50 Cent Candy Shop Video

50 Cent (aka Curtis James Jackson) has been a volatile figure in the industry of hip-hop since its major debut in 2003. Despite a difficult childhood and youth he was able to get off the street with unique rhymes and an ear for rap talent find others.

50 Cent became a golden boy of rap, when he was signed for a reported one million with Eminem Shady / Aftermath label. Emininem and rap superstar Dr. Dre built on 50 years already talent to create the monster single "In Da Club. This song by 50 Cent was featured on his first major label album "Get Rich Or Die Tryin '" was published in 2003. 50 Cent video for the song appeared on both Eminem and Dr. Dre, who catapulted her success.

After the success of the album, Interscope Records gave 50 percent with its own G-Unit Records label. He immediately signed Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo, childhood friends, for the label. He joined the artists in a group called G-Unit, which released "Beg For Mercy" in 2003. Later additions included the label Young Buck, Olivia, Mob Deep and Young Hot Rod. 2008 has seen a second album from G-Unit titled "TOS: Terminate on Sight."

At the same time, he began work on his second studio release entitled "The Massacre". The album has sold 1.14 million copies in the first four days. The 50 cent video "Candy Shop", "Disco Inferno" and "How We Do" helped place these three songs in the Billboard top five singles in the same week.

50 Cent's success is driven by his desire to overcome his difficult childhood and filming in May 2000 that his rap career put on hold. He was born in the South Jamaica neighborhood of Queens in New York to a teenage mother. He was raised by his grandparents after murdering his mother when he was 8 years old. In 12, 50 Cent was selling crack cocaine in the streets and taking weapons to school. After several arrests during his adolescence, he became interested in music.

During the late 1990s, he appeared on several recordings for other artists and was signed to Columbia Records in 1999. He recorded thirty-six songs in two weeks and was ready to release "Power Of The Dollar" when he was killed. 50 Cent was attacked outside the house of her grandparents and has been shot at nine times. His shooting has never been formally charged, but was killed in the street three weeks later. In 50 Cent photos before and after the shooting, we can see the slight damage to his left cheek of the shooting.

Columbia Records dropped immediately from the artist, seeing it as too risky. However, this did not stop his dreams of becoming a rap star. While 50 Cent was recovering, he recorded thirty songs for mix tapes rap, who helped build his reputation. It was on one of those mix tapes when Eminem first heard his music.

In addition to his discography wide, 50 Cent has teamed up with Reebok in 2003 to distribute G-Unit Sneakers. It also has a company of G-Unit Clothing. He made his way into the gaming world with the 2005 version of 50 Cent: Bulletproof. A follow-up to the game, 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, was released in early 2009. He also starred in the movies "Get Rich Or Die Tryin '," Home of the Brave "and" Righteous Kill ".

third album, Curtis 50 Cent was published in September 2007 and sold 691,000 copies in its first week. Her fourth album, Before I Self Destruct is slated for release in spring 2009.