The 50 Cent Thread.
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GlimmerMan
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Being a heavy metal man myself, I dislike rap in general, but have respect for the talent of many rappers. 50 Cent is an impressively large man! Of course, he doesn't have to do 'proper' work, so he can spend 8 hours a day in the gym if he likes. He seems like a amiable guy in interviews - he was interviewed by Jonathon Ross not so long ago and came across pretty well.
Amos Stevens
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Well you can tell I'm not into rap...I thought you're refering to money 
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New G-Unit MP3 Watch!
50 Cent is about to do some time -- the G-Unit leader is getting ready to introduce his new line of G-Unit Watches. Among the items available in the G-Unit line will be the world's first watch that plays MP3s.
MTV.com reports that the G-Unit MP3-playing watch will be available with 256 or 512 megabytes of storage.
Some of the other G-Unit Watches also feature spinning bezels and iced-out faces. The watches range in price from $299 to $3,500. The G-Unit Watches will hit US stores next month.
50 Cent is about to do some time -- the G-Unit leader is getting ready to introduce his new line of G-Unit Watches. Among the items available in the G-Unit line will be the world's first watch that plays MP3s.
MTV.com reports that the G-Unit MP3-playing watch will be available with 256 or 512 megabytes of storage.
Some of the other G-Unit Watches also feature spinning bezels and iced-out faces. The watches range in price from $299 to $3,500. The G-Unit Watches will hit US stores next month.
Prisoner 1137
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Prisoner 1137 said:
Ye I saw the preview to that game, I actually saw 50 Cent doing round house kickcs lol.
Thanks for posting.
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New 50 Cent Reebok GX-2 Commercial.
Check out 50's latest commercial promoting his new Reebok shoes, the G-Unit GX-2.
http://www.rbk.com/gxt/?CMP=BAC-GXT2-Media
Check out 50's latest commercial promoting his new Reebok shoes, the G-Unit GX-2.
http://www.rbk.com/gxt/?CMP=BAC-GXT2-Media
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50 Cent Tops Mid-year Us Album Sales Chart.
50 CENT TOPS MID-YEAR US ALBUM SALES CHART
Rapper 50 CENT is leading the mid-year album sales charts in America after selling almost twice as many copies of his THE MASSACRE disc as second placed MARIAH CAREY's THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI.
The CANDY SHOP rapper's sales in 2005 have topped the 4 million mark, while Mariah comes in second with 2.3 million sales.
EMINEM and THE GAME also feature in the top 10, while British act COLDPLAY are the only non-American act in the top 15.
The top 10 is:
1. THE MASSACRE - 50 CENT
2. THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI - MARIAH CAREY
3. DOCUMENTARY - THE GAME
4. AMERICAN IDIOT - GREEN DAY
5. BREAKAWAY - KELLY CLARKSON
6. LOVE ANGEL MUSIC BABY - GWEN STEFANI
7. X+Y - COLDPLAY
8. HOT FUSS - THE KILLERS
9. NOW 18 - VARIOUS
10. ENCORE - EMINEM.
50 CENT TOPS MID-YEAR US ALBUM SALES CHART
Rapper 50 CENT is leading the mid-year album sales charts in America after selling almost twice as many copies of his THE MASSACRE disc as second placed MARIAH CAREY's THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI.
The CANDY SHOP rapper's sales in 2005 have topped the 4 million mark, while Mariah comes in second with 2.3 million sales.
EMINEM and THE GAME also feature in the top 10, while British act COLDPLAY are the only non-American act in the top 15.
The top 10 is:
1. THE MASSACRE - 50 CENT
2. THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI - MARIAH CAREY
3. DOCUMENTARY - THE GAME
4. AMERICAN IDIOT - GREEN DAY
5. BREAKAWAY - KELLY CLARKSON
6. LOVE ANGEL MUSIC BABY - GWEN STEFANI
7. X+Y - COLDPLAY
8. HOT FUSS - THE KILLERS
9. NOW 18 - VARIOUS
10. ENCORE - EMINEM.
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Get Rich Or Die Trying.
Get Rich Or Die Trying
50 Cents' first motion picture debut!!
In Theaters: November 11th, 2005
Synopsis:
An orphaned street kid (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson) makes his mark in the drug trade, but finally dares to leave the violence of his former life behind to pursue a promising career in rap.
