50 Cent has been making major moves in the hip-hop music industry since his classic debut Get Rich Or Die Tryin' hit the streets. With the latest G Unit release Beg For Mercy there's no stopping Curtis Jackson aka 50Cent! With Eminem and Dr Dre behind the Queens Native, a Superstar was born and is taking over the charts with blazin' hot music for the streets!

Curtis Jackson was born on July 6, 1976, Queens, New York, USA. Before landing his contract with Eminem to be a part of Shady/Aftermath Records, 50Cent was already being noticed from his mixtapes circulating on the streets. Teamed up with the production crew, Trackmasters, 50 Cent hustled to put out hot music. On the underground hit "How To Rob", 50 took shots at hiphop artists Jay-Z, Sticky Fingaz and Lil' Kim among others which led him a deal with Columbia Records.

The rapper has completed his album Power Of The Dollar (Produced By Trackmasters) and released his first single featuring Destiny's Child titled: "Thug Love" before a series of events conspired to derail his major record deal. Power Of The Dollar was getting heavily bootlegged and Columbia Records wasn't too happy. On May 24, 2000 - 50 Cent received multiple gunshot wounds in a street shooting. As a result, 50 was released from his contract with Columbia and Power Of The Dollar was shelved. Ironically, the gun wounds gave 50 his signature slur which in no doubt improved his flow delivery.

50 Cent retreated back on the street mixtapes with his crew G-Unit and teamed up with producer Money-XL which again generated a huge buzz in the streets. 50 Cent started to gain attention again by major record companies and finally landed a deal with Shady/Aftermath records after Eminem took notice. The smash hit "Wanksta" featured on the 8 Mile soundtrack got media attention and when "In Da Club" (Produced By: Dr Dre) was released, the buzz was huge and 50 dominated the billboard charts going multi-platinum celebrating success. The new release from G-Unit, Beg For Mercy debuted at #3 and 50 landed a deal with Reebok to release the "G-Unit Sneaker". 50Cent has became a huge artist in the rap/hip-hop history and continues to dominate the charts today! G G G G G UNIT!