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50 Cent

Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn July 6, 1975 (50 years)
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.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Righteous Kill
  • Fire with Fire
  • Setup
  • Twelve
  • Freelancers
  • Dead Man Running
  • Blood Out
  • Caught in the Crossfire

Known For

  • Escape Plan
  • Southpaw
  • Get Rich or Die Tryin'
  • Righteous Kill
  • Fire with Fire
  • Expend4bles
  • Setup
  • Den of Thieves
  • Power
  • Freelancers
  • Escape Plan 2: Hades
  • Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
  • 13
  • Escape Plan: The Extractors
  • Dead Man Running
  • Blood Out
  • Twelve
  • Gun
  • All Things Fall Apart
  • The Prince
  • Power Book IV: Force
  • Power Book II: Ghost
  • The Frozen Ground
  • Home of the Brave

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2026
    Street Fighter · as Balrog
    2024
    Boneyard · as Chief Carter
    2023
    Expend4bles · as Drew "easy Day" Farrell
    2020
    Power Book II: Ghost (TV Series) · as Kanan
    2020
    For Life (TV Series) · as Cassius Dawkins
    2019
    2019
    Power Confidential (TV Series)
    2019
    2018
    2018
    Den of Thieves · as Enson Levoux
    2017
    50 Central (TV Series) · as Host
    2015
    Southpaw · as Jordan Mains
    2014
    The Prince · as The Pharmacy
    2014
    Power (TV Series) · as Kanan
    2013
    Escape Plan · as Hush
    2013
    Dream School (TV Series) · as Multi-Platinum Award Winning Recording Artist & Entrepreneur
    2013
    Circus HalliGalli (TV Series)
    2013
    The Frozen Ground · as Pimp Clate Johnson
    2012
    2012
    2012
    The Finder (TV Series) · as Big Glade
    2011
    Setup · as Sonny
    2011
    Blood Out · as Detective Hardwick
    2011
    2010
    Twelve · as Lionel
    2010
    Gun · as Rich
    2010
    2010
    13 · as Jimmy
    2010
    2009
    Before I Self Destruct · as Clarence
    2009
    2009
    Streets of Blood · as Stan Green
    2008
    2006
    Home of the Brave · as Jamal Aiken
    2006
    Vengeance · as Black
    2006
    The Come Up · as Publicity Hater
    2005
    2004
    Entourage (TV Series)
    2003
    America's Next Top Model (TV Series) · as Guest
    2001
    Grounded for Life (TV Series)
    1999
    Making the Video (TV Series)
    1998
    CD:UK (TV Series)
    1989
    The Simpsons (TV Series) · as 50 Cent (voice)

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