On May 24, 2000, 50 was shot nine times in South Jamaica, Queens. In 1999, he released “How to Rob,” a song that jokingly described how he would relieve an array of A-list rappers of their prized possessions. Selling drugs from age 12, 50 led a rough life as he entered the rap game with a co-sign from Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC.
Curtis Jackson-rapper, entrepreneur, TV producer-adopted the moniker 50 Cent from Kelvin Martin, an infamous Brooklyn stick-up kid who used the same name.
