Copy to Clipboard Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson (Getty Images) 50 Cent's 'Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ money-minting album from 2003 was all about his life. With millions to his name and a history of success in music, the rapper has a life that many dream of, but how much is he worth exactly? Before we dive in, let's take a look at his career history below. Rough start It is not uncommonly known that many hip-hop artists have had challenging lives early on and for Fiddy it is no different. The 'Patiently Waiting' rapper, whose real name is 'Curtis James Jackson III' was brought up in the South Jamaica neighborhood of Queens and lived with his drug-dealing mother, named Sabrina. Growing up in the atmosphere of drugs and his mother dying when he was in the young age of eight, Curtis also began dealing narcotics at the age of 12.