Personal details
- Birth Date: 1975-07-06
- Height: 6′ (1.83 m)
- Birth Location: Queens, New York City, New York, USA
- Professions: Music Artist, Actor, Producer
50 Cent—yeah, the guy born Curtis Jackson—has been everywhere, honestly. Dude started hustling his way into music back in the late '90s, but it wasn’t all smooth. He actually put together an album called Power of the Dollar for Columbia, but right before it could drop, he got shot. Like, nine times. The album got shelved. Wild, right? But he didn’t just disappear. Two years later, he came back swinging with Guess Who’s Back?, which basically landed in Eminem’s lap. Em was like, “This is fire,” and pulled 50 into Shady Records, which also meant Dr. Dre was in the mix—talk about a power move. With Dre and Em backing him, 50’s debut, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, just exploded. You couldn’t escape “In Da Club” if you tried. He didn’t just stay in his lane either—he basically made G-Unit a household name, bringing in his crew (Young Buck, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo) and launching G-Unit Records. That second album, The Massacre, kept the momentum going. By now, 50 was everywhere: radio, clubs, MTV, you name it. He’s dropped a bunch more projects since, like Animal Ambition, and he’s always teasing more music, like Street King Immortal. But albums aren’t even half the story. The man’s sold over 30 million records, picked up a Grammy, a boatload of Billboard and BET awards, and just kept stacking wins. He jumped into acting too—his own movie (Get Rich or Die Tryin’), war flicks, crime dramas, the whole nine. Never really sits still, honestly.
movies triviannLosing your mom at eight? Man, that’s rough. Especially when she was only 23—barely more than a kid herself, honestly. That’s the kind of backstory that sticks with you, you know? It shapes everything. Most people are still figuring themselves out at that age, and here’s this kid, left to deal with a world that just got a whole lot colder. You can feel it in the way he moves through life, a certain toughness, maybe a little bit of that guard-up attitude. Not to mention, the guilt that sneaks in—like, could he have done something different, even though he was just a kid? It’s the type of trauma that pops up at the weirdest moments, totally out of the blue. Really, it’s no wonder he’s got trust issues, or maybe acts out a bit. That kind of loss leaves a mark you can’t scrub off, no matter how hard you try.
reference nMan, the real kicker in this story? It’s this weight, this crazy pressure hanging over every move, trying to keep up with legends like Dr. Dre and Eminem. That’s the deal here—chasing greatness, tripping over your own nerves, all while the world’s watching, waiting for you to mess up or maybe, just maybe, blow their minds. Every scene’s loaded with this energy, that sense of being the underdog with something to prove. You’ve got someone grinding it out, pushing past doubt and fear, just trying to hold it together and not let down the people who believed in them most. It’s not just about music, it’s about legacy, about living up to expectations that feel way too big for one person. You feel every ounce of anxiety, but there’s also hope in there, this stubborn spark refusing to quit, even when the odds look impossible.
July 6, 1975
6′ (1.83 m)
Konidela Ram Charan
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Yes, 25 Cent
49 years old