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Rapper 50 Cent was born Curtis Jackson III on July 6, 1975 in South Jamaica, Queens. He grew up without a father and his mother was murdered when he was eight years old. At the age of 12, 50 Cent began dealing drugs in order to get by in a tough neighborhood.

His rapping career began in a friend's basement in 1996. In 2000, he was shot nine times and...