- 50 Cent, like EM, is left-handed.
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- 50 says his name is a metaphor for change and also the name of the gangsta in Fort Greene.
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- 50's favorite song on Get Rich Or Die Tryin is "Many Men."
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- 50 says he doesn't know where he'd be today without Jay-Z. After 50 dissed Jay-Z on "Problem Child" and Jay responded to it on "It's Hot (Some Like It Hot)," it gave him the street cred that led to his present day fame.
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- 50 has never had a real blue/white collar job.
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- When 50 was signed to Columbia, he appeared on J-Lo's remix to "I'm Gonna Be Alright."
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- EM 1st listened to 50 as a fan. He used to bump 50's Guess Who's Back album and the 1st G-Unit CD, so he introduced it to Dre. They arranged a meeting in Hollywood and decided to add 50 to the Shady Records family.
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- 50 was offered millions more to sign to other labels, but decided on Shady because he knew he would have the freedom to say whatever he wanted on a record.
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- The most important thing to 50 is fitting in w/Dre an EM.
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- Before signing 50 to his label, EM battled him to make sure he was worthy enough. EM won, but 50 says it's only cuz he "cheated" by making 50 go 1st.
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- A video for "Places To Go," the song 50 had on the 8 Mile soundtrack, was planned before "Wanksta"'s success on the radio.
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- Ebony is the name of the model who appears in 50's "Wanksta" and "21 Questions" videos. Marquise, his son, appears at the beginning of the "Wanksta" video.
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- 50 wants autobiography of himself published called #1 With 9 Bullets, for $1,000,000.
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- 50 writes comedies in his spare time
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- Is currently involved in a feud with music artist, Ja Rule.
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- Is currently signed to Eminem's Shady Records imprint, which is distributed by Interscope Records.
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- Has a son: Marquise, nicknamed 25 Cent
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- His debut album "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" was the highest debut ever with 900,000 copies sold in the first week.
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- His mother was killed at the age of 23. 50 Cent was only 8 years old at the time
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- Was discovered by Jason Mizell aka Jam Master Jay.
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- Grew up in the same area of Queens, New York as actor Dwayne Winstead's cousin Ted Witherspoon.
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- Voted #8 on VH1's 100 Hottest Hotties
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- Neither drinks alcohol nor smokes.
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- He bought former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson's Farmington, Conn., mansion for $4.1 million. The house is approximately 50,000 square feet, has 52 rooms, and was bought by Tyson for $2.7 million in 1996. The house includes five Jacuzzis, 25 full baths, 18 bedrooms, an elevator, two billiard rooms, a movie theater and a locker room.
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- Born on the same day though not the same year as President George W. Bush.
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- Recorded an album in 1999 titled "Power of the Dollar" but it was shelved by Columbia Records due to 50's "legal problems"
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- Released a series of street mixtapes in 2002. These mixtapes became so popular that Eminem heard them and became determined to sign 50 to his record label. Even after his success, 50 still releases street mixtapes on a regular basis.
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- Album "The Massacre" was originally titled "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" and set for a February 15 release date, but due to halted production of CD, it was set back to March 8th.
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- Was accompanied by actress Vivica A. Fox to the MTV Video Music Awards 2003
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- Created a dance known as the "two step".
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- His favorite actor is Charlie Sheen.
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- His cartoon-like photo on the cover of his album "The Massacre" was meant to make him look like a Ninja Turtle, his son's favorite cartoon characters. 50 is also a fan of the cartoon, his favorite turtle is Donatello.
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- His group, G-Unit, includes Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Olivia, Spider Loc, Mobb Deep, MOP, Mase, Hot Rod and DJ Whoo Kid.
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- Raised in Queens by his grandparents
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- Named among Fade In Magazine's "100 People in Hollywood You Need to Know" in 2005.
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- Was #8 on the annual Forbes magazine Celebrity 100 list in 2006
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- He wrote an autobiography called "From Pieces to Weight".
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