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Chronicles of the Hip-Hop Community - $0.50 Cent

Feb 12, 2003

Go-Go-GO-GO its 50 Cents man

Hip-hop is all about stories, stories about life in the hood. And it seems they all are criminal minded and grand. The stories are interesting. They allow people to see the struggle. I hear people saying, ?‘I'm gonna be just like 50 cents man.?’ In the process of trying to be like that, and thinking it?’s special, a person they might get locked up, shot or killed or what ever. I heard an old person say, ?“If you live by what ever will happen, then anything will.?”
50 Cents was born in Curtis Jackson (26 years ago). He is a street man. 50 Is an incredibly intelligent, and deliberate man. 50 has what it takes to get down the road to hundred dollar bills and diamond rings. 50 is a real man so he does real things.
50 was born in Queens, NY. He lost those closest to him at an early age. 50 was raised with out a father. Before he hit his teens, something terrible happened. His mother was found dead under mysterious circumstances. His grandparents took in the orphaned youth. They provided for him. Nevertheless, his hard desire drove him outward towards the block. He stepped up to the barbed plate to build his street reputation up!
The birth of his son put things in perspective. 50 cent began to pursue rap seriously. He signed with Run DMC, DJ JMJ (Jam Master Jay) and began learning his trade. Soon caught up in industry limbo, there was not much JMJ could do for 50.
I believe that 50 has had a little messed up life but he is getting it together piece by piece.

By Mi'Ana Merriweather
Iroquois Middle School
Louisville, KY

New subject Starts here: "Thought of the Day,What's in a Conversation?" In the word of God it says that a good tree can bear only good fruit. It also says a rotten tree bears rotten fruit.Out of a clean well fresh water flows. Well what kind of fruit are you bearing in your community? What type of water flows from your well? The conversation that you use represents you. The only reason a person uses profainity to structure their conversation is because they can not think of anything more intelligent to say! "Now think about that!"
By: Shedrick Claycomb
Alias
MasterClay