Starring:
50 Cent, Joy Bryant, Viola Davis, Terrence Dashon Howard, Bill Duke
Directed By:
Jim Sheridan
Click here to watch the trailer: http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/getrichordietryin.html
Get Rich Or Die Trying
50 Cents' first motion picture debut!!
In Theaters: November 11th, 2005
Synopsis:
An orphaned street kid (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson) makes his mark in the drug trade, but finally dares to leave the violence of his former life behind to pursue a promising career in rap.
Starring:
50 Cent, Joy Bryant, Viola Davis, Terrence Dashon Howard, Bill Duke
Directed By:
Jim Sheridan
Click here to watch the trailer: http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/getrichordietryin.html
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Eminem, 50 Manage To Unleash The Anger At Cali Tour Stop
Lord, please forgive me for what I do," Eminem prayed as he took the stage at Tuesday's Anger Management 3 tour stop at the HP Pavilion.
And, well, that was about it for the managing part. The 90 minutes
that followed were sheer anger on display, with the rapper's jokester side making only a few brief appearances.
(See photos from the Anger Management 3 Tour.)
From the opening one-two punch of "Evil Deeds" and "Mosh" to album tracks like "Kill U" and "Just Don't Give a F---," Eminem chose some of the angriest songs from his arsenal to help reacquaint his fans with him after a few years off from touring. And while the audience raised its fists and sang along from beginning to end, most people seemed eager to dance by the time "Just Lose It" came at the end of the show.
Following rambunctious sets by Lil Jon and 50 Cent and their respective crews, Em entered looking like the third White Stripe in a black, white and red suit, which he quickly shed after the opener.
Right away, Em addressed recent reports that he is retiring, asking if the audience reads the tabloids. He then pulled out a magazine with a report about his retirement next to a headline that read, "The Moon Will Blow Up In A Month." Never shy about his ass, Em then mooned the crowd and made a loud farting sound. "They're wrong, though," he said. "The moon blew up tonight."
Eminem followed by saying he was going to retire all of his various monikers except one, Rain Man, although it seemed more like a setup for the track "Rain Man" than anything else.
Later, Em used "Ass Like That" as a segue to address his brief relationship with Mariah Carey. He was interrupted, however, by a voice on the loudspeaker that said she was Carey and she wanted him back. He then searched behind the various doors that made up his stage set, eventually finding not Mariah, but a toilet that he "puked" in. This, of course, set up "Puke."
After changing gears with "Like Toy Soldiers," Eminem then took center stage for a little game of what he called "How well do you know your hip-hop?" He then rapped parts of Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick's "La-Di-Da-Di," Biz Markie's "Just a Friend," Dr. Dre's "Nuthin' but a G Thang" and his own "My Name Is," at test the crowd easily passed, rapping along at a monster volume.
From there, Em turned the spotlight on his protégés, beginning with D12, who performed five songs with the rapper (including "40 Oz." and "My Band"). 50 Cent followed for "Patiently Waiting" and "Gatman and Robbin," igniting an audience frenzy that eventually cooled for Obie Trice and Stat Quo.
In between the guest appearances, Em included a few of his own darker tracks, like "Stan," "The Way I Am" and "Mockingbird," sometimes only doing the first verse and letting the crowd handle the chorus. During the verses, though, his delivery was razor-sharp, putting to rest any thoughts that his touring hiatus had caused rust.
Eminem ended with "Lose Yourself" but it was the video before his encore that yielded the strongest reaction. Made to look as though it were live, the footage followed the rapper back to the dressing room where he brandished a handgun and pointed it to his head. How it plays out, fans should see for themselves.
Guns and violence were also, of course, a theme throughout 50 Cent's show, which began with the gangsta rapper dropping 40 feet from the ceiling in a bulletproof vest for "What Up Gangsta." Shotgun blasts, made stronger and louder by pyrotechnic explosions, found their way into several of the nearly 30 tracks that made up his set.
The show also included grand entrances from Young Buck, Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo, who were among 50's G-Unit special guests. Newcomers to the crew (but veterans of hip-hop) M.O.P. and Mobb Deep also performed a few tracks each, as did the tour's only female, Olivia, whose voice was often lost in the chaos of all the rappers.
