50 Cent live @ Les Ardendetes 2012 / Open Air
playing Saturday july 7 2012 @ Les Ardendetes
/ Open Air
Born in the South Jamaica section of Queens, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson has lived in New York City all his life. Raised by his grandparents after his father ran out and his mother was shot when he was only eight. Growing up, the Queens rapper originally wanted to be a heavyweight boxer, but eventually fell back on rapping.
DJs had taken it upon themselves to release two Best of 50 Cent mix CDs, before he had even signed to a major label.
50 Cent hit the scene with "How To Rob An Industry Nigga" and he's been on a rampage ever since dealing with bootleggers, label back stabbing and other platinum selling artists trying to get at him physically. In 1999 his album Power of the Dollar, was heavily bootlegged and Trackmasters/Columbia never released it.
Supposedly, Trackmasters weren't comfortable with him being caught up in the streets and getting shot three days before filming the video for "Thug Love," (with Destiny's Child) -- his first single.
50 was shot three times that night, two shots hitting him in the head, the bullet that struck his face he carries as a reminder of what happened.
That event led to the fall out with Columbia and negotiating his release from their grasps.
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