50 Cent

50 Cent is an American rapper, entrepreneur, investor, record producer, and actor. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin' and The Massacre. His album Get Rich or Die Tryin' has been certified eight times platinum by the RIAA.

After releasing his album Guess Who's Back? in 2002, 50 Cent was discovered by rapper Eminem. With the help of Eminem and Dr. Dre, 50 Cent became one of the world's highest selling rappers. In 2003, he founded the record label G-Unit Records, which signed several successful rappers such as Young Buck, Lloyd Banks, and Tony Yayo.

50 Cent has engaged in feuds with other rappers including Ja Rule, Nas, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Cam'ron, Puff Daddy, Rick Ross, and former G-Unit members The Game and Young Buck. He was ranked as the sixth-best artist of the 2000s by Billboard magazine.

50 Cent has released five studio albums, six promotional singles, eleven mixtapes, thirty-five music videos, two video albums, two compilation albums, one soundtrack and forty-four singles, including twenty-one as a featured artist. Get Rich or Die Tryin' peaked at number one in the US Billboard 200 and performed well in international markets. It features the number-one singles "In da Club" and "21 Questions" and also includes the singles "P.I.M.P." and "If I Can't". 50 Cent collaborated with American rapper Lil' Kim on "Magic Stick", which peaked at number two in the US.

In 2005, he released his second studio album, The Massacre. The album charted at number one in the US, as well as reaching the top ten of many album charts worldwide, and sold 4.83 million copies in the United States in 2005, the second highest sales count by any album that year.The Massacre includes the US top-three hits "Disco Inferno" and "Just a Lil Bit", and the US number-one hit "Candy Shop", which peaked in the top ten of many charts worldwide.

In 2007, 50 Cent's third studio album, Curtis, debuted at number two on the Billboard 200. Five singles were released from the album, including international hit "Ayo Technology" and Billboard hits "Straight to the Bank", "Amusement Park", "I Get Money" and "I'll Still Kill". In 2009, he released his fourth studio album, Before I Self Destruct, which charted at number five on the Billboard 200 and peaked in the top twenty of several album charts worldwide. The album features two singles: the international hit "Baby by Me", which peaked at number twenty-eight in the US, and "Do You Think About Me".

His fifth studio album, 5 (Murder by Numbers), was released in July 2012.