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50 Cent of Curtis Jackson adapted the nickname "50 Cent" as a metaphor for "change". The name was originally derived from Kelvin Martin, a Brooklyn criminal in the 1980s who was known as "50 Cent". Jackson said, " I took the name 50 Cent because it says everything I want it to say. I'm the same kind of person 50 Cent was. I provide for myself by any means". In fact Curtis Jackson has very little to do with the 50 Cent coin.
After the success of his debut album, his subsequent releases have dipped in quality relying on image. His name is now less synonomous wiht drug deals and more with the price a Curtis Jackson album goes for in the bargain bin of a record store.
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