50 Cent
Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, and television producer. Born in Queens, a borough of New York City, 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. Jackson is 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 Billboard200, it spawned the Billboard Hot 100-number singles "In da Club" and "21 Questions" (featuring Nate Dogg). It received nonuple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). That same year, he launched the record label G-Unit Records, the 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 Power (2014–2020), as well as its numerous spin-offs under his company G-Unit Films and Television Inc.
Jackson has sold over 30 million albums worldwide and earned several accolades, including a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, thirteen Billboard Music Awards, six World Music Awards, three American Music Awards and four BET Awards. In his acting career, Jackson first starred in the semi-autobiographical film Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005), which received critical panning. He was also cast in the war film Home of the Brave (2006) and the crime thriller Righteous Kill (2008). Billboard ranked Jackson as 17th on their "50 Greatest Rappers" list in 2023. and named him the sixth top artist of the 2000s decade. Rolling Stone ranked Get Rich or Die Tryin' and "In da Club" in its lists of the "100 Best Albums of the 2000s" and "100 Best Songs of the 2000s" at numbers 37 and 13, respectively.
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Movies (86)
Street Fighter
2026 · Balrog
Moses the Black
2026 · Executive Producer
Skillhouse
2025 · 50 Cent
El Robo Perfecto: Pantera
2025 · Producer
Missionary
2024 · 50 Cent
Sin rastro
2024 · Chief Carter
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Tale of the Tape
2024 · Self (archive footage)
TikTok Star Murders
2024 · Executive Producer
How Music Got Free
2024 · Self
Los indestructibles 4
2023 · Drew "Easy Day" Farrell
El Escándalo de Randall Emmet
2023 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
THE SHOW: California Love
2022 · Self
Hyperfate
2022 · Self
Mixtape
2022 · Self
The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent
2022 · Self - Performer
You're Watching Video Music Box
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Kobe Bryant: The Greatest of All
2021 · Self
LA Originals
2020 · Self
Plan de Escape 3: El Rescate
2019 · Hush
Plan de Escape 2
2018 · Hush
El robo perfecto
2018 · Enson Levoux
Popstar
2016 · 50 Cent
50 Cent | Rap Star
2016 · Self
Revancha
2015 · Jordan Mains
Spy: Una Espía Despistada
2015 · 50 Cent
Champs
2015 · Self
Not Afraid: The Shady Records Story
2015 · Self
El príncipe - la venganza
2014 · The Pharmacy
Ultimo viaje las vegas
2013 · 50 Cent
Plan de escape
2013 · Hush
Bajo cero
2013 · Pimp Clate Johnson, Producer
Tapia
2013 · Executive Producer
50 Cent | X Games Barcelona 2013
2013 · Self
Money, Power, Respect: Hip Hop Billion Dollar Industry
2012 · Self
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
2012 · Self
Fuego Cruzado
2012 · Lamar, Producer
Un crimen inesperado
2012 · Malo, Producer
Traicion y venganza
2011 · Sonny, Producer
Deuda de Sangre
2011 · Detective Hardwick, Executive Producer
All Things Fall Apart
2011 · Deon, Writer, Producer
Un despertar glorioso
2010 · Self
Twelve
2010 · Lionel
Gun
2010 · Rich, Producer, Writer
Caught in the Crossfire
2010 · Tino, Executive Producer
13
2010 · Jimmy
50 Cent: Rise Above
2010 · Self (archive footage)
Before I Self Destruct
2009 · Clarence, Screenplay, Director
DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Streets of Blood
2009 · Stan Green
DJ Cinema Presents: Masterpiece Theater Blend Dvd
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Dead Man Running
2009 · Thigo
Elvis | Viva Las Vegas
2008 · Self
Frente a frente
2008 · Spider
G-Unit: Bullets Can't Touch Us
2008 · Self
The Game: One Blood
2008 · Self
Live!
2007 · Self
Hoodz: Big Beef
2007 · Actor
50 Cent | Live in Concert
2007 · Self
Regreso al infierno
2006 · Jamal Aiken
Black and Blue: Legends of the Hip-Hop Cop
2006 · Self
Jack's Law
2006 · Black
50 Cent: Refuse 2 Die
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Beef III
2005 · Self
Rico o muerto
2005 · Marcus
Live 8
2005 · Self
50 Cent | The Best Music Videos On DVD
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Hip-Hop Honeys | Las Vegas
2005 · Self
The Game: The Documentary
2005 · Self, Executive Producer
Letter to the President
2005 · Self
The Infamous Times, Volume I: The Original 50 Cent
2005 · Self
50 Cent | Who Dares Wins
2005 · Self
Beef II
2004 · Self
SMACK: Platinum Edition
2004 · Self
Tupac: Resurrection
2003 · Self
Beef
2003 · Self
50 Cent & G-Unit | In Da Club: The Movie
2003 · Self
Born To Ball
2003 · Self
50 Cent | Shoot First
2003 · Self
50 Cent | The New Breed
2003 · Self, Executive Producer
50 Cent: Gangsta Unit
· 50 Cent
A Portrait of an Artist: The Making of 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'
· Self
The Fifth Wheel
The Gun
· Executive Producer
Creature House
· Executive Producer
Trackmaster
· Executive Producer
TV shows (53)
Fightland
2026 · Executive Producer
Sean Combs: Ajuste de cuentas
2025 · Executive Producer
50 Ways to Catch a Killer with 50 Cent
2025 · Self - Host, Executive Producer, Creator
The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets
2025 · Executive Producer
The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige
2023 · Self
Hip Hop Homicides
2022 · Self
The BMF Documentary: Blowing Money Fast
2022 · Executive Producer
Power Book IV: Force
2022 · Executive Producer
Black Mafia Family
2021 · Executive Producer
Power Book III: Raising Kanan
2021 · Executive Producer, Creator
Power Book II: Ghost
2020 · Kanan, Main Title Theme Composer, Executive Producer
For Life: Cadena perpetua
2020 · Cassius Dawkins, Executive Producer
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self - Guest
Power Confidential
2019
Steve
2017 · Self
The Defiant Ones
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
2016 · Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
Power
2014 · Kanan, Director
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Guest
Dream School
2013 · Self - Student Mentor/Self - Multi-Platinum Award Winning Recording Artist & Entrepreneur
Circus Halligalli
2013
The Finder
2012 · Big Glade
Ridículos
2011 · Self
La voz de América
2011 · Self
Conan
2010 · Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
Las Kardashian (Keeping Up with the Kardashians)
2007 · Self
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self
Top of the Pops Reloaded
2005 · Self
Pollo Robot
2005 · 50 Cent / Gun (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Entourage: El séquito
2004 · 50 Cent
Top of the Pops Saturday
2003 · Self
Top Model
2003 · Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Musical Guest, Self - Guest
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001 · Self
Star Academy
2001 · Self
Grounded for Life
2001
Making the Video
1999
CD:UK
1998
The View
1997 · Self, Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
ECHO-Verleihung
1992 · Self
Los Simpson
1989 · 50 Cent (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self, Self - Guest
MTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981 · Self
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Musical Guest
Top of the Pops
1964 · Self
Power: Origins
· Executive Producer, Creator
Power: Legacy
· Executive Producer