Biography
50 CENT - the most popular rapper, screenwriter, director, entrepreneur and a talented actor who participated in a number of remarkable works of famous directors. Curtis Jackson (real name of the artist) was born on July 6, 1975 in the poor Negritansky district of South Jameik, which is located on the territory of New York. It is worth saying that the quarter where the future film actor and rapper raised and raised, was an aggregate town where the jungle laws reigned.
As a child, Curtis observed social inequality, dirt, poverty, deviant behavior and sometimes fell asleep under the noise of shootout in the style of the Wild West. Kurtis has never seen his father: making a child of the 14-15-year-old girl of African American origin of Sabrina Jackson, her cavalier disappeared from sight, so the young mother stayed with the firstborn one. However, the girl was not engaged in the upbringing of the son seriously, her devoted problems were worried.
Jackson did not have any permanent employment, so while the grandfather with grandparents looked after Chad, she was engaged in illegal activity - selling a dangerous mixture of crystalline cocaine with food soda. Therefore, it is not surprising that in the future a 12-year-old boy went in the footsteps of the parent-child and began to trade cocaine. Later, the negligent mother repented in the fact that he paid little attention to his offspring, so Sabrina tried to pay off expensive gifts. Curtis recalled that he had rarely saw Jackson, but every meeting with her looked like Christmas, because the girl was always preparing surprise Chad.
At eight years, Curtis remained orphan. His mother died in strange circumstances: a stranger, who came home together with a 23-year-old girl, squeezed her sleeping pills into an alcoholic drink and left to die with the gas included. A terrible tragedy of the future singer was informed grandmother with a grandfather, saying that Sabrina would no longer come home. After what happened, the boy went to the home of the mother's parents, where he was brought up with eight uncle and aunts.
It is known that in High School Curtis, like Mike Tyson, Ryano loved boxing. A young man's free from school bench went to the gym for children, where he honed the combat techniques and produced all the accumulated resentment on a boxing pear. However, his passion has not passed: 50 Sent to this day is a boxing promoter. Jackson identifies this sport with music, because, in his opinion, rap art in Buttlah is comparable to the boxing duel: And there, and there are champions and losers.
It is not surprising that in the biography of Curtis there is a "black spot". In 1994, a 19-year-old guy caught with a political police officer, which in civilian clothes tried to buy drugs from a young "entrepreneur". But such a cold shower did not stop Jackson, after three weeks he fell on the bait of law enforcement chambers again: in his apartment there were several ounces of heroin, crack and firearms. The guy was sentenced to three years in prison, but in places of conclusion, a young man stayed for a long time, because he achieved early amnesty.
Music
Partly with the world of Hip-hop Jackson introduced his juvenal cousin, who read under the nickname "Two Five" and earned himself a nickname of 25 cent. After problems with the law, Curtis realized that it was impossible to roll on the inclined, so I decided to get on the way true and send my energy into the right track. Jackson begins to practice in the verbal art in the basement of a friend, taking 50 cent's nickname in honor of the famous gangster from the past, who lived in Brooklyn in the 1980s. As a background musical accompaniment (backing tracks), the guy used an old pattephone.
In 1996, Kurtis's buddy introduces him with the popular DJ Jason William Mizelle, who consisted in the mainstream rap team Run-D.M.c. It is worth saying that this hip-hop gang occupied a leading place in the charts on a par with Beastie BOYS and Public Enemy. Therefore, a meeting with Jason played Kertis's hand. Hip-Hop's guru taught a novice artist to feel tact. The release of the debut plate of Jackson was to take place under the Jam Master Jay Records label, but this did not happen.
But the young man does not lower his hands and already in 1999 it begins cooperation with the oldest producers of TrackMasters as part of the COLUMBIA RECORDS sound recorder. "50 cents" begins to work in accelerated mode. In 14 days, he composed more than 30 songs, half of which was included in the Informal Album Power Of The Dollar (2000). It would seem that life beats the key, 50 CENT gradually becomes a popular rap singer, and nothing foreshadows trouble. But in 2000, Curtis turned out to be in a hairy from death.
The fatal event happened to the novice artist on April 24, at that time he was sitting in the back seat near the house of his own grandmother. An unknown criminal shot at Jackson 9 times, one of the bullets hit the face right and almost deprived the musician of the voice. 50 CENT miraculously managed to survive, doctors managed to pull out a young man from the world. Rehabilitation took place within 5 months, 4 of which rapper passed on crutches. After that, Kertis's tragic event always puts on a body armor when it appears in the public. Restating from injuries, the singer continued to engage in favorite activities.
