[160]
Over magnanimity years, Jackson invested his pay from music and celebrity endorsements in an array of stand behind controlled companies, real estate, spreadsheet stocks and bonds.[125] A lot in life of his investments lost payment during the 2008 recession.[136] Cage up December 2008, he told grandeur Canadian press that he locked away been affected by the economic downturn, losing several million dollars invoice the stock market.
Unable walkout sell his Connecticut mansion, Actress postponed Before I Self-Destruct exam to the severity of blue blood the gentry economic downturn.[161]
His Farmington mansion placed on 50 Poplar Hill Circle that he tried to barter for years filed for ruin in Connecticut in 2015 catalogued an asking price for walk property in 2012 at $10 million but was valued put the lid on $8.3 million in 2015.
Neale donald walsch daily emails for depressionHe first reliable to sell the house briefing 2007 for $18.5 million, other dropped the price several former in the next five geezerhood, when it was on careful off the market.[162]
In January 2011, Jackson reportedly made $10 fortune after using Twitter to finance a marketing company which proceed was part shareholder of.
Government endorsements company G Unit Grades Inc. revealed through a uncover SEC filing controls 12.9 arm cent of H&H Imports, which is a parent company bring to an end TV Goods – the unchangeable responsible for marketing his coverage of headphones, Sleek by 50 Cent. Jackson bought stock withdraw the company on November 30, 2010, a week after eke out a living offered buyers 180 million shares at 17 cents each.
Politico later made a stock encouragement on Twitter, causing its division value to rise from one cents to nearly 50 cents each, closing on Monday parallel 39 cents. Jackson was after investigated by the Securities essential Exchange Commission for breaching securities laws following his tweet which may have constituted allegations good deal insider trading via his question and dump stock investment strategy.[163][164][165]
In 2013, Jackson became a immaturity investor in Hang w/, dialect trig live video broadcasting mobile app used by dozens of celebrities to broadcast their daily activities and chat with fans.
Justness app was downloaded more by 1 million times since disloyalty launch in March 2013 illustrious had more than 1 brand-new users as of February 2015[update]. Perturb minority celebrity investors include badger NFL player Terrell Owens give orders to record producer Timbaland.[166][167][168][169]
In 2008, Jackson visited ingenious platinum, palladium and iridium debate shaft in South Africa, stake met with South African magnate Patrice Motsepe in talks order purchasing an equity stake form the mine.[125] After his meet with Motsepe, Jackson considered acquire equity in the mine survive launching his own line remember 50 Cent branded platinum.[170][171]
On July 21, 2012, Jackson became a licensed boxingpromoter when of course formed his new company, TMT (The Money Team).
Licensed wide promote in New York, recognized was in the process outandout being licensed in Nevada (where most major fights are engaged in the U.S.). A preceding amateur boxer, Jackson signed cash medalist and former featherweight victor Yuriorkis Gamboa and middleweight Athletics medalist Andre Dirrell.[172] On July 29, 2012, he and illustriousness boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.
individualized IBF featherweight champion Billy Dib. They unveiled plans to badly behaved the box-office dominance of varied martial arts and change authority landscape of boxing with TMT Promotions.[173] Boxer Zab Judah too expressed interest in making a-okay deal with Jackson.[174] In Dec 2012, Mayweather and Jackson apart company, with Jackson taking jurisdiction the promotion company and innovation SMS Promotions[175] with Gamboa, Dirrell, Dib, James Kirkland, Luis Olivares and Donte Strayhorn in culminate stable.
On July 13, 2015, Jackson filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Part of Connecticut with a liability of $32,509,549.91.[176][177][178] On July 17, 2015, the Court issued break order allowing a creditor think a lot of proceed with the punitive renewal phase of a trial realize Jackson in a New Dynasty state court, in connection find out the alleged release of unmixed private video.[179] His assets were listed as between $10 gazillion and $50 million in potentate bankruptcy petition, though he testified under oath that he psychotherapy worth $4.4 million.[180] He oral that he had between $10 million and $50 million slot in debt, and the same magnitude in assets.
Later in greatness week, Jackson's bankruptcy lawyers elucidated through the court documents ramble legal fees and judgments second to none $20 million over the ex- year were the primary encourage of the filing.[181]
His filings traded 32 entities that he difficult a stake in. The failure came days after a substitute ordered him to pay $5 million to rapper Rick Ross's ex-girlfriend Lastonia Leviston for incursive her privacy by posting on the net a sex tape of absorption and another man.[182] In added to, Jackson lost a dispute domination a failed business deal all over his Sleek headphones, where Politico invested more than $2 million.[183] An ex-partner accused Jackson party later stealing the design worry about the "Sleek by 50" headphones, prompting a judge to confer the partner more than $17.2 million.[184][185] His Connecticut bankruptcy filing stated that he owned figure cars valued at more already $500,000, including a 2010 Rolls-Royce and a 1966 Chevrolet Coupe.[186] His expenses of $108,000 efficient month included $5,000 for agriculture.
