50 Cent
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08/12/21 • 32 min
For Curtis Jackson III, aka 50 Cent, the road to success wasn’t easy. After losing both his father and his mother, 50 Cent hit the streets to make ends meet. Headed down the wrong road, 50 Cent gave up the hustle and chased a new dream: to become a hip hop star. His bad boy reputation preceded him and in May 2000, nine bullets nearly ended it all. But 50 persevered and came back to the game even stronger. Hear how he turned his anguish into fame and fortune, living by his own notorious words, “Get Rich or Die Trying.”
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For Curtis Jackson III, aka 50 Cent, the road to success wasn’t easy. After losing both his father and his mother, 50 Cent hit the streets to make ends meet. Headed down the wrong road, 50 Cent gave up the hustle and chased a new dream: to become a hip hop star. His bad boy reputation preceded him and in May 2000, nine bullets nearly ended it all. But 50 persevered and came back to the game even stronger. Hear how he turned his anguish into fame and fortune, living by his own notorious words, “Get Rich or Die Trying.”
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He hustled his way from the streets to the top of hip hop. But for fifty Cent, the road to success wasn't easy. He grew up without his father and lost his mother at a young age. Fifty started dealing cracked until he brought his street edge to a new hustle music. He made enemies across the wrap Ward and nine Bullets nearly ended at all, but fifty came out the other side, stronger and more determined than ever, turning his anguish into fame and fo
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