The more my fans know about my past, the more they'll be able to predict and understand some of the moves I make in the future.

Every night I talk to God, but he don't say nothing back. I know he protecting me, but I still stay with my gat.

It's Fifty, not Fiddy.

"Get Rich or Die Tryin". That's the universal struggle. When I say it it might seem a bit negative but if a working class person says it it means they're determined.

The greatest fear people have is that of being themselves. They want to be 50 Cent or someone else. They do what everyone else does even if it doesn’t fit where and who they are. But you get nowhere that way; your energy is weak and no one pays attention to you. You’re running away from the one thing that you own – what makes you different. I lost that fear. And once I felt the power that I had by showing the world I didn’t care about being like other people, I could never go back.

Obama is for same-sex marriage. If the President is saying that, then who am I to go the other way?

I need you. I need you to hate, so I can use you for your energy