Curtis Jackson, also known as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, television producer, entrepreneur and investor. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003) and The Massacre (2005). He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Following is our collection on famous quotes by 50 Cent on education, slavery, life.
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Get rich or die tryin'.
Hate a liar more than I hate thief. A thief is only after my salary a liar is after my reality.
I love you like a fat kid love cake.
All bulls*** aside now it's time to be honest, I fear no man for death is all that's promised.
Your opinion of yourself becomes your reality.
Reality has its own power — you can turn your back on it, but it will find you in the end, and your inability to cope with it will be your ruin.
It's not about the dog in the fight, it's about the fight in the dog!
I was born alone and I will die alone. I've got to do what's right for me and not live my life the way anybody else wants it.
Hate it or love it, the underdogs come out on top.
The importance of Dream School is monumental. Helping to inspire these students to reach their potential is personally gratifying.
50 Cent Short Quotes
I don't sleep. I got an opportunity to make a dream become a reality.
The greatest danger you face is your mind growing soft and your eye getting dull.
I said in the past that I'm a work in progress, and I feel like I'm progressing.
The only excuse for being broke is being in Jail.
People are like plants: They grow; they change every day.
The firmer your grasp on reality, the more power you will have to alter it for your purposes.
Only one I can have a problem with is myself. It's probably why my only competition is myself.
If it ain't making me money, making me better or making me happy... ain't making time for it.
Being broke is against my religion.
If I didn't smell so good would you still hug me?
50 Cent Quotes About Life
I want the finer things in my life, so I hustle. — 50 Cent
I don't care about losing people that don't wanna be in my life anymore. I've lost people that meant the world to me and I'm still doing just fine. — 50 Cent
Sunny days wouldn't be special, if it wasn't for rain.
Joy wouldn't feel so good, if it wasn't for pain.
Death gotta be easy, 'cause life is hard;
It'll leave you physically, mentally, and emotionally scarred. — 50 Cent
Death gotta be easy cause life is hard — 50 Cent
Death must be easy cuz life is hard — 50 Cent
When my son came into my life, my priorities changed, because I wanted to have the relationship with him, that I didn't have with my father. — 50 Cent
I'm a track star running through life, chasing my dream. — 50 Cent
My grandmother, she's been the positive portion of my life the entire time. She raised us Baptist, and when I got old enough to say I didn't want to go to church, she didn't force me. She was cool. — 50 Cent
I had to overcome challenge after challenge in order to take my life from nothing to living my dreams. — 50 Cent
Chris Lighty was a huge portion of my actual career. It's difficult to adjust to not have someone around that's in your life, in your life. — 50 Cent
50 Cent Quotes About Death
When I nearly died it made me think – this can happen again any second. I better hurry and do what I want. I started to live like I never lived before. When the fear of death is gone, then nothing can bother you and nobody can stop you. — 50 Cent
You can do all them push-ups to pump up your chest,
I got a 12 gauge Mossberg to pump up your chest,
Have you gasping for air after that shell hit your vest.
