  50 Cent had one of the most
anticipated debut LPs in 2003 with the
instant hit track "In Da Club" and a few years
underground with mix-tapes - all from a
rapper who had been shot 9 times, stabbed,
sold crack, and jailed. 50 Cent grew up as
Curtis Jackson in New York, raised by his
grandparents after his mother was murdered.
50 Cent signed a deal with
Columbia Records with the help of The
Trackmasters.
50 Cent was shot 9 times in New
York. He was soon dropped from Columbia
Records and his LP, Power Of The Dollar
was never released by Columbia Records.
50 Cent continued to try and
make it as a rapper and hit the underground
music scene with mix-tapes and independent
recordings with G-Unit.
After finding some success with
mix-tapes, 50 Cent was signed by
Shady/Aftermath Records with the help of Eminem.
 50 Cent could be heard on the 8
Mile soundtrack with the tracks
"Wanksta," "Love Me," and
"Places To Go."
50 Cent was arrested for gun
possession in New York.
 # 2
Singles Artist of the Year
A performance in San Francisco
by 50 Cent had to be cancelled after
thousands of fans without tickets showed up
outside the concert hall.
 50 Cent topped
the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart, the
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart
for 9 weeks, and the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay
chart for 9 weeks with "In Da Club."
50 Cent
released Get
Rich Or Die Tryin'. The LP includes help
from Eminem, Nate Dogg,
and Dr. Dre.
50 Cent hit the
Top 40 with "In Da Club."
Get
Rich Or Die Tryin' topped the Billboard
200 Album chart for 6 weeks and Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 8 weeks
selling over 872,000 copies in its first week
of release in the US - a shorter release week
than usual after the release date was pushed
up to thwart bootlegging and downloading.
Get
Rich Or Die Tryin' topped the LP charts
in Canada.
50 Cent can be
heard on the soundtrack for Cradle
2 The Grave with "Follow Me
Gangster."
 50 Cent topped
the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for 9
weeks and the Hot 100 Airplay chart for 9
weeks with "In Da Club."
50 Cent hit the
Top 10 with "In Da Club" and then #1 for 4 weeks.
"In Da Club" broke a Billboard
magazine record as the 'most listened-to'
song in radio history within a week.
Get
Rich Or Die Tryin' was certified 4x
platinum.
50 Cent helped
out Lil' Kim on the track "Magic Stick" for her LP, La
Bella Mafia.
 50
Cent The New Breed (CD & DVD) was
released.
50 Cent
appeared on the cover of Rolling
Stone.
50 Cent hit the
Top 40 with Nate Dogg with
"21 Questions."
50 Cent topped
the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles
& Tracks chart, and R&B/Hip-Hop
Airplay chart for 8 weeks with "21 Questions."
50 Cent topped
the Canadian singles charts with "In Da Club."
 50 Cent
performed on Saturday Night Live.
50
Cent The New Breed topped the Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop chart for a week.
50
Cent The New Breed topped the Billboard
Top Music Videos chart.
50 Cent topped
the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for 4
weeks, the Hot 100 Airplay chart for 5 weeks,
the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart for 7
weeks, the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales
chart for a week, and Hot Rap Tracks chart
for 7 weeks with "21 Questions."
50 Cent hit the
Top 10 with Nate Dogg
with "21 Questions."
50 Cent and Jay-Z will start touring
together as part of the 'Rock The Mic Tour'
kicking off in June in Connecticut.
50 Cent hit the
Top 40 helping out Lil' Kim with "Magic Stick" from her LP La
Bella Mafia.
50 Cent topped
the Billboard Rap Singles chart for 5 weeks
and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for a
week by helping out Lil' Kim with "Magic Stick."
50 Cent won 2 BET Awards for
Best New Artist and Best Male Hip-Hop Artist.
Get
Rich Or Die Tryin' was certified 5x
platinum.
 50 Cent topped
the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart for a
week helping out Lil' Kim with "Magic Stick."
50 Cent could be heard on the Bad
Boys 2 soundtrack with the
track "Realest N*****."
50 Cent hit the
Top 40 with "P.I.M.P."
50 Cent hit the
Top 10 helping out Lil' Kim with "Magic Stick."
 50 Cent's video for "In Da Club" won 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Rap Video and Best New Artist, and was nominated for
Video of the Year, Best Male Video, and Viewer's Choice. 50 Cent also
performed at the ceremony.
50 Cent topped
the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart for 2
weeks with "P.I.M.P."
50 Cent could
be heard on Mary J. Blige's LP, Love
& Life, on the track "Let Me Be
The 1."
 50 Cent hit the
Top 10 with "P.I.M.P."
50 Cent won 5
World Music Awards including Best Artist
2003, Best Pop Male Artist, Best R&B
Artist, Best Rap/Hip-Hop Artist, and Best New
Artist.
50 Cent took
home 2 Source Awards for Album of the Year (Get
Rich Or Die Tryin') and Single of the
Year, Male ("In Da Club").
50 Cent won a Radio Music Awards
for Artist of the Year - Hip-Hop Radio.
 50 Cent was featured on the Tupac:
Resurrection soundtrack on the track
"The Realist Killaz" with 2Pac.
