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 Sinqua Walls, left,

and Curtis Jackson, known as 50 Cent, in “Power,”

a crime drama beginning Saturday on Starz.

Photograph: Starz,

via Associated Press

Trying to Go Legit, Despite the In-Laws

50 Cent’s ‘Power,’ About a Drug Dealer, Debuts on Starz

By ALESSANDRA STANLEY        NYT        JUNE 6, 2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/07/
arts/television/50-cents-power-about-a-drug-dealer-debuts-on-starz.html

A mugshot from 1994.

Photograph:

Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

50 Cent on love, cash and bankruptcy:

‘When there are setbacks, there will be get-backs’

Curtis Jackson was shot nine times

before becoming one of the world’s biggest rappers.

He discusses growing up, getting rich and the art of the hustle

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Mon 4 May 2020    06.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/04/
50-cent-on-love-cash-and-bankruptcy-when-there-are-setbacks-there-will-be-get-backs

50 cent (born Curtis Jackson III)

https://www.theguardian.com/music/50cent

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https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/24/
580259163/50-cent-i-forgot-taking-700-bitcoins-for-2014-album-stake-is-now-worth-millions

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/22/
50-cent-i-borrowed-my-bling-sex-tape-case

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/07/
arts/television/50-cents-power-about-a-drug-dealer-debuts-on-starz.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/dec/13/
50-cent-his-own-words

https://www.npr.org/templates/
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