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 signed by Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records
With the aid of Eminem and Dr
Dre (who produced his first major-label album, Get Rich or Die Tryin'), Jackson became one of the world's best selling rappers and rose to prominence with East Coast hip hop group G-Unit (which he leads de facto)
In 2003 he founded G-Unit Records, signing his G-Unit associates Young Buck, Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo
Jackson had similar commercial and critical success with his second album, The Massacre, which was released in 2005
He released his fifth studio album, Animal Ambition, in 2014 and is working on his sixth studio album: Street King Immortal
He executive produces the show Power, which airs on Starz
During his career Jackson has sold over 30 million albums worldwide and won several awards, including a Grammy Award, thirteen Billboard Music Awards, six World Music Awards, three American Music Awards and four BET Awards
He has pursued an acting career, appearing in the semi-autobiographical film Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005), the Iraq War film Home of the Brave (2006) and Righteous Kill (2008)
50 Cent was ranked the sixth-best artist of the 2000s, the third-best rapper (behind Eminem and Nelly)
Rolling Stone consider Get Rich or Die Tryin' and “In Da Club" to be in their lists of “100 Best albums of the 2000s” and “100 Best songs of the 2000s” at numbers 37 and 13
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