I Get Money: 50 Cent’s Most Powerful Moves

Happy born day Fif.

We Gone Party Like It's Ya Birthday! - King Curtis reaches his milestone birthday today and officially transcends into "old head" territory as he turns 40. But there's a lot to learn from the O.G. Read on as we honor 50 by taking a look at some of his most powerful moves away from the mic. — Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photo: Angela Weiss/Getty Images for TWC)

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We Gone Party Like It's Ya Birthday! - King Curtis reaches his milestone birthday today and officially transcends into "old head" territory as he turns 40. But there's a lot to learn from the O.G. Read on as we honor 50 by taking a look at some of his most powerful moves away from the mic. — Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photo: Angela Weiss/Getty Images for TWC)

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Burn Hollywood Burn - 50 got his first taste of Hollywood success back in 2005 with his semi-autobiographical blockbuster smash Get Rich or Die Tryin' and he's been hooked on the power ever since. The Queens MC has put money behind many projects, some of them critically acclaimed works like All Things Fall Apart, Southpaw, Righteous Kill and Freelancers. (Photo: WENN)

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Burn Hollywood Burn - 50 got his first taste of Hollywood success back in 2005 with his semi-autobiographical blockbuster smash Get Rich or Die Tryin' and he's been hooked on the power ever since. The Queens MC has put money behind many projects, some of them critically acclaimed works like All Things Fall Apart, Southpaw, Righteous Kill and Freelancers. (Photo: WENN)

Headphone King - 50 Cent hopped into the headphone business in 2011 and immediately took aim at his former bosses. Fif positioned himself as direct competitor against  Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine's Beats brand. Since jumping in the game, 50 has made a name for himself in the audio world and had his birthday cake, too, as SMS Audio raked in millions in profits.(Photo: WENN.com)

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Headphone King - 50 Cent hopped into the headphone business in 2011 and immediately took aim at his former bosses. Fif positioned himself as direct competitor against  Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine's Beats brand. Since jumping in the game, 50 has made a name for himself in the audio world and had his birthday cake, too, as SMS Audio raked in millions in profits.(Photo: WENN.com)

Street Smart - Curtis took his Street King motto to new heights when he partnered with Pure Growth Partners and unveiled his energy drink SK in 2011 to keep you going. (Photo: WENN)

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Street Smart - Curtis took his Street King motto to new heights when he partnered with Pure Growth Partners and unveiled his energy drink SK in 2011 to keep you going. (Photo: WENN)

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EFFEN Up the Game - 50 signed on as a partner for EFFEN vodka last year and has been antagonizing Diddy's Ciroc ever since as he goes for the top spot. (Photo: Staten Island Advance/Landov)

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EFFEN Up the Game - 50 signed on as a partner for EFFEN vodka last year and has been antagonizing Diddy's Ciroc ever since as he goes for the top spot. (Photo: Staten Island Advance/Landov)

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50 Cent x Vitamin Water - When 50 Cent announced that he was teaming up with Vitamin Water to form his Formula 50 drink, Vitamin Water was an "exclusive" beverage found in health food stores in specific communities. But 50 invested in the brand and both his career and Vitamin Water’s skyrocketed, eventually earning the G-Unit boss a cool $100 million, after taxes.(Photo: Glaceau/Vitamin Water)

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Right Formula - We're all familiar with this colossal power move. 50 invested in Glaceau's Vitamin Water and netted a reported $60-100 million when the company sold to Coca-Cola. He also got his own signature flavor, Formula 50, which increased his profits even more. (Photo: Glaceau/ Vitamin Water)

Hunger No More - One of the more selfless missions that Curtis has taken on is fighting world hunger. Through his "Individual Social Responsibility" project, he's vowed to feed one billion children in Africa by 2016. A percentage from his SK (Street King) energy drink also goes towards this huge goal.(Photo: D Dipasupil/Getty Images for Food Bank For New York City's Community Kitchen & Food Pantry)

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Hunger No More - One of the more selfless missions that Curtis has taken on is fighting world hunger. Through his "Individual Social Responsibility" project, he's vowed to feed one billion children in Africa by 2016. A percentage from his SK (Street King) energy drink also goes towards this huge goal.(Photo: D Dipasupil/Getty Images for Food Bank For New York City's Community Kitchen & Food Pantry)

Dress for Success - 50 cashed in at the peak of the hip hop artists branded clothing era with his G-Unit apparel and made a few millions with Reebok too for his signature footwear.(Photo: Evan Agostini/Getty Images)

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Dress for Success - 50 cashed in at the peak of the hip hop artists branded clothing era with his G-Unit apparel and made a few millions with Reebok too for his signature footwear.(Photo: Evan Agostini/Getty Images)

