50 Cent, one of ..1… popular stars in Hip-Hop, has a very unusual biography. His real name is Curtis Jackson. He says it's a metaphor for change and also the name of a notorious Brooklyn drug dealer. Curtis ...2… in a New York ghetto in 1976 and never knew his father. His mother, Sabrina Jackson, a drug dealer, was murdered when he was only 8 years old. The boy went to live with his grandparents, and at the age of 12 entered the "family business": he ...3… selling drugs on the street. He was arrested at the age of 18, when he started thinking ...4...a career in music. His big opportunity came ...5… he met Jam Master Jay. "Jay taught me how to write and ...6… rap records. He made me want to really rap and do this", says 50 Cent.
...7… 1999, 50 Cent signed a contract ...8… Columbia Records, but then, in 2000, someone tried to murder him. He was shot 9 times in the face, hand, chest and both legs. Luckily, he...9… , but couldn't sing for months. His career almost died, because Columbia Records dropped him.
Then Eminem, his favourite musician, heard his songs and decided to help him. On a Los Angeles radio show, Em declared 50 Cent his favourite rapper. In 2002 Curtis ...10 … in Eminem's film, 8 Mile, and in 2003 his first album Get Rich or Die Tryin was released. It became one of the biggest success stories of any genre, not just Hip-Hop.
With his rap group The G-unit he made his next album, The Massacre, which went ...11 … to the top of the charts and sold more than seven million copies worldwide. In 2005 50 Cent made his first film, 50 Cent. Just like Eminem in 8 Mile, Cur
tis stars in the film as himself, telling his life story.
He's fond ...12 … boxing and writing comedies, and he says he's got more stories to tell.
1 A of many B most C the most
2. A born B was born C is born
3. A begins B started C finished
4 A about B for C with
5 A where B which C when
6 A make B do C take
7 A At B In C On
8 A with B by C on
9 A survives B survived C lived
10 A appeared B developed C became
11A straight B fair C true
12 A at B by C of
1 c
2 b
3 b
4 a
5 c
6 a
7 b
8 a
9 b
10 a
11 a
12 c
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