The album spawned the Billboard Hot 100 number one singles " In da Club" and " 21 Questions" (featuring Nate Dogg), and was certified 9× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His first major-label album, Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003) was released to critical acclaim and commercial success. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. In 2002, Jackson released the mixtape Guess Who's Back?, and was thereafter discovered by Eminem and signed to his label Shady Records, an imprint of Dr. In early 2000, he recorded his "debut" album Power of the Dollar for Columbia Records, however he was struck by nine bullets during a shooting in May of that year, causing its release to be cancelled and Jackson to be dropped from the label. Born in South Jamaica, a neighborhood of Queens, Jackson began pursuing a musical career in 1996.
Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, television producer, and businessman.