Fear me like you fear God, 'cause I bring death. — 50 Cent
When I have conversations with people, for some strange reason they think I'm gonna die and they're not. But you know what? Death means nothing to me. — 50 Cent
50 Cent Quotes About Success
You learn a lot about yourself when you have success for a while. Like, a lot of things that you think are really important aren't. But you need that process. — 50 Cent
A man becomes as attractive as an attractive woman when he becomes successful and is publicly noted. Power`s an aphrodisiac. — 50 Cent
Eating well was something I learned as I started to be successful and had to travel and perform concerts, which are an intense cardio workout. — 50 Cent
Without music I wouldn't have the ability to be in business. The opportunity to be in business came with the finances from music and the notoriety that comes with being successful as an artist. So I see myself as an artist first, but I'm absolutely conscious of business. — 50 Cent
For me success was always going to be a Lamborghini. But now I've got it, it just sits on my drive. — 50 Cent
Success is my drug of choice. — 50 Cent
50 Cent Quotes About Hustle
If you start hustling then don't pay a person what they deserve, pay them what they accept. That's good business. Even if you're not hustlin' pay them what they accept because you can capitalize off of people. — 50 Cent
True hustlers are prepared to get hustled and know when to change positions and move to something different and aren't afraid. — 50 Cent
I started hustling at 12, my mother hustled ahead of me. I was only allowed to because they knew me. — 50 Cent
I have the opportunity to do something positive, I want to stay positive. It's hustling backwards in my eyes when I can earn money legitimately. This is what I want to do. — 50 Cent
50 Cent Quotes About Love
Show No Love , Cus Love Can Get U killed — 50 Cent
Love your enemies and hate your friends, your enemies remain the same your friends always change — 50 Cent
Show no love, cause love will get you killed. — 50 Cent
I love funny women, and just being around them talking is fine with me. I love an interesting mind. — 50 Cent
If I wrote you a love letter, would you write back? — 50 Cent
When I fell in love with hip-hop, there was a terminology at the time called "battling." All that was just battling with other artists, but after Tupac and those incidents when it spilled into the street and turned into a negative situation, battling turned into a beef. A whole new dynamic. — 50 Cent
At first, my love was just to be in the studio and make the music and enjoy it when I hear it played back, but then the biggest thing for me was to see the response of the people. When you go out and see the energy in the crowd, it's incredible. — 50 Cent
I think either you're creative or you're not. In general, I don't think you need to be in pain to actually be creative unless you're writing love songs. Then you might need to have some ups and downs within your emotions to start to capture that. — 50 Cent
Now I am in to fat chains, sex and techs, fly new chicks, new kicks,
I love you like a fat kid love cake. — 50 Cent
I am what I am; you can like it or love it. It feels good to blow fifty grand and think nothing of it. — 50 Cent
50 Cent Quotes About Music
When I'm actually creating music, I try not to listen to the hip-hop records that are going on, because I think, subconsciously, we steal from each other. — 50 Cent
When I'm actually creating music, I try not to listen to the hip-hop records that are going on, because I think, subconsciously, we steal from each other. If you're listening to a record and it's really hot, then you'll be looking for something that feels like that, or that has a version of it. — 50 Cent
I've been in situations like in Tokyo where people sang my song word for word and then when the music stopped, they couldn't speak to me. I've seen the music break the language barrier. — 50 Cent
If I don't make music I'm going back to the hood. I'll sell crack. I'm gonna go back to sell crack if I can't make it in the music business and that's what I was doing before that. — 50 Cent
Get into the music business. This is the business that you have absolutely no requirements. You listen to music, you need no college degree. — 50 Cent
My son is the reason why I write music. He's the reason why everything is different for me. — 50 Cent
I make music cuz it's almost like I can escape everything I was involved in. All I gotta do is make music. I don't do nothin but make music. — 50 Cent
I never had working papers. I never had a job. I sold crack until I got in the music, so this is the best thing that happened to me and I do it excessively. — 50 Cent
50 Cent Quotes About Rap
You shouldn't throw stones if you live in a glass house
And if you got a glass jaw, you should watch your mouth
Cause I'll break your face... — 50 Cent
God's the seamtress that tailor-fitted my pain yo I got scriptures in my brain I can spit at yo dane straight the good book, look, niggas is shook 50 fear no man, warrior swing swords like conana — 50 Cent
God's the seamstress that tailor-fitted my pain. — 50 Cent
I done been to the pearly gates, they sent me back said the good die young I ain't eligible for that — 50 Cent
