Curtis James Jackson III was born July 6, 1975. Curtis James jackson is better known as a famous rapper call 50cent. He rose to fame with the realese of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin (2003) and The Massacre(2005). 50 cent started dealing with drugs when he was 12 years old, he was living with his grandparents.He had to get that money.In 2000,when he was going to his grandparents house an assailant was following him and shot him 9 times. Since that they he started thinking that he didn't die because he have a purpose in life. Three weeks later the person that shot at him was found dead. 50 cent is my favorite rapper in the hip hop.