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April 3, 2003

Cover Story: The Life of a Hunted Man

At twelve, he was a crack dealer. At twenty-three, he was nearly shot to death. Now, at twenty-six, he is a hip-hop ruler. And old rivals want him dead
April 3, 2003

Who Wants 50 Dead?

Is the October 30th, 2002, murder of Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay connected to 50 Cent?
February 6, 2003

No. 1 With a Bullet

50 Cent intends to be the hardest rapper alive

Curtis

I ain't fresh out the hood/ I'm still in the hood," 50 Cent rhymes in "Fully Loaded Clip," feeling the heat even if he just sold 5 million copies of The Massacre a couple of years ago. He's out to prove he's everything he used to claim (?Still in da club, still sipping bub?) while rocking ?more whip...

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The Massacre

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Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

2003

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Dropping gory yet imperturbably cool rhymes, commanding attention with a massive media presence and turning the bulletproof vest into a hot fashion accessory, 50 Cent established himself as the most lovable hip-hop villain in years when his major-label debut arrived in early 2003. Curtis Jackson was born in New York's Jamaica, Queens, to a teenaged, cocaine-dealing mother who was murdered when he ...

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