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[edit] Let's get this biography to an 'A' Class
The article was rated a 'B' because "general biographical material is scarce." So I've expanded much of the info under 'Biography'. Before the expansion, most of this biography was about his controversies. If we can add more sources to the 'Controversies' & even possibly create a seperate article for it, that would be a huge improvement. There's still work to do but it can be done. Spellcast 12:31, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
- Let's get a more specific cleanup template at the top of this article. PhoenixTwo 00:22, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The "50 Cent" name
I believe that such an uncommon name deserves a section explaining where it came from. I didn't see any explanation about that name in the article. Can anyone add that? --Fredyrod 20:09, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
- Also a pronunciation guide.--BillFlis 16:11, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
- He adopted the name "50 Cent" from a gangster of the 80s called Kelvin Martin. Kelvin Martin was known für hold-ups und shootings. Jackson has choosen this name, because, as he says, it embodies all what Kelvin was in the 80s. (translated from the german article) -- 85.176.223.145 03:08, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Political views
I've readded the political views section as it is a clearly verifyable ( referenced ) and pertinant. - Peripitus (Talk) 06:47, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
- Him and George W. Bush have the same birthday.--Chili14Contribs 05:12, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
- I reposted the political views section because it's factual and relevant. If you try deleting it again, it will be considered vandalism. --Rambone (Talk) 14:17, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
--I removed this Political Views once again User:Rambone/ User:24.35.15.107. You have continued to post weasel words in the article. We are trying to keep neutral in this article. You choice to add your opinion and your support of GOP to every article and vandalize other articles that feature those you don't agree with. Your recent history includes: Reparations for slavery, Elvis Presley, John Murtha, Betty Williams, and also many others.[1][2]. Your actions will be not tolerated. This will also appear on your talk page also. Remember you have to keep a to keep articles neutral, you are not toattack others and myself and need to provide accurate and present sources. Please try to work creatively when working edits on Wikipedia. Please do not show your bias towards any article. Therefore, if you choose to continue the behavior, you will be reported to administrators for your actions and therefore be blocked from editing Wikipedia. LILVOKA 18:20, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
This issue with 50 Cent and politics, I guess he voted for that Democrat Ned Lamont in the Connecticut primary. Seeing that the man lives in Farmington, Connecticut. LILVOKA 17:22, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
50 is constantly getting attacked. Its sad that he gets harassed for his un offensive views in the United States.
I agree we should put a section for Political Views as its very pertinent and relevant. I think it can be done in a NPOV way. I don't think it should remain under the section "Other controversies" as that gives it more of non-neutral point of view in my opinion. Something like below should be fine...
'The rapper is a supporter of President Bush. The rapper has defended the Bush administration's efforts to provide relief during the Katrina crisis and has been publicly critical of rapper Kanye West's unscripted suggestion during a Katrina Charity Event that President Bush is a racist. The rapper has suggested that had he not been barred from voting due to his conviction that he would have voted for President Bush in 2004. The rapper has referred to President Bush as "incredible" and "sees in him everything I am".
You can insert appropriate citations. There you go...
[edit] Removed a HTML comment
I removed a HTML comment in this edit. The comment said:
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There are severe problems with the first paragraph. Adding personal views, rhetoric, and copyright violations isn't vandalism. In general, most of the advice given in this comment, where it is accurate, would be better off on the talk page. Test edits and apparent vandalism are better addressed on the user's talk page or, where it becomes severe, by semi-protection for a few days.
