Read
Blogged
Who favorited?"50 Cent" Is Dead
by on September 9th, 2009
Fans of rapper 50 Cent may soon want to pay their respects as the Hip Hop mogul says he no longer wants to be addressed by that moniker.
In a recent interview, Fif says that since he is no longer part of the circumstances which created the "50 Cent" persona, he would now start going by his birth-name Curtis Jackson.
"The aggression that translated the strongest in my first album is what hip-hop culture looks for. It's a persona,” Jackson explained when asked about his decision to revert to his own name.
"I'm not under the same circumstances I was under when I worked in music, so it feels completely different."
Early on in his musical career, Jackson adopted the nickname "50 Cent" as a metaphor for "change."
The name was derived from Kelvin Martin, a 1980s Brooklyn robber known as "50 Cent."
Jackson chose the name "because it says everything I want it to say. I'm the same kind of person 50 Cent was. I provide for myself by any means."
Reply to this Article
but im glad my nigga curtis is alive, if he had died the list would have changed
Goats
1 50 cent
2 biggie
3 tupac
4 max b
5 doo flinky, cuz i ethered his ass
~im so mayo its unbelievable g
HES trying to COPY EMINEM!
You see his latest video’s? and how hes trying to act insane?
HES TRYING TO COPY EMINEM!
now hes adding a different persona?
HES TRYING TO COPY EMINEM!
im an ethug here but lets talk hip hop, i did notice that my nigga, i remember saying that eminems new flow was going to be the new autotune, your going to have niggas start flowing like that watch niggas, mark my words, eminem, 50 cent doing it now, i think lil wayne is next……….
i feel what he saying though he no longer lives that lifestyle so why should he rap about it.
HES JUST BEING HONEST.
I CANT THINK OF ONE SUCCESSFUL RAPPER THAT IS DUMB ENOUGH TO STILL DO WHAT THEY USED TO………….IF THEY DO THEY’RE STUPID……………(my opinion).
king
n the fact that u have skipped the entire wall of text n looked straight at his picture to say he looks gay….. if i need to spell it oput for u then well… denial at its finest
2 fingers
Is 50 serious i think this shit stupid
makes sense
50 Cent is money.
“Man, I’m about to go to best buy and cop that new curtis jackson album….”
That just don’t sound as dope as that new 50 album would…..
I see what he doing though……..Like Ross said, it’s DEEPER THAN RAP….
He’s more of a Business man, he’s in the PROFESSIONAL WORLD NOW…Making movies and shit like that…….
Just like THE ROCK goes by Dwayne Johnson in his movies…it’s just more professional….
With all the stuff Jay-z and diddy are into as far as the corporate world…I woulda figured they woulda went with their real names eventually too….
You can’t be 45 talking about “yo it’s ya boy diddy” or some shit like that…lol