Unlike Em, 50 treated his hit singles like most headliners, placing them every four or five songs and introducing them with pomp and circumstance in the form of crowd interaction, pyro or video. For "P.I.M.P." he rolled a video shout-out from Snoop Dogg and then reemerged looking dapper in a white suit and matching hat.
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, taking the stage at 7:30, pounded the audience with one crunk tune after another, successfully starting a party at a time when most concertgoers are usually meandering through the merchandise and snack booths.
Jon was without the Ying Yang Twins, but new signee Pitbull stepped up for some of their verses ("Get Low" was enormous) and added a flavor all his own to the set.
To end his show, Jon left the stage while a video played of Dave Chappelle, Usher and Chris Rock shouting out the rapper. Jon then popped up on a smaller stage near the back of the arena for "Lovers and Friends," getting all that love stuff out of the way for the anger to come.
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50 Cent & Mobb Deep Make A Video
50 Cent Featuring Mobb Deep Makes a Video
Music Special
A music video for ``Outta Control.''
Airing Date Time Channel
Tue 07/26 10:00AM 29 MTV Add to My Calendar
Wed 07/27 12:30AM 29 MTV Add to My Calendar
Wed 07/27 4:30PM 29 MTV Add to My Calendar
Eminem, 50 Manage To Unleash The Anger At Cali Tour Stop
Lord, please forgive me for what I do," Eminem prayed as he took the stage at Tuesday's Anger Management 3 tour stop at the HP Pavilion.
And, well, that was about it for the managing part. The 90 minutes
that followed were sheer anger on display, with the rapper's jokester side making only a few brief appearances.
(See photos from the Anger Management 3 Tour.)
From the opening one-two punch of "Evil Deeds" and "Mosh" to album tracks like "Kill U" and "Just Don't Give a F---," Eminem chose some of the angriest songs from his arsenal to help reacquaint his fans with him after a few years off from touring. And while the audience raised its fists and sang along from beginning to end, most people seemed eager to dance by the time "Just Lose It" came at the end of the show.
Following rambunctious sets by Lil Jon and 50 Cent and their respective crews, Em entered looking like the third White Stripe in a black, white and red suit, which he quickly shed after the opener.
Right away, Em addressed recent reports that he is retiring, asking if the audience reads the tabloids. He then pulled out a magazine with a report about his retirement next to a headline that read, "The Moon Will Blow Up In A Month." Never shy about his ass, Em then mooned the crowd and made a loud farting sound. "They're wrong, though," he said. "The moon blew up tonight."
Eminem followed by saying he was going to retire all of his various monikers except one, Rain Man, although it seemed more like a setup for the track "Rain Man" than anything else.
Later, Em used "Ass Like That" as a segue to address his brief relationship with Mariah Carey. He was interrupted, however, by a voice on the loudspeaker that said she was Carey and she wanted him back. He then searched behind the various doors that made up his stage set, eventually finding not Mariah, but a toilet that he "puked" in. This, of course, set up "Puke."
After changing gears with "Like Toy Soldiers," Eminem then took center stage for a little game of what he called "How well do you know your hip-hop?" He then rapped parts of Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick's "La-Di-Da-Di," Biz Markie's "Just a Friend," Dr. Dre's "Nuthin' but a G Thang" and his own "My Name Is," at test the crowd easily passed, rapping along at a monster volume.
From there, Em turned the spotlight on his protégés, beginning with D12, who performed five songs with the rapper (including "40 Oz." and "My Band"). 50 Cent followed for "Patiently Waiting" and "Gatman and Robbin," igniting an audience frenzy that eventually cooled for Obie Trice and Stat Quo.
In between the guest appearances, Em included a few of his own darker tracks, like "Stan," "The Way I Am" and "Mockingbird," sometimes only doing the first verse and letting the crowd handle the chorus. During the verses, though, his delivery was razor-sharp, putting to rest any thoughts that his touring hiatus had caused rust.
Eminem ended with "Lose Yourself" but it was the video before his encore that yielded the strongest reaction. Made to look as though it were live, the footage followed the rapper back to the dressing room where he brandished a handgun and pointed it to his head. How it plays out, fans should see for themselves.