The last note seems to be somewhat unwikipedian to me. We do not browbeat editors into registering a named account. --Tony Sidaway 23:26, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
ehy does his name say 50 cent aka taha something i've heard of no such thing before only that they used to call him boo boo as ayoungster and when he hustled
[edit] Controversy
This section needs to get condensed down considerably. I do not believe it is neccessary to extensively document the events of every feud he's been involved in. The section could probably be cut down to a quarter of its current size without losing much. EvilCouch 10:03, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
It is absurd that the "controversy" section does not detail the number of protests against 50 or the efforts to censor and/or ban his music, if not his actual physical presence from venues or entire countries, due to the high degree to which 50 and G-Unit depict a "gangsta" image with all attendant violent implications. Regardless of the actual merit of these events, they are a chapter in this history and are very much missing from this article as a piece of discussion. Honest popular culture discussion of 50 is not possible without noting the degree of opposition he has faced and noting that he has employed some of the strongest imagery in mainstream hip hop that we've seen since the days of the Geto Boys, after a solid period where these depictions had seemingly fallen out of favour among mainstream hip hop channels. ano3243234 23:27, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Also you need to change at the summer jam concert that rapper Domination and Bang 'Em Smurf were present at the concert along with other members of there entourage. 50 cent notice this and then poured water on them which led to members of Domination and Bang 'Em Smurf to start throwing chairs onto the stage. Young Buck, 50 cent, and security began to throw the chairs back at them. This led to Bang'Em Rushing the left side of the fence and rushing backstage. G-Unit continued to perform there set with the crowd enjoying there whole set. At the end of there set he says "Do y'all want to see "Step Step,Side to Side" come out and perform or do yall want to see G-Unit tear this place down some more" the crowd laughed Where he then dropped the mic and walked off stage with the rest of g-unit. Following this most of the crowd left because R.Kelly was performing last. This is accurate information because A.) I was present at the event B.)You also can see it on the documentary BEEF 3 TSouthSideL 2:54, 1 December 2006
[edit] Endorsments and Projects
As well as Home of the Brave and The Dance, 50 will also be appearing opposite Robert De Niro in the upcoming film New Orleans.
[edit] Vote
How is the fact that he supports Bush a controversy? --Bears54 03:34, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, why is that labeled Other Controversy? It should be renamed to Trivia or something. People above are complaining about bias and there it is.--64.75.187.195 23:12, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
im not a 50 fan but i fixed it because i think this shi* should be fair and people shouldnt bias against nobody/just tell the facts - name01870 DIPSET
[edit] Girlfriend
I saw on the upcoming Live or Die that not only was Nicole Scherzinger goin to feature on the upcoming album, but they going out and possibly fiancees. I think this should be definitely added. --69.160.221.150 00:43, 26 November 2006 (UTC)Ludacrillionam'ron XPac Unit Aftermath CEO
Does anybody know why he and his childhood girlfriend broke up after his rise to fame?
I Dont why they broke up,but her name is Shaniqua Tompkins.They are fighting for the possesion of their child and 50's got him,go to his Myspace u'll see a video in his mansion with 25 cent a.k.a marquise jackson. [[3]]
[edit] Other Nicknames
Other nicknames include Ferrari F50 and Mr. Ferrari. Someone should add that to the beginning of the article.
- Any sources? Harro5 03:48, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
In his song "Wanksta," 50 Cent says "It's 50 aka Ferrari F-50" and in the new song from Eminem, 50 Cent, Cashis, and Lloyd Banks, "You Don't Know," Eminem refers to 50 Cent as Mr. Ferrari.
It IS one of his niknames, ferarri f-50 is also mentioned in "You Don't Know" on the version with Tony Yayo commenting (yeahs and whats basically) in the background, in the end, Yayo says the names of the people in the song and doesnt say 50, but ferarri f50, he says "You know what this is... Shady (repeat),G-Unit Aftermath, Lloyd Banks, Ca$his, Marshall Mathers, Ferarri F-50, its a movement (repeat), you cant stop it! Talk of New York Tony Yayo (repeat)!"
If no one is going to make changes then I think this article should be unlocked.
[edit] Disambiguation
Curtis Jackson is also the name of a Bermudian cricketer, see Curtis Jackson (cricketer). I accept he is nowhere near as notable as 50 Cent, but I do think there should be a way of finding the cricketer by typing his name in. There are two ways to do this: turn Curtis Jackson into a disambiguation page, or put at the top Curtis Jackson redirects here. For the Bermudian cricketer, see Curtis Jackson or something of that ilk. Any preferences as to which route I go for? jguk 19:21, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Ye, just put at top, see Curtis Jacson (disambiguation), but right now, so many people were vandalizing this page, that someone locked the editing tool
[edit] Other language articles
what happened to that section? I just added the link to the kurdish wiki article and I saw none of the 50 cent articles in other languages are linked to from here.. why's that and would somebody fix it? (I would but the only method I'm aware of would be to add everyone of them manually and I don't really have the time.. there must be an automatic way to do it or sth..) Soapyyy 17:01, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] clean up
this article reads more like a suck-up than an encyclopedia. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.234.203.32 (talk) 03:57, 18 December 2006 (UTC).
