50 Cent Net Worth

50 Cent's Quotes

• The only thing that I'm scared of is not livin' up to the expectations of Dr. Dre and Eminem.
• [on his feud with rapper Ja Rule] Right now he's desperate. He should be talking about me, not Eminem and Dr. Dre and everybody else. He will lose, he knows that. The route that he has to take is the "I'm a mad gangsta" hardcore route, and ain't nobody gonna believe him.
• In Hollywood, they say there's no business like show business. In the hood, they say there's no business like ho' business.
• I'm not trying to save the world. As a musician and artist, it just ain't me.
• A man becomes as attractive as an attractive woman when he becomes successful and is publicly noted. Power is an aphrodisiac.

Interesting Facts about 50 Cent

1. Is involved in a feud with fellow rapper Ja Rule.
2. Is signed to Eminem's Shady Records imprint, distributed by Interscope Records.
3. Has one son: Marquise Jackson aka 25 Cent.
4. His debut album "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" was the highest debut ever with 900,000 copies sold in the first week.
5. His mother was killed at age 23, when he was just eight years old.
6. Was discovered by Jam Master Jay.
7. Voted #8 on VH1's 100 Hottest Hotties
8. Used to be a boxer
9. Neither drinks alcohol nor smokes. 50 has stated in multiple interviews that after peddling drugs on the street for money (but never partaking himself), he saw how drugs, alcohol and smoking were adversely affecting his close relatives, so he made a conscious decision to change not only himself by finding legitimate means of making money, but also abstaining from the things that were destroying his relatives.
10. He bought former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson's Farmington, CT, mansion for $4.1 million. The house is approximately 50,000 sq. ft., has 52 rooms and was bought by Tyson for $2.7 million (1996). Its features include five Jacuzzis, 25 full baths, 18 bedrooms, an elevator, two billiard rooms, a movie theater and a locker room.
11. Recorded an album titled "Power of the Dollar" (1999) but this was shelved by Columbia Records due to his legal problems at the time.
12. Released a series of street mixtapes (2002). They became so popular that Eminem heard them and signed him to his record label. Even after his success, 50 Cent still releases street mixtapes on a regular basis.
13. His album "The Massacre" was originally titled "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" and set for a February 15, 2005, release date, but production problems forced this to be set back to March 8, 2005.
14. Was accompanied by actress Vivica A. Fox to the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards.
15. Created a dance known as the "two step".
16. His favorite actor is Charlie Sheen.
17. 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. He is also a huge fan of the cartoon, his favorite turtle being Donatello.
18. His group, G-Unit, includes Tony Yayo, and Lloyd Banks. Young Buck and Game were once members but a well-publicized feud developed.
19. Raised in Queens, New York City by his grandparents.
20. Named among Fade In magazine's "100 People in Hollywood You Need to Know". [2005]