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.

It's Fifty, not Fiddy.

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.

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.

My grandparents went through a bad experience themselves; they invested money in a church and got burned - the pastor had his own agenda - and my grandfather lost interest in the church after that. That was when I had the option to not go. 'Grandpa ain't going; I'm gonna stay with Grandpa.'

Actions may make you appear to be someone else, when people actually find out what you're doing.

Ya'll know what you need to do? Get together, make a We Are The World record.