Can you be specific
- I think that this article should include mention of how despite having lyrics that are derogatory and sexist towards women, he has reached a large scale of success. (http://www.keithboykin.com/arch/2002/12/23/is_50_cent_wort) -- 4 February 2007
[edit] shooting
50 Cent was shot up 3 days before the Destiny Child's music video "Thug Luv" in front of his grandmother's house in Queens, New York, but is stated that he was shot at nine times and three hit him, but his autobigrophy book from pieces to weights and other books about him say he was shot nine times instead of three. You will find the truth about this shooting in the chapter of "From Pieces to Weights": The shooter was on me emptying bullets and I had to go to the gym to get my legs back into it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Xthakendyshopboi (talk • contribs) 16:51, 2 January 2007.
50 cent was shot nine times. one bullet to each inner thigh, one to the left side of the face, then six times in the back. he got shot in the thighs first, he fell onto his stomach and was then shot six times in the back, he managed to turn over to his side, that's when he was shot in the face. he was supposed to be shot in the head, but the shooters aim was off by a long run!
[edit] Get rich or die tryin and the massacre sales
Can someone change the sales back to what they are actually meant to be, 11 million not 6mil and 5mil respectively.I2en 23:56, 15 January 2007 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by I2en (talk • contribs) 23:55, 15 January 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Cam'ron beef
he now has beef with cam'ron and has released a diss video. it states that cam'ron is no longer fit to lead Dipset and that Jim Jones should take over for him,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_poeloXyDmA&eurl=
yea you should add that into the article
There is no citation needed for the Kock record comment that he made, the interview is available widely on the internet.
thats true, but there is also widespread of the video too...why not link both the video and the phone call on hot 97? - name01870
there a new video called buck the world on youtube where the end he take shots at even insinuating he has aids- Debo7 (3/4/07)
[edit] Shooting And Certification
I don't know about being shot 9 times, but at least you can tell he has been shot more than 3 times due to the fact that he has a bullet wound on his back in the candy shop video along with the one to the jaw and two legs and also in the first all eyes on me documentary by mtv he revealed the bullet wound in his hand that entered his thumb and exited his pinky as evidenced here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loGRWmeuADY
and what about about his album certification, i thought wikipedia only went by U.S. sales not worldwide if so then 50s GRODT has only gone about 6x-7x Platinum, not Diamond for his worldwide amount of 12x Platinum same thing with the massacre which went 9x Platinum worldwide and if that's so then 50 would have 2 Diamond albums since Eminem's the marshall mathers LP went 9x Platinum and was certified Diamond Black Panther7490 20:42, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
This bullshit about him only getting shot and hit 3 times is just that. seriously, its pathetic an encyclopedia can't look at all the facts that go to show he was hit 9 times. LETS SEE THE HOSPITAL RECORDS.--Donnie from the mean streets of Boston, KY 19:09, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] George Bush Support
Why is this considered a controversy? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.27.168.204 (talk) 22:59, 24 February 2007 (UTC).
I agree. 50 cent's support of mainstream political figure should not be considered controversial.Rugz 04:36, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
50 is only being sarcastic, you people really need to realize that. Son of Kong
[edit] Year of Birth
50 Cent was born in July 6 1975! Not in 1976! Can you stop keep changing it!- SCB '92 12:06, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
When it comes to his birthday, the most reliable source should be used in accordance with the Wikipedia:Reliable sources guideline. In this case, an interview with a magazine (Rolling Stone) stating his birth date as July 6, 1976 should be a more reliable source than IMDB, which uses secondary sources for its information. Unless there's a more reliable source, perhaps his autobiography, his birth date (July 6 '76) as said in the Rolling Stone interview should stay. Spellcast 18:00, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Also, if you look at a review of his autobiography 'From Pieces to Weight' on Amazon, you'll see an editorial review of the book (Publishers Weekly) saying he was born on 1976. If anyone has evidence to suggest otherwise, please post it here. Spellcast 12:41, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
He was born on july 6, 1975. It says it in his mug shot, that used to posted on this site.
- The mugshot doesn't say his birth date at all. The '76 year may very well be incorrect, but if 1975 is going to be put up, all I ask is a reliable source/evidence. Perhaps an arrest record. Spellcast 02:07, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
After seeing his apparant arrest record here (ID: 94-R-6378), which should be a more reliable source, I've changed the year back to 1975. Rolling Stone should've got their facts right & it seems the people who supposedly reviewed his book looked up unreliable info on the net. Spellcast 17:30, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Preme team???????
