50 Cent Facts and Trivia

Below are some facts and trivia about 50 Cent.

• Voted #8 on VH1's 100 Hottest Hotties

• Used to be a boxer

• Neither drinks alcohol nor smokes.

• Is currently involved in a feud with music artist, Ja Rule.

• Is currently signed to Eminem's Shady Records imprint, which is distributed by Interscope Records.

• Has a son: Marquise, nicknamed 25 Cent

• His debut album "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" was the highest debut ever with 900,000 copies sold in the first week.

• His mother was killed at the age of 23. 50 Cent was only 8 years old at the time

• Was discovered by Jason Mizell aka Jam Master Jay.

• Grew up in the same area of Queens, New York as actor Dwayne Winstead's cousin Ted Witherspoon.

• He bought former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson's Farmington, Conn., mansion for $4.1 million. The house is approximately 50,000 square feet, has 52 rooms, and was bought by Tyson for $2.7 million in 1996. The house includes five Jacuzzis, 25 full baths, 18 bedrooms, an elevator, two billiard rooms, a movie theater and a locker room.

• Recorded an album in 1999 titled "Power of the Dollar" but it was shelved by Columbia Records due to 50's "legal problems"

• Released a series of street mixtapes in 2002. These mixtapes became so popular that Eminem heard them and became determined to sign 50 to his record label. Even after his success, 50 still releases street mixtapes on a regular basis.

• Album "The Massacre" was originally titled "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" and set for a February 15 release date, but due to halted production of CD, it was set back to March 8th.

• Bought a multi-million dollar mansion that was once owned by Mike Tyson

• Was accompanied by actress Vivica A. Fox to the MTV Video Music Awards 2003

• Created a dance known as the "two step".

• His favorite actor is Charlie Sheen.

• His cartoon-like photo on the cover of his album "The Massacre" was meant to make him look like a Ninja Turtle, his son's favorite cartoon characters. 50 is also a fan of the cartoon, his favorite turtle is Donatello.

• His group, G-Unit, includes Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Sha Money X.L. and DJ Whoo Kid.