50 Cent Libri

Rap superstar and bestselling author 50 Cent is back to tell his own story in this interactive autobiography.

Rapper 50 Cent has made it big in a very short space of time. Having been supported by Jam Master Jay, and produced by Dr Dre and Eminem, the rapper and poet has already experienced great success and critical acclaim for his anthemic single 'In Da Club' and bestselling debut album. While some rappers just talk the talk, though, 50 has walked the walk, and this brilliant insight into who he is and where he came from is a must for all fans. Growing up in Jamaica, Queens, he was born to a 15-year-old drug-dealing mother -- she was killed in mysterious circumstances -- and took over the family business at the age of twelve. Living hard, he has been stabbed, shot nine times (one bullet in his face) and has survived a number of assassination attempts. He is a survivor, a man from the streets who has made it big-time without forgetting his roots. This is the inside story of a rap icon.

The story follows Zabu "Baby Brother" Davis, whose bright future is shattered when he is falsely accused of murder. As he navigates a complex web of justice, he must confront themes of vengeance and the harsh realities of being wrongfully implicated in a crime. The narrative explores the impact of fate on his life and the struggle to prove his innocence amidst chaos.

"GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN' That's what this book is about--the good times and the bad times. I wrote this book to explain the world I come from. To a lot of people, I may be too young to reflect on life. And they may be right. But I'd be wasting my blessings if I didn't use the attention I'm getting to shed light on the experiences that have caused me to say the things I say and make the kind of music I make. I want to explain my environment to those who don't come any closer to it than the records they buy or the images they see on television. People want the truth. Even if they can't handle it, they want it. I let you know that I survived nine bullets not to sell records, but because it's the truth. Every time I sit down for an interview, I'm asked, ""Well, 50, how did it feel to get shot nine times?"" But those stories don't hold the weight, the pain, or the hope of my experience. It just can't. This is my mindset and these are the things that go on. This is why I say the rhymes that I say. This is what happe

A hard-hitting and inspirational novel about the redemption of a bully from international icon 50 Cent Thirteen-year-old Butterball takes readers on a journey through the moments that made him into the playground bully he is today. Loosely inspired by 50 Cent's own adolescence and written with his teenage son in mind, Playground received wide critical praise--and is now poised to become a perennial classic.

'I wonder what she would've said if I'd told her all the parts the report left out, like how I'd woken up that morning and pulled that sock out of my draw and filled it, one after the other, with the D batteries I'd bought the last time I visited my dad in the city. But there was no way. There was just no way I'd ever tell anyone what really went down that day...' Thirteen-year-old Butterball doesn't have that much going for him. He's teased about his weight. He hates the suburb his mum moved them to so she could go to nursing school and start her life over. He wishes he still lived with his dad in New York City - where there's always something happening, even if his dad doesn't have much time for him. Still that's not why he beat up Maurice in the playground. Now his school is forcing him to talk to some out-of-touch lady therapist, as though she could ever fix him - as though she could ever figure out the truth. No, Butterball's lips are sealed about what happened that day. But some tales can't help being told. And this is one of them.

Curtis Jackson wächst in einem der ärmsten Stadtteile New Yorks auf, wo er mit seiner crackabhängigen Mutter lebt, die früh stirbt. Mit zwölf wird er Dealer und überlebt mit 25 einen Mordanschlag. Seine Leidenschaft für Musik führt ihn zum Erfolg als einer der bekanntesten Rapmusiker der Welt. Eine authentische Lebensgeschichte.

Curtis Jackson, geboren 1975 in Queens, New York, hat mit 50 Cent eine beeindruckende Karriere hingelegt, trotz seiner ärmlichen Kindheit. Seine Mutter war mit 15 Jahren Crack-Dealerin und wurde acht Jahre später ermordet. Von Drogenhändlern geprägt, begann er mit zwölf zu dealen und machte schnell Karriere im Drogenkartell. Mit 19 wurde er Vater und erhielt bald darauf seinen ersten Plattenvertrag. Nach einem Mordversuch eines rivalisierenden Dealers überlebte er und unterschrieb einen Millionen-Dollar-Vertrag bei Eminem, seinem Idol. In seiner Autobiografie bleibt 50 Cent ehrlich und unverblümt. Sein Motto „Get Rich Or Die Trying“ spiegelt seinen Lebensweg wider: reich werden oder beim Versuch sterben. Er erklärt, dass er sein Buch geschrieben hat, um die Welt, aus der er kommt, zu beleuchten. Viele halten ihn für zu jung, um über sein Leben zu reflektieren, doch er möchte die Aufmerksamkeit nutzen, um seine Erfahrungen und deren Einfluss auf seine Musik zu teilen. Die Lebensgeschichte ist eine schonungslose Erzählung über eine Generation ohne Chancen, geprägt von Drogen, Geld und Leidenschaft. 50 Cent liefert authentische Einblicke in die HipHop-Kultur und die Realität der Straßen, die oft verzerrt dargestellt wird. Das Buch wurde in den USA zum Bestseller und 2005 von Jim Sheridan verfilmt.

Der größte Feind, den ein Mann haben kann, ist die eigene Angst“, sagte einmal Malcolm X. Dieser Satz sollte Curtis Jackson, alias 50 Cent, für den Rest seines Lebens prägen. Getrieben von der Angst, wieder in den ärmlichen Verhältnissen leben zu müssen, in denen er aufgewachsen war, baute er ein Firmenimperium auf, das seinesgleichen sucht. Zusammen mit dem Managementexperten und Bestsellerautor Robert Greene verwirklichte 50 cent ein außergewöhnliches Buchprojekt, das nicht nur seinen unglaublichen Werdegang vom Street-Rapper zum millionenschweren Unternehmer, sondern vor allem auch seine Managementphilosophie und seine Erfolgsgeheimnisse beschreibt. Greene schlägt dabei die Brücke und porträtiert einen außergewöhnlichen Entrepreneur, der gegen alle Widerstände mit außerordentlicher Kreativität und Ideenreichtum sein Firmenimperium lenkt. Herausgekommen sind dabei zehn „Gesetze des täglichen Businesskampfs“, die 50 Cent und Robert Greene gemeinsam erarbeitet haben und die von jedem Leser leicht nachvollziehbar sind.