Description
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, one of the biggest and most popular stars in hip hop, is the charismatic driving force behind Get Rich or Die Tryin’, a hard hitting drama directed by six time Oscar nominee Jim Sheridan about an orphaned street kid who makes his mark in the drug trade but finally dares to leave the violence behind and become the rap artist he was meant to be. Marcus Jackson has always known he was going to be a rapper but when his mother is murdered he turns to dealing hustling drugs pays the rent. As his world spirals out of control he begins to apply the same manic intensity to his writing as he does to dealing he has to write down his words to stay sane. For years he endures this living hell until a tragedy that nearly kills him gets Marcus to change his life.