Guns and violence were also, of course, a theme throughout 50 Cent's show, which began with the gangsta rapper dropping 40 feet from the ceiling in a bulletproof vest for "What Up Gangsta." Shotgun blasts, made stronger and louder by pyrotechnic explosions, found their way into several of the nearly 30 tracks that made up his set.
The show also included grand entrances from Young Buck, Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo, who were among 50's G-Unit special guests. Newcomers to the crew (but veterans of hip-hop) M.O.P. and Mobb Deep also performed a few tracks each, as did the tour's only female, Olivia, whose voice was often lost in the chaos of all the rappers.
Unlike Em, 50 treated his hit singles like most headliners, placing them every four or five songs and introducing them with pomp and circumstance in the form of crowd interaction, pyro or video. For "P.I.M.P." he rolled a video shout-out from Snoop Dogg and then reemerged looking dapper in a white suit and matching hat.
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, taking the stage at 7:30, pounded the audience with one crunk tune after another, successfully starting a party at a time when most concertgoers are usually meandering through the merchandise and snack booths.
Jon was without the Ying Yang Twins, but new signee Pitbull stepped up for some of their verses ("Get Low" was enormous) and added a flavor all his own to the set.
To end his show, Jon left the stage while a video played of Dave Chappelle, Usher and Chris Rock shouting out the rapper. Jon then popped up on a smaller stage near the back of the arena for "Lovers and Friends," getting all that love stuff out of the way for the anger to come.
-------------------------------------------------------
50 Cent & Mobb Deep Make A Video
50 Cent Featuring Mobb Deep Makes a Video
Music Special
A music video for ``Outta Control.''
Airing Date Time Channel
Tue 07/26 10:00AM 29 MTV Add to My Calendar
Wed 07/27 12:30AM 29 MTV Add to My Calendar
Wed 07/27 4:30PM 29 MTV Add to My Calendar
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Latest 50 Cent News!!
New 50 Cent Video- Outta Control Remix Featuring Mobb Deep!
Check out the exclusive video @ http://www.mp3.com/50cent/
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New 50 Cent Book Coming Out: From Pieces to Weight : Once Upon a Time in Southside, Queens.
Author: 50 Cent
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 0743486447
Pages: 256
Publish Date: 8/16/2005
Publisher: MTV Books
"I wrote this book to explain the world I come from. To a lot of people, I may be too young to reflect on life. And they may be right. But I'd be wasting my blessings if I didn't use the attention I'm getting to shed light on the experiences that have caused me to say the things I say and make the kind of music I make. I want to explain my environment to those who don't come any closer to it than the records they buy or the images they see on television. People want the truth. Even if they can't handle it, they want it. I let you know that I survived nine bullets not to sell records, but because it's the truth. Every time I sit down for an interview, I'm asked, "Well, 50, how did it feel to get shot nine times?" But those stories don't hold the weight, the pain, or the hope of my experience. It just can't. This is my mindset and these are the things that go on. This is why I say the rhymes that I say. This is what happened when I was trying to get rich before I died in Southside Queens."
So begins From Pieces to Weight: Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens, a violent and introspective memoir that reveals not only 50's story but the story of a generation of youth faced with hard choices and very little options. A tale of sacrifice, transformation and redemption, but it is also one of hope, determination and the power of self. Told in 50's own unique voice, the narrative drips with the raw insight, street wisdom, and his struggle to survive at all costs...and behold the riches of the American Dream.
Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson decided to abandon his life of crime in Queens, New York, and hone his natural rhyming skills for a hip-hop career. Yet 50 Cent's former life was always violently present, and in 2000, he was shot nine times by a rival drug lord and miraculously survived. With his talent eventually drawing the attention of superstar Eminem, 50 Cent inked a million-dollar contract with Shady Records...and the rest is now music history. In #1 with Nine Bullets, 50 Cent settles old scores and deals honestly with his life, his passions, and his music. Featuring unpublished poetry and lyrics taken directly from his journals and scrapbooks, as well as behind-the-scenes photos taken by 50 Cent himself, this is an unprecedented look into the world of one of the most talked about artists in popular music today.
New 50 Cent Video- Outta Control Remix Featuring Mobb Deep!
