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...rapper 50 Cent were any more hardcore, he’d be dead. Not only is his debut album titled Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, this former crack dealer (born Curtis Jackson) was shot nine times in 2000—once in the jaw and once in the hip, in front of his grandmother’s house, no less. As he sings on “Many Men (Wish Death),” “Many men / Many, many, many men / Wish death upon...
...Cent has a major edge over his aspiring killers, as well as most other emcees on the rise, like his executive producers Dr. Dre and Eminem. The latter signed 50 Cent onto the Shady/Aftermath label after Columbia Records dropped him for releasing bootleg records on the street and lampooning ostentatious musical celebrities...
Along with most of hip-hop’s current luminaries, 50 Cent has a talent for setting life stories to clever, expletive-laden rhymes and killer beats (pun intended). When he’s not boasting about his talents and mad pimpin’ skillz or taking potshots at his archenemies, he has an autobiography to tell...
...what a story it is. Though “Patiently Waiting,” describes his ascent to success, it’s misleading—if anything, 50 Cent is not patient. If he doesn’t like something, he tells you immediately. Exhibit A: the hypnotic “Wanksta,” a bonus cut also featured on the wildly successful 8 Mile soundtrack. Chock-full of thinly veiled jabs at Ja Rule and his label Murder, Inc., “Wanksta” is the latest opus in a complex longtime feud that involves stealing...
...typical 30-year loan). But what's more intriguing--and maybe a little scary--is the big surge in people taking out reverse mortgages. These are loans that let homeowners who are 62 or older take cash from their home equity and pay nothing back--not a cent--until they move out or die. Some reverse mortgages guarantee a fixed monthly payment for life (an annuity). By the latest measures available, the pace of new reverse mortgages has leaped 74% in just one year...