Cent

 50 Cent is an American rapper actor, producer and entrepreneur. 50 Cent has a net worth of $40 million at the date this article was written. Through his career to date, 50 Cent has earned at least $260 million from his numerous ventures, most notably selling records, performing and brand partnership deals. He has also spent extravagantly in particular on real estate and automobiles. This led to the filing of Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August 2015. This article will give additional details regarding that bankruptcy filing. In the days prior to his bankruptcy, 50 Cent's fortune exceeded $100 million.50 Cent was born Curtis James Jackson III on July 6, 1975, in Queens, New York City. He was raised in the South Jamaica neighborhood by his mother, Sabrina, who was a dealer in drugs. Jackson was just eight years old at the time she passed away. 50 Cent was raised by his grandmother. He started selling narcotics at the age of 12 following school. In 10th grade, he was detained after he was detected by metal detectors at the high school in which he had been trying to obtain drugs and guns. He was arrested again in 1994, for selling cocaine to an undercover police agent.