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" I think Sean Parker damaged the music business with Napster. "
Curtis Jackson
Music
Music Business
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" You learn a lot about yourself when you have success for a while. Like, a lot of things that you think are really important aren't. But you need that process. "
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" The importance of 'Dream School' is monumental. Helping to inspire these students to reach their potential is personally gratifying. "
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" Out of frustration, I say things. Now, people listen to me so much I can say it under my breath and everybody hears me... I said in the past that I'm a work in progress, and I feel like I'm progressing. "
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" People who actually have money don't want to talk about it. They want to talk about everything else. "
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" Hip-hop - it's the safari: it allows people who aren't under those circumstances to come closer to inner-city life, to explore it without actually being in danger. It's something kids in middle America indulge in to be rebellious. "
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" There's a small group of guys in hip-hop that really have money. The whole culture talks about money, but it's a small group that actually has it. "
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" When I'm actually creating music, I try not to listen to the hip-hop records that are going on, because I think, subconsciously, we steal from each other. "
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" When I put out my first mixtape, '50 Cent is the Future,' it was the first tape where an artist did the entire tape in song format. "
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" I wanted to do something as an extension of my passion for music. My aim for the STREET by 50 On-Ear Wired Headphone range is to present music as it's meant to be heard, in studio-mastered sound. "
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Aim
Street
Present
" People often say I have so much energy, that I never stop; but that's what it takes to accomplish your goals. "
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" STREET by 50 is all about giving our fans the finest music experience we possibly can. The response to the limited edition colors so far speaks for itself - the fans want the opportunity to match their headphones to their personal style, and we definitely want to make sure to give them what they want. "
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Colors
" Every day, families in Africa go without food and water, never knowing when their next meal might be; but we can change that if we all work together. In order to make a difference, every purchase of my new energy shot, Street King, will provide a meal for a child in need. "
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Child
" You know how a person is made for something? Eminem is made for hip-hop. The best rapper is a white man. "
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Hip-Hop
You
" I have a romantic side. "
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" A man becomes as attractive as an attractive woman when he becomes successful and is publicly noted. Power's an aphrodisiac. "
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He
Woman
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" If you're familiar with my man Uncle Sam, you understand the only way you can actually feel better about what he's gonna take, come the end of the year, is lifestyle. Only thing you can do is spend some of it. "
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" I'll have long, straight hair, like down to my back, when I go to Heaven. And I'm not even going to work out, but I'll be in shape. It's a whole new program up there. "
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Heaven
" My work out routine is always changing. It should never stay the same for long periods of time. "
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" My grandmother, she's been the positive portion of my life the entire time. She raised us Baptist, and when I got old enough to say I didn't want to go to church, she didn't force me. She was cool. "
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" I think Frank Ocean is a talented artist; I think he's created material that made me know his name, that impressed me, with things he said on a song like 'Novacane.' "
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" I had to overcome challenge after challenge in order to take my life from nothing to living my dreams. "
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Living
Life
" In my neighborhood... they view the police as someone who comes to take their loved ones away. "
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" The opportunity and the concept of merging music culture with actual boxing is exciting. It's bringing a younger demographic to the sport. "
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" Eating well was something I learned as I started to be successful and had to travel and perform concerts, which are an intense cardio workout. "
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" Just be confident. I think confidence is the most attractive part of a person. "
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Think
" I like to sort through music and see whatever pops out to me or inspires me. If I could have a production team going and kind of mix records with me, that would be cool; to take the records and have them sound the way I want them to sound. But I'd rather sort though music to find them things. "
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Cool
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" Since I did the SK Project and I partner with the United Nations World Food Program, I got a lot of different feedback from people online. Through social networks and through the Twitter. I read the comments and see 'em saying, 'People hungry here, Fif.' "
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World
" Some people are born with very little; some are fortunate enough to have it all. When I grew up, we didn't have much. I had to hustle to get what I wanted... but I had that hunger for more. I didn't always make the right choices, but I learned from my mistakes. "
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" It's Fifty, not Fiddy. "
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" I don't display emotions. I have every feeling that everyone else has, but I've developed ways to suppress them. Anger is one of my most comfortable feelings. "
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