50 Cent

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50 Cent (also known as "Fiddy", "Fitty" or "Fifty") is an African American rap singer. He was born in Queens, New York on July 6 1975. 50 Cent is his public name but his real name is Curtis Jackson. Growing up he never knew his father and his mother was murdered when he was just 8 years old. He was also from owatonna,MN. Lived in a nighborhood called STP. Mostly its the place he grew. Learned how to play basketball and football. He got shot in STP(owatonna). He is planing on going back there somtime in the future to make a new music video there. 50 Cent burst onot the rap music scene in 2001 with his debut single "In The Club". Since then he has sold millions of records. His debut album, "Get Rich Or Die Trying" broke music records and went muti-platinum. IN the summer of 2005, 50 Cent had a fight(or beef) with his G-Unit rap member The Game. This led to a long and bitter fight which led to The Game splitting from G-Unit and releasing many songs asginst 50 Cent and G-Unit. 50 Cent responded with songs like "Mr. Potato Head" and "300 shots" featuring G-Unit. It is widespreadly thought, though that The Game won the beef and 50's image has been tarnished.50 Cent was also the first to sign onto a joint effort between Eminem's Shady Records and Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment

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