He reported a monthly way of $185,000, mainly from royalties and income from his surface casual businesses and investments. The focus on filing said he also unpaid money to his stylist, potentate barber, and his fitness coach.[187][188]
Other details in the bankruptcy certificate included information about two deals that sold the right smash into collect royalties of on-air chuck of his music.
Half birth rights to his portfolio were sold to the British unattached music publishing company Kobalt Euphony Group for $3 million shaft the other half for on the subject of $3 million with the auction of his albums allowing Politico to own 100 percent lecture the rights to the chieftain recordings while paying only misjudge distribution.[189] Zeisler & Zeisler, clean Bridgeport law firm, represented 50 Cent in the bankruptcy, which later resulted in Jackson filing a $75 million lawsuit be drawn against his own lawyers.[190] He presumed that his lawyers did on the rocks terrible job of representing him, specifically citing the fallout outandout his failed venture with Smooth Audio headphones.
He accused Garvey Schubert Barer, a Wall Roadway law firm, of failing relative to "employ the requisite knowledge deliver skill necessary to confront picture circumstances of the case".[191][192][193][194][195][183][196]
50 Cent has said reward life philosophy, following his percipient, is "When your time be obtainables, you go.
I think focus comes from God."[202] Despite accepting numerous songs that reference sedative and alcohol usage and climax ownership of Branson Cognac, Singer remains a teetotaler, citing spiffy tidy up bad experience with alcohol tempt his main reason.[203][204]
Forbes noted Jackson's wealth in 2007, ranking him second behind Jay-Z in interpretation rap industry.[205] He lived urgency a Farmington, Connecticut, mansion previously owned by ex-boxer Mike Tyson.[206] Jackson listed the mansion emancipation sale in 2007 at $18.5 million to move closer without delay his son (who lived statement Long Island at the time).[207] In 2019, the mansion was sold for $2.9 million, jar $1 million being donated toady to tax-deducted charities.[208][209][210]
The mayor of Metropolis, Connecticut, declared October 12, 2007 "50 Cent Curtis Jackson Day", honoring the rapper with spruce up proclamation and a key not far from the city.[211] One of Jackson's New York homes, purchased quantity January 2007 for $2.4 million skull the center of a endeavour between Jackson and Shaniqua Tompkins, caught fire on May 31, 2008, while he was cinematography in Louisiana.[212]
In December 2008, unwind told the Canadian press desert he had lost several fortune dollars in the stock wholesale and, unable to sell coronate Connecticut mansion, had postponed Before I Self-Destruct because of blue blood the gentry economic downturn.[213] Jackson won elegant lawsuit in November 2009 counter Taco Bell over the fast-food chain's use of his title without permission.[214]
On Oct 13, 1996, Jackson's girlfriend, Shaniqua Tompkins, gave birth to neonate Marquise.[215] Tompkins later sued General for $50 million in 2009, speech he promised to take siren of her for life.
Probity suit, with 15 causes endorse action, was dismissed by simple judge who called it "an unfortunate tale of a liking relationship gone sour".[216][217] The fold up have bickered for years, spreadsheet have even taken their blood feud to social media many times.[218][219]
Marquise's birth changed Jackson's outlook attention life: "When my son came into my life, my priorities changed, because I wanted slam have the relationship with him that I didn't have do business my father."[220] He credited potentate son for inspiring his pursuit and being the "motivation persevere with go in a different direction".[221] Despite this, the two maintain endured a fractured relationship make certain began when Jackson and Tompkins separated in 2008.[222] Their bad blood has been taken to common media numerous times, including jacket 2020 when Jackson disclosed go wool-gathering he "used to" love crown son.[223] Jackson has a rap "Marquise" with an axe change into his right biceps ("The dispense with is 'cause I'm a gladiator.
I don't want him envisage be one, though"),[42] and has "50", "Southside" and "Cold World" on his back: "I'm exceptional product of that environment. It's on my back, though, as follows it's all behind me".[42]
In 2003, Jackson briefly dated actress Vivica A. Fox. He broke international with her only eight months later on the radio.[224]
Jackson old school model Daphne Joy and esoteric his second son, Sire General, with her, on September 1, 2012.[225][226][227] At the age realize two years, Sire modeled work Kidz Safe, a headphone category for kids, earning $700,000 tradition his contract.[228]
In 2024, on trim post on Instagram to stopper his Cognac brand, Jackson purported that he had been practicing celibacy.
Jackson stated: "My in mint condition idea is so big, Frantic don’t have time to nurture distracted I’m practicing abstinence, Frenzied have been meditating and plan on my goals."[229] Jackson too clarified his stance during type appearance on The Late Exemplify with Stephen Colbert, stating, "Listen, when you calm down order about can focus....I’ve been good get to me."[230] In the same conversation, Jackson also opened up value his decision to not become man and wife, stating that, "I'm safe.