50 Cent's G-Unit
released Beg
For Mercy.
50 Cent won 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album
and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Male Artist and was
nominated for the Fan's Choice Award.
50 Cent won 3
Vibe Awards including Artist of the Year,
Dopest Album, and Hottest Hook ("In Da Club").
Get
Rich Or Die Tryin' was certified 6x
platinum.
50 Cent had the Top Music Video
Sales title of the year with The
New Breed.
Readers of Rolling
Stone named 50 Cent as the Best New
Artist.
50 Cent topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Pop Artist
(singles & albums), Top Pop Artist - Male
(singles & albums),Top Billboard 200
Album, Top Billboard 200 Album Artist - Male,
Top Hot 100 Singles Artist, Top Hot 100
Singles Artist - Male, Top R&B/Hip-Hop
Artist (singles & albums), Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Artist - Male (singles &
albums), Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album Artist,
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album Artist - Male, Top
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
Artist, Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles &
Tracks Artist - Male, Top Hot Rhythmic Top 40
Artist, Top Hot Rap Artist - and with the Top
Billboard 200 Album Artist and Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Album (Get
Rich Or Die Tryin''), and the Top Hot 100
Singles & Tracks, Top Hot 100 Airplay
Track, Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles &
Tracks, Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, and
Top Hot Rap Single ("In Da Club").
50 Cent had the
biggest selling LP of the year - Get
Rich Or Die Tryin' - which sold over 6.5
million copies during the year in the US.
 # 152
Singles Artist of the Year
 50 Cent was nominated for 5 Grammy Awards including Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group ("Magic Stick"
with Lil' Kim), Best Rap Solo Performance - Male ("In Da Club"), Best Rap Album Get
Rich Or Die Tryin''), Best New Artist, and
Best Rap Song (songwriter)
("In Da Club" with M. Elizondo
and A. Young).
50 Cent won a Brit Award for
Best International Breakthrough Artists.
The video for "P.I.M.P." was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award including Best Rap Video.
The single "In Da Club" was certified
gold.
 50 Cent hit the Top 40 helping
out Eminem with "Encore" from Eminem's LP, Encore.
# 276 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 # 3
Singles Artist of the Year (# 1
Male Artist of the Year)
 50 Cent hit the Top 40 with
"Disco Inferno."
50 Cent hit the Top 40 helping
out The Game with
"How We Do" from the LP The
Documentary.
The single "P.I.M.P." was certified
gold.
 50 Cent hit the Top 40 with
"Candy Shop."
50 Cent topped the Billboard
Rhythmic Airplay chart with "Disco Inferno."
50 Cent topped the Billboard Hot
Digital Songs chart with "Candy Shop."
50 Cent performed on Saturday
Night Live.
The single "Disco Inferno" was certified
gold.
 50 Cent released his next LP The
Massacre.
50 Cent topped the Billboard
Rhythmic Airplay chart helping out The Game with "How We Do."
50 Cent topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart, Billboard Rap chart, Hot 100
Airplay chart, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles
& Tracks chart, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop
Airplay chart, and Rhythmic Airplay chart
with "Candy Shop."
50 Cent hit the Top 10 with "Disco Inferno."
The
Massacre topped the Billboard LP 200
chart and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart
selling over 1.14 million copies its first
week of release (shortened to 4 days due to
an early release) in the US. The LP also
topped the LP charts in the UK and Canada.
 50 Cent hit the Top 40 with The Game with
"Hate It Or Love It."
50 Cent hit the Top 10 with "Candy Shop" and "How We Do."
The single "Candy Shop" was certified
gold.
50 Cent topped the Billboard Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
chart,Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, and
Hot Rap Tracks chart helping out The Game with
"Hate It Or Love It."
The
Massacre was certified 4x platinum.
50 Cent hit the Top 10 with The Game with
"Hate It Or Love It."
 50 Cent hit the Top 40 with
"Just A Lil' Bit."
50 Cent topped the Billboard Hot
Rap Tracks chart with "Just A Lil' Bit."
50 Cent plead no contest to
assault charges from a concert last year and
must take anger management classes and can no
longer carry a gun in Massachusetts.
 The single "Hate It Or Love It" was certified
gold.
50 Cent hit the Top 10 with "Just A Lil' Bit."
50 Cent hit the Top 40 with help
from Mobb Deep with "Outta Control."
 The video for "Candy Shop" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Male Video. The video for "Hate It Or Love It" was nominated
for Best Rap Video. 50 Cent performed at
the ceremony.
50 Cent released his next LP The
Massacre (Special Edition). The set included a
remix of "Outta Control" with Mobb
Deep and a DVD.
 50 Cent hit the Top 40 with
"Window Shopper."
The Get
Rich Or Die Tryin' soundtrack and movie were
released.
50 Cent topped the Billboard Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and Top Rap
Albums chart with Get
Rich Or Die Tryin' soundtrack.
 50 Cent won an American Music
Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album (The
Massacre) and was nominated for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Male Artist, Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist, and Artist of the
Year.
The
Massacre was certified 5x platinum and
the Get
Rich Or Die Tryin' soundtrack was certified
platinum.
 50 Cent had the #2 selling LP of
2005 with The
Massacre<
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