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Web King - 50 Cent's website, Thisis50.com, is one of the biggest sites in the urban arena providing entertainment news and videos. The web portal has also garnered him easy access to promote his movies, albums and other business ventures through his own domain.(Photo: Masimba Sasa/Landov)

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Web King - 50 Cent's website, Thisis50.com, is one of the biggest sites in the urban arena providing entertainment news and videos. The web portal has also garnered him easy access to promote his movies, albums and other business ventures through his own domain.(Photo: Masimba Sasa/Landov)

New Day - 50's two-year old son Sire learned his hustler's ambition from his proud papa. Fif put together a deal that garnered his son a $700,000 modeling contract with electronics company Kids Safe. Sire can be seen in ads wearing the child safe headphones.(Photo: SunOfHollywood.com/Splash News/Corbis)

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New Day - 50's two-year old son Sire learned his hustler's ambition from his proud papa. Fif put together a deal that garnered his son a $700,000 modeling contract with electronics company Kids Safe. Sire can be seen in ads wearing the child safe headphones.(Photo: SunOfHollywood.com/Splash News/Corbis)

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Boxers or Briefs? - Fif came breathing down Hanes's neck last year after he signed on to model and promote FRIGO Revolution Wear. The boxers start at $100 a pop and the rapper reportedly walked away with $78 million from the deal.(Photo: Revolutionwear via Instagram)

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Boxers or Briefs? - Fif came breathing down Hanes's neck last year after he signed on to model and promote FRIGO Revolution Wear. The boxers start at $100 a pop and the rapper reportedly walked away with $78 million from the deal.(Photo: Revolutionwear via Instagram)

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Fast Company - 50 showed he could run with NASCAR in 2014 when he and SMS Audio signed on as an associate sponsor for SWAN Racing. Curtis's brand covered cars No. 26 (Cole Whitt) and No. 30 (Parker Kligerman) for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.(Photo: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

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Fast Company - 50 showed he could run with NASCAR in 2014 when he and SMS Audio signed on as an associate sponsor for SWAN Racing. Curtis's brand covered cars No. 26 (Cole Whitt) and No. 30 (Parker Kligerman) for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.(Photo: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

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King of Queens - Fifty never forgot the Jamaica, Queens community that raised him. One of his biggest charitable organizations is his G-Unity Foundation. G-Unity has built new parks around Queens and hosts annual holiday giveaways during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday seasons.(Photo: Joe Corrigan/Getty Images)

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King of Queens - Fifty never forgot the Jamaica, Queens community that raised him. One of his biggest charitable organizations is his G-Unity Foundation. G-Unity has built new parks around Queens and hosts annual holiday giveaways during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday seasons.(Photo: Joe Corrigan/Getty Images)

He Got Game - The Queens MC also leveraged his marketing power into the video game arena, raking in millions for his video games 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand and 50 Cent: Bulletproof. (Photo: Genuine Games, Interscope, High Voltage Software)

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He Got Game - The Queens MC also leveraged his marketing power into the video game arena, raking in millions for his video games 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand and 50 Cent: Bulletproof. (Photo: Genuine Games, Interscope, High Voltage Software)

G-Unit Records - 50 burst into the door with his G-Unit crew right behind him and it didn't take him long to establish his own imprint with Interscope and then later make his mark in the independent game once again. The label's platinum-selling artists have included the group, G-Unit, Lloyd Banks, Game and Young Buck as well as successful projects from Mobb Deep and Tony Yayo. Kidd Kidd and Rotimi are now next on the rise as Fif's G-Unit label continues to march forward.(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)

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G-Unit Records - 50 burst into the door with his G-Unit crew right behind him and it didn't take him long to establish his own imprint with Interscope and then later make his mark in the independent game once again. The label's platinum-selling artists have included the group, G-Unit, Lloyd Banks, Game and Young Buck as well as successful projects from Mobb Deep and Tony Yayo. Kidd Kidd and Rotimi are now next on the rise as Fif's G-Unit label continues to march forward.(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)

Power Play - Fif showed pay TV that he was a force to be reckoned with after he debuted the action-packed crime drama Power in 2014. Currently in it's second season and already renewed for a third, Power is the biggest show on STARZ and that has a lot do with it's executive producer, Mr. Curtis Jackson. Now that's power.(Photo: PNP/WENN.com)

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Power Play - Fif showed pay TV that he was a force to be reckoned with after he debuted the action-packed crime drama Power in 2014. Currently in it's second season and already renewed for a third, Power is the biggest show on STARZ and that has a lot do with it's executive producer, Mr. Curtis Jackson. Now that's power.(Photo: PNP/WENN.com)