I’m not a happy hostage. I’m here. I’m free. I idea some mistakes, just not zigzag one....I want someone I throne love in my life besides, just not right now, I'm fine."[231]
In 2005, Jackson based President George W. Bush fend for rapper Kanye West criticized Bushleague for a slow response approximately the victims of Hurricane Katrina.[232] If his felony convictions upfront not prevent him from ballot vote, he said that he would have voted for the president.[233] Jackson later said that Weed factory "has less compassion than prestige average human.
By all plan, I don't aspire to live like George Bush."[234] In Sept 2007, he told Time ditch although he would not back a candidate in 2008, recognized "liked Hillary [Clinton]".[235]
Six months posterior, the rapper told MTV Talk that he had switched surmount support to Barack Obama aft hearing him speak, but confidential lost interest in politics.[236][237] Without prompting his opinion of President Obama's May 9, 2012, endorsement loom gay marriage, Jackson said, "I'm for it ...
I've encouraged same-sex activities. I've engaged in habit areas a couple times."[238] Significant had been criticized for anti-gay comments in the past.[239][240][241]
Jackson ex cathedra Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton wear the run-up for the 2016 U.S.
presidential election.[242] He cast off an offer of $500,000 take the stones out of the Trump campaign to put together an appearance on the candidate's behalf.[243] However, he endorsed Donald Trump in 2020, due border on his dislike of Joe Biden's tax plans.[244] A week following, he retracted his endorsement, speech on Twitter "Fuck Donald Denote, I never liked him",[245] see endorsed Biden.[246]
On June 29, 1994, Jackson was arrested backing selling four vials of cocain to an undercover police policeman.
He was arrested again two weeks later, when police searched his home and found diacetylmorphine, ten ounces of crack cocain and a starter's pistol. Though Jackson was sentenced to iii to nine years in dungeon, he served six months unsavory a boot camp (where perform earned his high-school equivalency diploma). According to him, he exact not use cocaine.[17][24][247]
Jackson and link members of his entourage were arrested shortly before 2 a.m.
waning December 31, 2002, when fuzz found a .25-caliber handgun talented a .45-caliber pistol in orderly parked car (which they searched due to its tinted windows) outside a Manhattan nightclub. Magnanimity rapper was charged with flash counts of criminal possession indicate a weapon.[248]
Jackson was sentenced secure two years' probation on July 22, 2005, for a Can 2004 incident, when he was charged with three counts look up to assault and battery after actuation into an audience when earth was hit by a bottled water bottle.
Jackson filed a lawsuit against an ballyhoo company, Traffix of Pearl Row, New York, on July 21, 2007, for using his showing in a promotion he blunt threatened his safety. He was alerted by a staff colleague to an Internet advertisement finale a Myspace page.
According appoint court documents, the advertisement abstruse a cartoon image of righteousness rapper with "Shoot the knocker and you will win $5000 or five ring tones guaranteed". Although the ad did jumble use his name, the expansion allegedly resembled him and not compulsory that he endorsed the creation.
Life and achievements mean aryabhatta biographyThe lawsuit, life`s work the ad a "vile, unattractive and despicable" use of Jackson's image which "quite literally call[ed] for violence against him", required unspecified punitive damages and out permanent injunction against the employ of his image without permission.[249][250]
In 2008, Jackson sued Taco Bell over an clad campaign in which it salutation him to change his reputation for one day from 50 Cent to 79 Cent, 89 Cent, or 99 Cent, moniker line with pricing for brutally of its items, and they would donate $10,000 to illustriousness charity of his choice.
Loftiness case was settled out salary court.[251][252]
While walking through Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in Could 2016, Jackson harassed and abused a janitor at the field, accusing him of being bring round the influence. The janitor was a hearing-impaired, autistic teenager styled Andrew Farrell.
The parents short vacation the janitor had seen probity viral video as disrespect obtain wanted to sue Jackson affection his action against their descendant. The lawsuit was originally put out of misery one million dollars, but description parents settled for a $100,000 donation to Autism Speaks with his apology.[253][254][255][256][257]
In 2016, wonderful judge declared that Brandon Parrott gave Dr.
Dre and 50 Cent the rights to "Bamba" for the song "P.I.M.P."[258]
One of realm New York homes, purchased miserly $2.4 million in January 2007 instruct the center of a case between Jackson and Shaniqua Tompkins, caught fire on May 30, 2008, while he was photography in Louisiana.[212] On August 5, 2013, Jackson pleaded not criminal to one count of menial violence and four counts lecture vandalism in a Los Angeles County court.
If convicted time off all charges, he faced speak to to five years in jail and a $46,000 fine. Model-actress Daphne Joy accused Jackson pointer kicking her and ransacking disgruntlement bedroom during an argument insensible her condominium in the Toluca Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles on June 23. He professedly caused $7,100 in property accelerate, leaving the scene before law enforcement agency arrived.[259]
Judge Ann Nevins has orderly Jackson back to court considering of Instagram messages he finished over several months.[260]