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So you agree with how he was self-made? You agree with him using drug money and gang connections to secure the funds necessary to get his rap career started? So he shouldn't have to answer for what he's done in the past...he shouldn't have to answer for dealing drugs to his own people and participating in gang murders? Oh, I'm sorry...he is answering for that now by making millions and enjoying his house in CT. Taking the thug out of the ghetto doesn't take the ghetto out of the thug. World's a fucked up place when people like this are idolized.
A little role reversal for a second....If I was in his shoes and my back was against the wall so to speak....I would do whatever was necessary to make it out of the ghetto and provide for my family. I wouldn't think twice about it in fact. And he has paid for his crimes as he has spent time in jail on more than one occasion. I wouldn't suspect you know anything factual about him though as you place him and likely all rappers under the same blanket of drug dealing murderer. Unless of course you are some sort of prosecutor or detective that has an extensive file drawer on his criminal history. :thumbsup:
GTaudiophile
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I'm more impressed at the cost of the house (assuming what was said in this thread is accurate) than I am anything else. That's just an outstanding deal unless there's something I'm missing.
Demon-Xanth
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/...logid=7&entry_id=16161
50 Cent's 52-Room Mansion For Sale
AP / Jessica Hill, file, 2005
The 52-room mansion that rapper 50 Cent has called home for more than three years, an estate once owned by boxer Mike Tyson, is up for sale.
The rap artist (real name: Curtis James Jackson III) bought the 48,000-plus-square-foot house in September 2003 for $4.1 million.
Since buying the mansion, 50 Cent has reportedly spent up to $6 million renovating the house, including adding a helicopter pad.
Curt Clemens, owner of Century 21 Clemens & Sons in Hartford, told the Hartford Courant Wednesday that he toured the house a few months ago after being contacted by representatives of the rapper who said he wanted to sell the property.
Clemens, who was the listing agent on the house when it was owned by Tyson, said that he was notified a few weeks ago that another real estate agent would be handling the sale.
"I was surprised it hadn't come on the market because we were expecting it," Clemens said. "He's put a lot into it, and it's all very tasteful, except the stripper poles." (AP)
50 Cent's 52-Room Mansion For Sale
AP / Jessica Hill, file, 2005
The 52-room mansion that rapper 50 Cent has called home for more than three years, an estate once owned by boxer Mike Tyson, is up for sale.
The rap artist (real name: Curtis James Jackson III) bought the 48,000-plus-square-foot house in September 2003 for $4.1 million.
Since buying the mansion, 50 Cent has reportedly spent up to $6 million renovating the house, including adding a helicopter pad.
Curt Clemens, owner of Century 21 Clemens & Sons in Hartford, told the Hartford Courant Wednesday that he toured the house a few months ago after being contacted by representatives of the rapper who said he wanted to sell the property.
Clemens, who was the listing agent on the house when it was owned by Tyson, said that he was notified a few weeks ago that another real estate agent would be handling the sale.
"I was surprised it hadn't come on the market because we were expecting it," Clemens said. "He's put a lot into it, and it's all very tasteful, except the stripper poles." (AP)
there's more fundamental problems than what you simply assert here.
the culture that consistently places these individuals in these situations is to blame as well.
what would you do in his situation? you think you would last in inner city schools or resist the temptation to sell drugs, especially when the money is good and you/your family needs food? where would you find brotherhood other than in gangs, in urban areas where 50 grew up?
im not justifying murder, if he actually did participate in one/many, but don't be so quick to rag on him when you have no idea of deeper problems involved.
preslove
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It apparently hasn't sold. Also, this source says that 50 put in $10 million of additions to the house and is trying to get $18 million. I doubt he'll find anyone willing to pay that.
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alkemyst
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Originally posted by: Josh
I like how this guy says "not too impressive" like hes got million dollar enzos sitting around
AFAIK, it may be a rumor, but you have to have owned both the F40 and F50 before Ferrari allowed you to buy an Enzo from them.
There are only a handful of any of these cars though.
1. How do you know he murdered anyone? He was never ever charged with anything but posession of a illegal substance. So I guess you are detective/lawyer/judge/jury now?
2. His mother was a crack fiend/crack dealer that was killed. He never knew his father.
3. He answered for his crimes when he was shot 9 times and almost killed and almost went to jail & dropped from the record label that had signed him because of this and left again with nothing.
4. He never used drug money to secure anything, Eminem got ahold of his mixtape through various channels and signed him immediately and changed his life.
Now you tell me...if you had to grow up in his shoes...where would you be right now? Probably not where he is. His way of life in his teenage years was basically out of his hands, he had/has no mother or father. So instead of trying to take this man's success down be grateful you have a decent life.
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