I don't have to say 'Rap it up' every two seconds, or 'Don't do drugs' every two seconds. They know they're not supposed to use drugs, and they know they're supposed to put a condom on. — 50 Cent
50 Cent Famous Quotes And Sayings
The greatest fear people have is that of being themselves. They want to be 50 Cent or someone else. They do what everyone else does even if it doesn’t fit where and who they are. But you get nowhere that way; your energy is weak and no one pays attention to you. You’re running away from the one thing that you own – what makes you different. — 50 Cent
Different day, same s***. Ain't nothing good in the hood. I'd run away from this bitch and never come back if I could. — 50 Cent
Sunny days wouldn't be so special if it wasn't for rain. Joy wouldn't feel so good if it wasn't for pain. — 50 Cent
Live on the edge. I'm only free because I'm not afraid. Everything I was afraid of already happened to me. — 50 Cent
Show No Love , Cus Love Can Get U killed — 50 Cent
Every negative is a positive. The bad things that happen to me, I somehow make them good. That means you can't do anything to hurt me. — 50 Cent
What separates those who go under and those who rise above adversity is the strength of their will and their hunger for power. — 50 Cent
Behind me is infinite power. Before me is endless possibility, around me is boundless opportunity. My strength is mental, physical and spiritual. — 50 Cent
Stay to yourself, just listen. Do more listening than talking. The more you speak the higher the chances you sayin the wrong thing. — 50 Cent
I need you to pray for me; I need you to care for me. I need you to want me to win. I need to know where I'm heading, because I know where I've been. — 50 Cent
Concentrate on your money. Try to hold your paper. It takes money to make money, so save your money, opportunites come. — 50 Cent
I feel like you can will yourself into a good space. Things that are meant to happen, will. If you believe in yourself enough, you can help yourself learn. You can inspire yourself in ways to discipline yourself to a point where you CAN become good enough. — 50 Cent
Real man is someone who handles his responsibilities. Take care of all of his responsibilities. No matter how, by any means take care of your situations. — 50 Cent
If you were in a bad relationship and you meet someone new, you're going to leave with your luggage. The next person is going to have to endure things that someone else causes. — 50 Cent
My confidence allows me to do things my way and help people make a decision. People like the idea of me just being me. — 50 Cent
My past is my shadow, it follows me everywhere I go. Well, all those things come from when I had no other choice. They put my back against the wall. I do what I gotta do. — 50 Cent
Power is confidence. The confidence to deliver your answer when you're in a board meeting is what will allow you to move up faster. The confidence to be yourself in front of people creates a separation. — 50 Cent
Everybody mad when their paper don't stack right — 50 Cent
I'm not a gangster, I'm not a thug.. I'm just me and if I feel like someone is trying to hurt me.. yeah I'm gonna hurt 'em.. if you come and you ain't coming right I'm gonna blow your head off. — 50 Cent
Go ahead, switch the style up, and if they hate then let 'em hate and watch the money pile up. — 50 Cent
A big mistake people make when they are trying to lose weight is that they stop eating. They'll eat salads once a day and then their body starts trying to protect itself and holds onto the fat. — 50 Cent
what comes around goes around. — 50 Cent
You gotta be smart enough to pick up the information as you go. — 50 Cent
I need you. I need you to hate, so I can use you for your energy — 50 Cent
I have less compassion than the average human. — 50 Cent
You have to challenge yourself and your muscles. When you are really regimented, it's the same over and over and you start to get comfortable. Switching up the style of training works your muscles differently. — 50 Cent
I'm really sensitive. And they don't understand that, because my most comfortable feeling is anger. So I'll get angry if you said something to hurt my feelings or you're making me uncomfortable, I'll get angry, and be ready to do something about it. — 50 Cent
My grandma pregnant again trying to talk her out of keeping it — 50 Cent
A thug is what I want and a thug is what I need. And my friends don't understand, and I think it's jealousy. — 50 Cent
When I wasn't killing time in school, I was sparring in the gym or selling crack on the strip. — 50 Cent
Be prepared to do whatever you have to do. If you get put in a situation where your back is up against the wall let your gun go off. — 50 Cent
I like generals. I like Napoleon. I like strategy. The majority of them are praised for mass destruction, but it's exciting to see how it comes to the mind mentally. — 50 Cent
In Hollywood they say there's no business like show business. In the hood they say there's no business like ho' business. — 50 Cent
Negative energy that comes at you in some form is energy that can be turned around - to defeat an opponent and lift you up. — 50 Cent
When a person completely has nothing but negative interest in you and would like nothing more than to see you in the worst situation possible, then why would you consistently go toward that energy? — 50 Cent
