Curtis Jackson to 50 Cent
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If you are interested at all in 50 cent then you need this book. He tells us all about how he grew up, what friends he had, codes of the street and how he made his money before he became a rap star. Excellent read throughout. Alot of people think that the movie Get Rich or Die Tryin told the real story of 50 cent but after reading this book it opens your eyes to a different point of view that he explains in his own unique way of how he came up from a local drug dealer to become one of the most well known rappers in the world today.
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wkd!
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being a 50 fan..i loved this book and enjoyed it very much! it really gives you an insight to the life of 50..all the hardships he went through from growing up in a ghetto street area...to hustling...living in a tiny house full of people..commiting crimes..life behind the bars...etc etc...its written very well. after everything this guy's been through..look where he is now?..a phenomenal rappa'....i dont think you have to be a 50 fan to enjoy it....this book is bound to blow you away even if your like "whos 50?" ..i read this in a few hours..its truly worth reading..trust me.
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brilliant hard hitting book
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for starters i have to say i am the worlds biggest 50 fan!! i adore the man, not just because he is totally gorgeous but because he is a smart, intelligent man who knows what he's talking about. his status and money didnt just appear over night, in this book you will read about the struggles this man faced in his life before and during his fight to be champ!. i reveieved the book for xmas and read it in less than a day! i couldnt put it down, he talks about the death of his mum, how he lived in a cramped house and didnt get on with most of his family, his life of crime, and his rise to stardom. although i loved this book i would have liked him to talk more about the lifestyle he lives today, he does mention dre, eminem etc but i would have liked him to talk more about the people around him now. all in all i love him even more after reading this.
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READ IT YOU'LL LOVE IT
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I have enjoyed reading this book and I would reconmend it to those who like 50 cent and to those who don't.
This is a good read and I wish there were others like it.
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The most misunderstood rapper since Tupac
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I read this book in a day. It is a page turner and 50 gives an honest depiction of his life and how he made it out of the ghetto. At times I found myself howling with laughter and other times feeling pretty tearful. When he described how he felt on his mother's passing, you could clearly feel the pain that he must have felt as a 8 year old boy. Nonetheless, he was fortunate enough to have grandparents who helped raise him. His decline into drug dealing and his subsequent return even after being incarcerated is particularly poignant and addresses the despair that a lot of kids in his position experience who have no significant role models. 50 is not ashamed to be brutally honest and he is a fantastic narrater. Buy this book and you get to hear the sad story behind his doberman dog, Dillinger and the total comedy experience of Grits and Butter who were two of the most scariest gangsta's ever to leave the South and land on Queens, New York. You get to hear about his love life and how it has made him wary of women. You get to read about the mother of his child and how he was desperate to turn over a new leaf when he became a father. But more importantly, it shows (albeit very succintly) how this guy was destined for better things. When he sold drugs, he was the best at it and made more money than all his competitors on the strip. It even shows how even in 6 months Shock Incarceration enduring a crippling daily regime by an ex army official who positively hated him, he still managed to be delegated the task of commander in chief of the daily workouts. If you asked me a few months ago what I thought about 50, I would have said another arrogant gangsta rapper but having taken time to understand about him and watch his documentaries I can see that there is a lot more to the guy than meets the eye. Don't judge him harshly. Get the book then decide.
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