50 Cent
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 6, 1975 (age 51)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, and television producer. Born in Queens, a borough of New York City, Jackson began pursuing a musical career in 1996. In 1999–2000, he recorded his debut album Power of the Dollar for Columbia Records; however, he was struck by nine bullets during a shooting in May 2000, causing its release to be cancelled. Jackson is to be dropped from the label. His 2002 mixtape, Guess Who's Back?, was discovered by Detroit rapper Eminem, who signed Jackson to his label Shady Records, an imprint of Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records that same year. His debut studio album, Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003), was released to critical acclaim and commercial success. Peaking atop the Billboard200, it spawned the Billboard Hot 100-number singles "In da Club" and "21 Questions" (featuring Nate Dogg). It received nonuple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). That same year, he launched the record label G-Unit Records, the namesake of a hip-hop group he formed two years prior; the label's initial signees were its members, fellow East Coast rappers Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo. His second album, The Massacre (2005), was met with similar success and supported by his third number-one single, "Candy Shop" (featuring Olivia). He adopted a lighter, further commercially oriented approach for his third and fourth albums, Curtis (2007) and Before I Self Destruct (2009)—both were met with critical and commercial declines—and aimed for a return to his roots with his fifth album, Animal Ambition (2014), which was met with mixed reviews. He has since focused on his career in television and media, having executive-produced and starred in the television series Power (2014–2020), as well as its numerous spin-offs under his company G-Unit Films and Television Inc. Jackson has sold over 30 million albums worldwide and earned several accolades, including a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, thirteen Billboard Music Awards, six World Music Awards, three American Music Awards and four BET Awards. In his acting career, Jackson first starred in the semi-autobiographical film Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005), which received critical panning. He was also cast in the war film Home of the Brave (2006) and the crime thriller Righteous Kill (2008). Billboard ranked Jackson as 17th on their "50 Greatest Rappers" list in 2023. and named him the sixth top artist of the 2000s decade. Rolling Stone ranked Get Rich or Die Tryin' and "In da Club" in its lists of the "100 Best Albums of the 2000s" and "100 Best Songs of the 2000s" at numbers 37 and 13, respectively. Description above from the Wikipedia article 50 Cent, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
50 Cent: Gangsta Unit
Movie · as 50 Cent
A Portrait of an Artist: The Making of 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Movie · as Self
The Fifth Wheel
Movie
Street Fighter
Movie · as Balrog
Skillhouse
Movie · as 50 Cent
50 Ways to Catch a Killer with 50 Cent
TV · as Self - Host · 6 eps
Boneyard
Movie · as Chief Carter
Tale of the Tape
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
How Music Got Free
Movie · as Self
Missionary
Movie · as 50 Cent
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Expend4bles
Movie · as Drew "Easy Day" Farrell
The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hyperfate
Movie · as Self
THE SHOW: California Love
Movie · as Self
The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent
Movie · as Self - Performer
Mixtape
Movie · as Self
Hip Hop Homicides
TV · as Self · 8 eps
You're Watching Video Music Box
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Kobe Bryant: The Greatest of All
Movie · as Self
LA Originals
Movie · as Self
Power Book II: Ghost
TV · as Kanan · 3 eps
For Life
TV · as Cassius Dawkins · 5 eps
Escape Plan: The Extractors
Movie · as Hush
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Power Confidential
TV · 16 eps
Escape Plan 2: Hades
Movie · as Hush
Den of Thieves
Movie · as Enson Levoux
The Defiant Ones
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Steve
TV · as Self · 1 ep
50 Cent | Rap Star
Movie · as Self
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Movie · as 50 Cent
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Spy
Movie · as 50 Cent
Southpaw
Movie · as Jordan Mains
Not Afraid: The Shady Records Story
Movie · as Self
Champs
Movie · as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Prince
Movie · as The Pharmacy
Power
TV · as Kanan · 41 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
50 Cent | X Games Barcelona 2013
Movie · as Self
Escape Plan
Movie · as Hush
The Frozen Ground
Movie · as Pimp Clate Johnson
Last Vegas
Movie · as 50 Cent
Circus Halligalli
TV · 1 ep
Dream School
TV · as Self - Student Mentor/Self - Multi-Platinum Award Winning Recording Artist & Entrepreneur · 6 eps
Freelancers
Movie · as Malo
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
Movie · as Self
Fire with Fire
Movie · as Lamar
Money, Power, Respect: Hip Hop Billion Dollar Industry
Movie · as Self
The Finder
TV · as Big Glade · 1 ep
All Things Fall Apart
Movie · as Deon
Setup
Movie · as Sonny
Blood Out
Movie · as Detective Hardwick
Ridiculousness
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Voice
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Caught in the Crossfire
Movie · as Tino
Twelve
Movie · as Lionel
Morning Glory
Movie · as Self
13
Movie · as Jimmy
Gun
Movie · as Rich
50 Cent: Rise Above
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Conan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Before I Self Destruct
Movie · as Clarence
Dead Man Running
Movie · as Thigo
Streets of Blood
Movie · as Stan Green
DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
DJ Cinema Presents: Masterpiece Theater Blend Dvd
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 7 eps
Righteous Kill
Movie · as Spider
Elvis | Viva Las Vegas
Movie · as Self
G-Unit: Bullets Can't Touch Us
Movie · as Self
The Game: One Blood
Movie · as Self
Live!
Movie · as Self
Hoodz: Big Beef
Movie · as Actor
50 Cent | Live in Concert
Movie · as Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jack's Law
Movie · as Black
Home of the Brave
Movie · as Jamal Aiken
Black and Blue: Legends of the Hip-Hop Cop
Movie · as Self
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Movie · as Marcus
The Infamous Times, Volume I: The Original 50 Cent
Movie · as Self
Beef III
Movie · as Self
50 Cent | Who Dares Wins
Movie · as Self
Hip-Hop Honeys | Las Vegas
Movie · as Self
Live 8
Movie · as Self
50 Cent: Refuse 2 Die
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Letter to the President
Movie · as Self
50 Cent | The Best Music Videos On DVD
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Game: The Documentary
Movie · as Self
Top of the Pops Reloaded
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Robot Chicken
TV · as 50 Cent / Gun (voice) · 1 ep
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · 1 ep
Beef II
Movie · as Self
SMACK: Platinum Edition
Movie · as Self
Entourage
TV · as 50 Cent · 1 ep
Beef
Movie · as Self
Born To Ball
Movie · as Self
50 Cent | Shoot First
Movie · as Self
50 Cent | The New Breed
Movie · as Self
50 Cent & G-Unit | In Da Club: The Movie
Movie · as Self
Tupac: Resurrection
Movie · as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Musical Guest, Self - Guest · 5 eps
Top of the Pops Saturday
TV · as Self · 2 eps
America's Next Top Model
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Grounded for Life
TV · 1 ep
Star Academy
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Making the Video
TV · 1 ep
CD:UK
TV · 1 ep
The View
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 3 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
ECHO-Verleihung
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Simpsons
TV · as 50 Cent (voice) · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
MTV Video Music Awards
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Wetten, dass..?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 2 eps
Top of the Pops
TV · as Self · 1 ep