50 cent biography movies list

The best 50 Cent movies and TV shows include a mix of projects about his musical success and past life on the streets before hitting it big. As a teenager, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson was involved in selling drugs, which resulted in his arrest, and he eventually began to turn his life around thanks to his talent as a musician, which started as an underground rapper before he got noticed and signed a major record deal. However, in 2000, someone shot 50 Cent nine times, an incident that played into his Hollywood breakout.

After the shooting, 50 Cent caught the attention of Eminem and Dr. Dre and got his biggest record deal, becoming a star. This led to him selling his life story, and in 2005, he played a fictional version of himself (Young Ceasar) in Get Rich or Die Tryin', which got his foot into Hollywood. For most of his movie career, though, 50 Cent was relegated to mostly DTV releases, although he was often the most entertaining part of the films. However, he found his biggest success on TV thanks to the Power franchise.

10 The Frozen Ground (2013)

50 Cent Plays Pimp Clate Johnson

Most of 50 Cent's movies have been DTV releases, and many of them received poor reviews and remain mostly forgotten as either action movies or crime thrillers. However, some stand out above the rest, and The Frozen Ground fits that category. The film stars Vanessa Hudgens as a teenager named Cindy who was sexually assaulted, but no police officer believes her because she is a sex worker. John Cusack plays the abductor, and Nicolas Cage is a state trooper investigating a death connected to the case.

50 Cent has a role in the movie as Clate Johnson, Cindy's pimp. He is one of the minor antagonists of the movie, someone willing to hand over Cindy to a hitman hired to kill her but also willing to do whatever he can to get what he wants out of the situation. However, as expected in films like this, things never end well for character

American rapper and actor (born 1975)

For other uses, see 50 Cent (disambiguation).

Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, and television producer. Born in South Jamaica, a neighborhood of Queens, Jackson began pursuing a musical career in 1996. In 1999–2000, he recorded his debut album Power of the Dollar for Columbia Records; however, he was struck by nine bullets during a shooting in May 2000, causing its release to be cancelled and Jackson to be dropped from the label. His 2002 mixtape, Guess Who's Back? was discovered by Detroit rapper Eminem, who signed Jackson to his label Shady Records, an imprint of Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records that same year.

His debut studio album, Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003), was released to critical acclaim and commercial success. Peaking atop the Billboard 200, it spawned the Billboard Hot 100-number one singles "In da Club" and "21 Questions" (featuring Nate Dogg), and received nonuple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). That same year, he launched the record label G-Unit Records, namesake of a hip hop group he formed two years prior; the label's initial signees were its members, fellow East Coast rappers Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo. His second album, The Massacre (2005), was met with similar success and supported by his third number-one single, "Candy Shop" (featuring Olivia). He adopted a lighter, further commercially oriented approach for his third and fourth albums, Curtis (2007) and Before I Self Destruct (2009)—both were met with critical and commercial declines—and aimed for a return to his roots with his fifth album, Animal Ambition (2014), which was met with mixed reviews. He has since focused on his career in television and media, having executive-produced and starred in the television series