Either you are a victim or you victimize someone and in the hood it's no holds barred. The kid in the schoolyard that doesn't want to fight always leaves with a black eye. — 50 Cent
If you are ambitious, you are running in a tunnel that never ends. You will always find something new to go after. [...] I got high for the first time with Get Rich or Die Tryin' and I have been trying to achieve that feeling again since then, all the time. — 50 Cent
Death is a large form of entertainment, probably the largest. Watching death in different ways is entertaining for us, whether it's a high-speed chase and a guy grabs a helicopter and flies away. We know the reality of it is that he wouldn't be physically able to hold onto that helicopter and fall to his death. But it's entertaining to watch. — 50 Cent
I don't think it makes me a role model. I think it makes me inspiring. Cause I'm from the bottom I think they look at me and go 'well, if he made it, I can make it' — 50 Cent
I'M PISSIN' ON GROWN WOMEN. R. KELLY DO IT TO CHILDREN. — 50 Cent
The greatest fear people have is that of being themselves. — 50 Cent
People often say I have so much energy, that I never stop; but that's what it takes to accomplish your goals. — 50 Cent
Every morning I wake up in a home where Mike Tyson previously laid in the bed and he earned over $500 million his career. It makes me conscious. — 50 Cent
Just be confident. Confidence is the most attractive part of a person. Because if they're not confident enough to show you who they are, you don't even know who they are. — 50 Cent
I was surrounded by too many people who felt that they had a strong sense of entitlement. That I owed them something. — 50 Cent
My description of fun would be to sit on someone's couch and watch TV. Regular cable TV. When I'm in a hotel, on-demand is the same. I watch the TV in another language, trying to figure out what they're saying. — 50 Cent
I don't need to get any validation by someone else who sits next to me in first class. If you think a seat in first class makes you a star, then you're not one. — 50 Cent
Sleep is for those who are broke — 50 Cent
Look into the windows of my soul. The eyes never lie, they bloodshot red. — 50 Cent
When I reached the top in business, I adjusted to my new position – I became bolder and crazier than before. And I listened even less to people who tried to slow me down. — 50 Cent
If you don't have finances to jump on opportunites or at least room to support yourself while you're tryin to move into new situations then you can't even evolve. — 50 Cent
Move before you think you are ready. It is as if you are making it a little more difficult for yourself, deliberately creating obstacles in your path When you feel that you must work harder to get to your goal because you are not quite prepared, you are more alert and inventive. This venture has to succeed and so it will. — 50 Cent
I'll break your face, have your ass mumbling to the jay, you going against me dawg you makin a mistake. I'll split your wig and leave you open like a mickeal jackson jacket with all them zippers. — 50 Cent
There had to be a better way - if I couldn't find it, I wanted to create it. — 50 Cent
Your fears are a kind of prison that confines you within a limited range of action. The less you fear, the more power you will have and the more fully you will live. — 50 Cent
"Get Rich or Die Tryin". That's the universal struggle. When I say it it might seem a bit negative but if a working class person says it it means they're determined. — 50 Cent
I have a romantic side. I do things. — 50 Cent
In business there's people who have talent and there's people whose talent is to take advantage of people who have talent. — 50 Cent
I think it's impossible to actually be a role model. I think on some level, you'll have your flaws or defects of character, regardless. — 50 Cent
You grimy as birds shittin' on the top of ya Fords. — 50 Cent
He who fears fate lives like a coward — 50 Cent
Most people can't handle boredom. That means they can't stay on one thing until they get good at it. And they wonder why they're unhappy. — 50 Cent
When you walk in your home you don't have to maintain the same attitude that you had out in the street. You can be different with your people and your family than you are with a person that you run into in the hood. Even them they have to know to respond to you differently in the hood cuz if people see something out of the character that they portray you. They'll try you. — 50 Cent
The competitive nature of hip-hop culture has always had battling involved with it. So you battle with the other artist but not necessarily in business and everywhere else. — 50 Cent
Life Lessons by 50 Cent
Curtis Jackson's work shows the importance of hard work, dedication, and resilience. He worked hard to build his career and never gave up despite the obstacles he faced.
His success also demonstrates the importance of staying true to yourself and your values, even when faced with criticism or doubt.
Finally, Curtis Jackson's work serves as an example of how to use your platform to speak out for what you believe in and inspire others to do the same.
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