Introducing the Guru Rap Eminem (with which in the future 50 CENT recorded several joint tracks, for example, "You Don't Know") helped Curtisa to get out of the dirt in the prince, because the most popular artist rated the creative sweating of Jackson. Impressed by Eminem tracks introduced Kertis with a successful Bitmeaker Dr. DRE. In Los Angeles after the conclusion of the transaction, which was estimated at $ 1 million, 50 CENT records a mixture "No Mercy, NO Fear".
Already in the winter of 2003, Curtis launches the debut commercial album Get Rich or Die Tryin ', which hesitated the Jackson to the top of Glory. The rap plate included such rotated singles as "Inda Club" (according to Billboard - the number one song in the USA for 2003), "Pimp", "Don't Push Me", "If I CAN't" and many other. Get Rich or Die Tryin 'was sold in an amount of 872 thousand copies in the first 4 days.
The release of the second album of Curtis - The Massacre - took place in March 2005. Success did not make himself wait: for the first four days, almost 1.5 million plates were sold. His singles "Intro", "Outta Control" and "In My Hood" sounded from all columns of cars, and "Candy Shop" clips, recorded in conjunction with Olivia Teresa Longott (Olivia), "Disco Inferno" and "All His Love" were broadcast For all musical channels.
After 2 years, Jackson creates a third Curtis album, which includes the "My Gun Go Off" tracks, Man Down, Ayo Technology (Feat. Justin Timberlake, Timbaland), "Peep Show" (Feat. Eminem), "All of Me "(feat. Mary J. Blige)," I'll Still Kill "(Feat.akon), Straight to the Bank and others. In 2007, Curtis recorded the Bulletproof album as a soundtrack to a computer game 50 CENT: Bulletproof (in 2009, a 50 center shooter was also released: Blood on the Sand).
In 2008, a uncommunicable single "Get Up" came out, and in 2009, 50 CENT was pleased with the fans of the Fourth Studio Plate BEFore I Self Destruct. In 2015, "50 cents" glanced fans of Mikstep The Kanan Tape, which included the tracks "I'M The MAN" (feat. Sonny Digital), "Nigga", "Body Bags" and others.
Films
It is worth saying that "50 cents" is not only a successful singer, but also a talented actor, which is given any images. Curtis confidently keeps the directories, so the scripts often invite RPER to change the role and work on the set. For 2017, more than 30 filmmakers are on the executing service station.
In 2005, Curtis played in the film of Jim Sheridan "Rewinding or Umci", which seems to describe the biography of Jackson. The plot of the paintings revolves around a little boy, crossed the law of the law. But the protagonist of the picture changes the attitude towards life and drug trafficking prefers music.
In 2009, "FIFTI" is filmed in the plenty militant John Evenet "The Right to Murder," where he worked on one film closure with famous Hollywood Stars: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Carla Gudzhino. After three years, Curtis performs the main role in the exciting militant "freelancers", where it is reincarnated in a police officer who, after the murder of his father, the criminals are punished.
In the same 2012, Kertis appears in the film David Barreta "Wedge Wedge", telling about the fire service officer, which falls under the state program of protection of witnesses. In the cast of this picture, Rosario Dawson, Bruce Willis and Julian McMahon entered.
In 2013, "50 cents" tried himself in a new role and played in a drama with elements of the "Starpets" comedy, where Michael Douglas, Kevin Klein and Morgan Freimen, also participated. In addition, he starred in the criminal thriller "Prince" (2014), in the Spy Comedy (2015) with Jude Lowe and Jason Statham in the main roles and sports drama "Left -sha" (2015).
Personal life
Rapper prefers not to make a personal life to the public domain and believes that the details of life outside the frame should be stored in the walls of the house. But journalists became aware that Jackson has a child from Sanigawa Tomports, who gave the beloved son of Markis. Photographs with hot beloved Chad 50 CENT exhibits on his official page in "Instagram".
It is also known that Curtis is a successful entrepreneur, he voiced a number of video games, concluded a five-year contract with the Reebok sports brand (2003) and starred in the Energy Drink of Vitamin Water (had a share in the company that Coca-Cola acquired, allocating $ 100 million by the artist.
50 Sent now
In 2016, 50 Cent, together with Chris Brown, recorded the NO Romeo No Juliet track.In 2018, the spectators of the world make two pictures with the participation of Curtis at once. He will take off in the militant "Vertol Robbers", and together with Sylvester Stallone and Dave Batwood takes public in the chart "Plan of Escape 2".
Discography
- 2000 - "Power Of The Dollar"
- 2003 - "Get Rich or Die Tryin '"
- 2005 - "The Massacre"
- 2007 - "Curtis"
- 2009 - "BEFORE I SELF DESTRUCT"
- 2014 - "Animal AMBITION"