Was 50 cent a member of the Preme team?????? Did he snitch his former grue to the cops with a song called ghetto quran??????????? yes he was a member of the preme team but when he made ghetto quran the people he talked about was already in jail homie
Gerald " Prince " Miller was in jail but the founder of the preme team Kenneth Supreme was still in the streets when ghetto quaran came out.
I think that someone should add to the article that fifty was a member o';[bhy;l f4.l,ioxs2mkoQOnmjsxe,.rblh/;j.,'kl
???????f the preme team. yeah you is right about supreme bein in the street but one time already knew that he was a drug leader.
Police knew that supreme was a drug leader. Police did maybe suspect supreme about something. On that song ghetto quran fifty says that everything that police suspected supreme about was true. So in a way fifty snitched. It is funy that supreme has never said that fifty snitched. All these rappers that say fifty is a snitch. Why now? Fifty came out in 2003 and nobody called him a snitched back then so why now? I think that no one can say that fifty snitched and that this is a fact. Maybe fifty snitched or he didn"t snitched. How knows what is the truth? Same thing goes on The Game. People talked shit about The Game. Everyone says now that his a fake blood or a stripper then Willy Northpole does a song where he says that the game was a crip and then became a blood. This same thing happend with 2pac and biggie. Pac said that he had sex with biggies wife and east coast said that pac got rapped in jail. So i would say that people need to listen the music and stop listening all these rumors.
[edit] Photo?
How Come ther isnt any photo?? I can upload a photo,if u want But somebody attend to the photo since 50 is a star now and deserves a photo. Thanks.
[edit] "gangsta"
In the opening gangsta is put in parentheses but it's not a quote. I think the parentheses express a negative bias. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.27.168.204 (talk) 19:07, 8 March 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Album cover
Someone keeps posting a dubious album cover that seems to be photoshopped from a XXL article here. Whoever made the cover actually did a pretty good job but this isn't the place for posting it, unless it can be confirmed. Spellcast 12:45, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
but that is the actual album cover.
[edit] Success/YouTube
Is it really necessary to repeat his album covers when they're already under the 'Discography' section a few paragraphs down? And I removed the YouTube links as they're not really valid. Correct me if I'm wrong but does anyone really think a featured article will have a heading called 'YouTube links of...'? Spellcast 08:06, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Marquise Jackson
Regarding the merge notice, I agree that Marquise Jackson should be incorporated here, which it already is. While it may be inevitable that his son will eventually become notable, there doesn't seem to be anything he has done to merit an article of his own just yet. Spellcast 08:45, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
ya i agree
- Unless the article has the potential to expand, it should be merged to this one. --Blueag9|Talk| 20:20, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
I agree that the article should be merged.. I don't think that he warrants having an entire article for the couple of lines about him ''Imperious, choleric, irascible, extreme in everything, with a dissolute imagination the like of which has never been seen, atheistic to the point of fanaticism, there you have me in a nutshell.... Kill me again or take me as I am, for I shall not change.'' 12:50, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
After the merge, I've removed the 'Marquise Jackson' section because it simply repeated information I previously added under 'JMJ records'. The Wikipedia Guide to writing better articles says that a "one-sentence paragraph is like a cannon-shot during the performance: it attracts so much attention that it had better be good." Spellcast 08:41, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
Who the hell is Shaniqua Tompkins? ThaIceman73 Talk | Contribs 00:20, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Add this album
http://shadyville.biz/html/cds/godsplan.php Musselyuk 16:36, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Done. ThaIceman73 Talk | Contribs 01:20, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] add this info onto this article
- Here is some good info about 50 Cent that could be used from this site.1
- 50 Cent launches condom line.4
--Peterm1991 17:34, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Copyediting
I got up to Shooting, it still needs more copyediting. See my edit summaries. Tayquan hollaMy work 13:58, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Covers
Am I the only who is wondering why 50 Cent's discography page doesn't have albums' covers? Musselyuk 11:01, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Removed statement
"But rather than create new songs, he decided to showcase his hit-making ability by retouching beats which had already been used.[citation needed]"
- I removed this statement from the Shooting section because it's derogatory to Fitty and it's been marked as needing a source since February. If someone finds a source re-insert it. Tayquan hollaMy work 23:25, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Discography
today he announced that the 3rd album is "Curtis", the 4th album is "Before I Self Destruct" and the 5th is the "Greatest Hits"
he said this on Hot 97 LightSpeed1 20:05, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
