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20 years ago 50 Cent was a dominant presence on the radio with hit after hit
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Just 3 years before his hit debut album Get Rich or Die Trying, 50 Cent was shot 9 times
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at close range and dropped from Columbia Records. He went on from there to dominate hip hop for the next decade and made a fortune as
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an early investor in Vitamin Water. Then in 2015 he declared bankruptcy
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Then he came out of that to become one of Hollywood's most talked about and successful
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TV producers. So how did this gangster rapper that barely escaped death and went bankrupt become a powerhouse
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TV producer? Let's take a deep dive into Curtis Jackson, aka 50 Cent's astonishing journey in today's
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episode of Money Talk. Is there a difference in the personality between Curtis Jackson and your persona as 50 Cent
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Yeah, well Curtis Jackson is my grandmother's child. That's my grandmother's baby
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That's when I clean up. When I clean up, I'm Curtis Jackson. Can you show me the difference
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Can you show me like who, this is Curtis. This is Curtis. Here's 50
