{"id":63219,"date":"2013-03-21T23:00:30","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T22:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=63219"},"modified":"2013-03-21T23:00:30","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T22:00:30","slug":"vh1s-behind-the-music-50-cent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/vh1s-behind-the-music-50-cent\/","title":{"rendered":"VH1&#8217;s Behind The Music: 50 Cent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/vidto.me\/embed-udfiej699stv-720x405.html\" height=\"344\" width=\"100%\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Curtis Jackson III, aka 50 Cent, grew up on the violent and drug infested streets of Jamaica, Queens. His mother was murdered when he was 8, and by the time he was a teenager, he was following in her footsteps, dealing crack to make ends meet. Several arrests led to hard time in a \u201cshock incarceration\u201d boot camp. Headed down the wrong road, 50 Cent gave up the hustle and chased a new dream: to become a hip hop star. But his road to superstardom wouldn\u2019t be easy. With gritty street rhymes, 50 attacked the industry and his bad boy reputation grew as fast as his list of enemies. A public feud with fellow Queens\u2019 rapper Ja Rule led to a brawl and 50 got stabbed. Then, in May 2000, nine bullets nearly ended 50 Cent\u2019s life. Facing his moment of truth, 50 persevered thru intense physical pain, emotional self doubt and came back to the game even stronger. Teaming up with Dr Dre and Eminem, his first two albums, Get Rich or Die Trying and The Massacre, were hugely successful. 50 Cent parlayed his street hustle instincts into an empire, forming the G Unit business enterprise and inking a lucrative deal with Vitamin Water that reportedly earned him over 100 million dollars. Always a target, 50\u2032s street cred was attacked as he engaged in feuds with everyone from Fat Joe to his prot\u00e9g\u00e9, The Game. The beefs only fuel 50\u2032s drive. Older and wiser, he hasn\u2019t lost the edge he honed on the streets of New York as he continues his relentless quest for success.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrworldpremiere.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yardie<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curtis Jackson III, aka 50 Cent, grew up on the violent and drug infested streets&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Curtis Jackson III, aka 50 Cent, grew up on the violent and drug infested streets of Jamaica, Queens. 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