Check out the exclusive video @ http://www.mp3.com/50cent/
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New 50 Cent Book Coming Out: From Pieces to Weight : Once Upon a Time in Southside, Queens.
Author: 50 Cent
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 0743486447
Pages: 256
Publish Date: 8/16/2005
Publisher: MTV Books
"I wrote this book to explain the world I come from. To a lot of people, I may be too young to reflect on life. And they may be right. But I'd be wasting my blessings if I didn't use the attention I'm getting to shed light on the experiences that have caused me to say the things I say and make the kind of music I make. I want to explain my environment to those who don't come any closer to it than the records they buy or the images they see on television. People want the truth. Even if they can't handle it, they want it. I let you know that I survived nine bullets not to sell records, but because it's the truth. Every time I sit down for an interview, I'm asked, "Well, 50, how did it feel to get shot nine times?" But those stories don't hold the weight, the pain, or the hope of my experience. It just can't. This is my mindset and these are the things that go on. This is why I say the rhymes that I say. This is what happened when I was trying to get rich before I died in Southside Queens."
So begins From Pieces to Weight: Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens, a violent and introspective memoir that reveals not only 50's story but the story of a generation of youth faced with hard choices and very little options. A tale of sacrifice, transformation and redemption, but it is also one of hope, determination and the power of self. Told in 50's own unique voice, the narrative drips with the raw insight, street wisdom, and his struggle to survive at all costs...and behold the riches of the American Dream.
Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson decided to abandon his life of crime in Queens, New York, and hone his natural rhyming skills for a hip-hop career. Yet 50 Cent's former life was always violently present, and in 2000, he was shot nine times by a rival drug lord and miraculously survived. With his talent eventually drawing the attention of superstar Eminem, 50 Cent inked a million-dollar contract with Shady Records...and the rest is now music history. In #1 with Nine Bullets, 50 Cent settles old scores and deals honestly with his life, his passions, and his music. Featuring unpublished poetry and lyrics taken directly from his journals and scrapbooks, as well as behind-the-scenes photos taken by 50 Cent himself, this is an unprecedented look into the world of one of the most talked about artists in popular music today.
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" I love you like a fat kid love cake"
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Purplelotus1 said:
LOL from 21 Questions.
aikidoboynj
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I dont like him, his music, or what he stands for. He is not a good person he is an ex drug dealer and is not someone who should be glorified. He doesn't write most of his stuff, he plays no instruments, can't sing (merely speaks into the mic), and with the backing (eminem, dre etc,,) he got to get him into the rap game virtually anyone in the world, even maybe a jewish rabbi(no offense) would have made it. Seriously. IMO there hasn't been good music being made in over 15 years.
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How 'bout that!
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From Pieces to Weight.
Excerpt from 50 Cent's latest book:
He has the beats that keep you moving in the club and the hooks you can't resist singing along to, but you best believe the true key to Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson's popularity lies with his candidness— he lives to speak his mind.There hasn't been an MC this forthcoming since Tupac.
Over the past three years, it seems 50 has revealed everything about his life, whether it be in lyrics, interviews, or onstage. So what else could 50 possibly offer to the public when his autobiography hits shelves on August 9? In "From Pieces to Weight," 50 takes the reader every step of the way on the journey of a boy being molded into the man who's set up shop in the headlines like a hustler on the block. For the first time, Fif addresses his fears, shows a side of his early family life and recounts how as a teenager he learned the ins and outs of the drug hustle — and that's just in the first half of the book. In an MTV exclusive, we're presenting five excerpts from 50's autobiography before it hits stores. Prepare to ride shotgun.
Part 1:
It's the early '80s, Michael Jordan has yet to enter the NBA. America thinks the kid on the tube who says "Whatchutalkinbout, Willis?" is the most adorable character ever. Rap is just a cool little subgenre of music that the mainstream has barely been introduced to, and 50 Cent is an elementary school student figuring out that his mother might be a lesbian. Her sexual preference doesn't matter to young Curtis, though. In his eyes, she's strong, she's giving and she's proud — too proud to let her son get punked out by a bully. Here Fif tells about learning an early lesson from his mother: fight back with everything you've got. When you have nothing left, pick something up.
