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Get Rich or Try Dying
Get ahead or Get dead


Born on the mean streets of Croydon, Curtis Jackson (50 Quid) was born into a life of hardship and misery. Curtis Jackson Inherited a love of music from his mother, Sabrina Jackson but this wasn’t the only thing he had inherited. At the age of 15 his late mother passed away (reasons are unexpected). Due to this tragic event at such a young age Curtis Jackson wasn’t able to buy the clothing his mother had provided for him. This forced Curtis Jackson to follow his mother’s footsteps into a life of crime, spending hour’s on street corners selling crack and raiding houses for thievery, doing what ever it takes to get a head in life.

On the 5th of January 1999 Curtis Jackson was arrested for the distribution of drugs. Within this sentence Curtis Jackson dedicated his time to his rapping career. Telling us he was able to create his “first album in the joint of Shut em up”. When He was released on the 30th January 2004 he didn’t just leave behind a life of crime but generated a new name. This name was to be 50 Quid meaning new beginnings. Months after leaving prison 50 Quid’s cell mate and now manager introduced him to jay records. His first Album of “Shut Em Up” was a hit selling around 500,000 copies. But it wasn’t all smiles for 50 Quid. Even though it looked like he had left his life of crime behind him it wasn’t too happy to leave him. As on the eve of getting ready to produce his new single of “power of the dollar” he was shot.
50 Quid suffered 10 months in hospital and endless physical therapy. 50 told us “I Thought this was the End,”. During the end of his rehab 50 Quid was able to write and later on produce his new single “Get Rich or Try Dying”. This was a huge hit selling over 2 million copies world wide, heading straight to number 1 in 4 different countries. Due to this large selling other artist decided to jump on the 50 rapwaggen or others decided to criticize it. As Rappers of Jay-y and kanye North described it as misleading to the youth generation. Other artist like dr green and professor dre called it incredible. Professor Dre even went personally and brought 50 over to the USA to get him signed by his label of Columbian records.
50 cent has been presented with a $1 million deal with the record label and there are even talks about him getting his own label but he doesn’t want to go into to much detail.


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“Man or machine” says Reggie Yates.

“50 Quid is the most hyped up rap artist in about a decade. He is taking rap to a new level, the single of Get rich or try dying has a dark synth grooves, buzzy keyboards and a persistently funky bounce" with Jackson complementing the production in "an unflappable, laid-back flow. He is relating to the methods of other artist like y-unit. 50 Quid has also had an extraordinary life in doing what ever it takes to earn a living, beating the most inhumanly obstacles and coming out on top. 5o Quid has a huge part in the history of the rapping world and I believe we will be seeing many more of him ….