Episode #249 | 9.9.25 | sources
50 Cent Pt. 2: Federal Raids, a Stabbing in the Studio, and a Dead Man’s Game
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In this episode
Curtis Jackson took his name from a stickup man – and then proceeded to play by that dead man’s rules. This episode traces the violent legacy of the original 50 Cent and the rise of 50 Cent the rapper through his feud with Ja Rule, the Lorenzo brothers, Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff, and Murder Inc. Records. This is about how Curtis Jackson a/k/a 50 Cent became a rap king, despite a nine-shot assassination attempt that failed to kill the man—or the myth.
*art by Avi Spivak