If you were a kid growing up in my neighborhood, it was weird for you to have both parents around. You either got one parent or you got grandparents. I had one parent and two grandparents. From what I could tell, I was actually ahead of the game. And when it came time to bring it — whether "it" was love, money, or authority — my mom would bring it. That's the only thing that mattered to me.
I remember seeing my mom hanging out with women more than she hung out with men. She had this one friend named Tammy who would always be around, so one time I asked my grandmother, "Why does Ma always come around with Tammy?" My grandmother said, "That's something you should ask your mother about." And then I dropped the subject. I was young, but I wasn't stupid. I learned early on that when it came to my mom, there were things you talked about and things that you didn't.
My mom was, in a word, hard. She was real aggressive. As a disciplinarian, she was stern. As a motivator, she was even harsher. She encouraged me to do things that I knew I couldn't do if she didn't have my back. Once, when I was about five years old, I came running into my grandmother's house, crying, because I had been fighting with some kids up the block.
We had been shooting marbles when this kid missed a really easy shot and I laughed at him. He must've been having a bad day because he got real upset and wanted to fight. Because he was much bigger than me, all the other kids got on his side to beat me up. I was like, You can't be serious. This kid was already bigger than the legal size for five-year-olds. He was so big that, on principle alone, he should have been eight or nine. If we were in a boxing league, he would have been at least three weight classes above me. It's not like he needed the help. So I did the only thing I could: I took my ass-whupping and went home to cry.
When I got home, my mom was pissed. She asked, "What the hell are you crying about?"
I explained it to her. "There was this boy," I told her, "he's as big as a whole block, maybe two. He beat me up and he wasn't quite finished with me when I ran, so if it's all the same to you, I'll be spending the rest of my fifth year in the house."
My mom asked where he was. I said, "He's still outside, blocking out the sun, most likely. You can't fight him, Ma." She looked at me like I had left my common sense on the street. I don't know if she was shocked that I thought she'd fight my battle for me or just disappointed in me for running. She said, "Go back out there and fight him again. If you get your ass beat again, you're gonna take it without crying."
I would have sworn that something was wrong with my ears. Or maybe hers. I said, "Ma, this kid is big. Like, big big."
"I don't care if he's bigger than you," she said. "You pick something up and hit him with it if you have to. But you're not going to come back in here crying."
It wasn't really a hard decision at that point. The worst the kid I was fighting could do was to kill me. But I was more scared of my mom at that moment. I went back out there, picked up a rock that I could barely hold in my hand, and I knocked the f--- out of that kid with it. It was the first time I ever hit someone hard enough to make him go down. He was curled up on the floor bleeding and saying that he was going to tell his mother on me. But I didn't care. His mom could only go and talk to my mom, and I had a strong feeling that any confrontation between our mothers would end up much like the one between him and me did. "So what?" I screamed. "Go tell your mother. She can get hit, too!" All the kids started egging the fight on. "Ooooh! He talked about your momma!" I told them to shut up or they could get hit, too. They shut up. And that kid never came back with his mother. In fact, he never bothered me again.
Check back every day this week for another exclusive excerpt from MTV Books' "From Pieces to Weight."
Excerpt from 50 Cent's latest book:
He has the beats that keep you moving in the club and the hooks you can't resist singing along to, but you best believe the true key to Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson's popularity lies with his candidness— he lives to speak his mind.There hasn't been an MC this forthcoming since Tupac.
Over the past three years, it seems 50 has revealed everything about his life, whether it be in lyrics, interviews, or onstage. So what else could 50 possibly offer to the public when his autobiography hits shelves on August 9? In "From Pieces to Weight," 50 takes the reader every step of the way on the journey of a boy being molded into the man who's set up shop in the headlines like a hustler on the block. For the first time, Fif addresses his fears, shows a side of his early family life and recounts how as a teenager he learned the ins and outs of the drug hustle — and that's just in the first half of the book. In an MTV exclusive, we're presenting five excerpts from 50's autobiography before it hits stores. Prepare to ride shotgun.
Part 1:
It's the early '80s, Michael Jordan has yet to enter the NBA. America thinks the kid on the tube who says "Whatchutalkinbout, Willis?" is the most adorable character ever. Rap is just a cool little subgenre of music that the mainstream has barely been introduced to, and 50 Cent is an elementary school student figuring out that his mother might be a lesbian. Her sexual preference doesn't matter to young Curtis, though. In his eyes, she's strong, she's giving and she's proud — too proud to let her son get punked out by a bully. Here Fif tells about learning an early lesson from his mother: fight back with everything you've got. When you have nothing left, pick something up.
If you were a kid growing up in my neighborhood, it was weird for you to have both parents around. You either got one parent or you got grandparents. I had one parent and two grandparents. From what I could tell, I was actually ahead of the game. And when it came time to bring it — whether "it" was love, money, or authority — my mom would bring it. That's the only thing that mattered to me.
I remember seeing my mom hanging out with women more than she hung out with men. She had this one friend named Tammy who would always be around, so one time I asked my grandmother, "Why does Ma always come around with Tammy?" My grandmother said, "That's something you should ask your mother about." And then I dropped the subject. I was young, but I wasn't stupid. I learned early on that when it came to my mom, there were things you talked about and things that you didn't.
My mom was, in a word, hard. She was real aggressive. As a disciplinarian, she was stern. As a motivator, she was even harsher. She encouraged me to do things that I knew I couldn't do if she didn't have my back. Once, when I was about five years old, I came running into my grandmother's house, crying, because I had been fighting with some kids up the block.
We had been shooting marbles when this kid missed a really easy shot and I laughed at him. He must've been having a bad day because he got real upset and wanted to fight. Because he was much bigger than me, all the other kids got on his side to beat me up. I was like, You can't be serious. This kid was already bigger than the legal size for five-year-olds. He was so big that, on principle alone, he should have been eight or nine. If we were in a boxing league, he would have been at least three weight classes above me. It's not like he needed the help. So I did the only thing I could: I took my ass-whupping and went home to cry.
When I got home, my mom was pissed. She asked, "What the hell are you crying about?"
I explained it to her. "There was this boy," I told her, "he's as big as a whole block, maybe two. He beat me up and he wasn't quite finished with me when I ran, so if it's all the same to you, I'll be spending the rest of my fifth year in the house."
My mom asked where he was. I said, "He's still outside, blocking out the sun, most likely. You can't fight him, Ma." She looked at me like I had left my common sense on the street. I don't know if she was shocked that I thought she'd fight my battle for me or just disappointed in me for running. She said, "Go back out there and fight him again. If you get your ass beat again, you're gonna take it without crying."
I would have sworn that something was wrong with my ears. Or maybe hers. I said, "Ma, this kid is big. Like, big big."
"I don't care if he's bigger than you," she said. "You pick something up and hit him with it if you have to. But you're not going to come back in here crying."
It wasn't really a hard decision at that point. The worst the kid I was fighting could do was to kill me. But I was more scared of my mom at that moment. I went back out there, picked up a rock that I could barely hold in my hand, and I knocked the f--- out of that kid with it. It was the first time I ever hit someone hard enough to make him go down. He was curled up on the floor bleeding and saying that he was going to tell his mother on me. But I didn't care. His mom could only go and talk to my mom, and I had a strong feeling that any confrontation between our mothers would end up much like the one between him and me did. "So what?" I screamed. "Go tell your mother. She can get hit, too!" All the kids started egging the fight on. "Ooooh! He talked about your momma!" I told them to shut up or they could get hit, too. They shut up. And that kid never came back with his mother. In fact, he never bothered me again.
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GlimmerMan
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Did he really write that? Maybe he could write about how to dodge bullets. Hahaha - it would be the shortest book in the world.
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TheGreatOne
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Since you're into rap/hip-hop thing, what do you know about DMX's "Here We Go Again" release? When will it happen? Last thing you said was that it was put on hold. The stores here didn't have it on the release date, and still don't. So what's up, do you know?
To stick to topic as per current laws - 50 Cent is a cool dude. Not my kinda rapper though.
Since you're into rap/hip-hop thing, what do you know about DMX's "Here We Go Again" release? When will it happen? Last thing you said was that it was put on hold. The stores here didn't have it on the release date, and still don't. So what's up, do you know?
To stick to topic as per current laws - 50 Cent is a cool dude. Not my kinda rapper though.