Q 01/05

Which rapper heard 50 Cent's 2002 mixtape Guess Who's Back, invited him to Los Angeles and signed him?

A) Jay-Z

B) Ludacris

C) Eminem

D) Master P

Answer · why

C) Eminem

Eminem got the mixtape from 50 Cent's attorney and signed him in a deal worth $1 million. It had been recorded in Canada because American studios woul...

Q 02/05

What is the birth name of the rapper 50 Cent, whose third studio album bears his first name?

A) Curtis Jackson

B) Calvin Broadus

C) Shawn Carter

D) Marshall Mathers

Answer · why

A) Curtis Jackson

Curtis Jackson was born in 1975 and raised by his grandparents after his mother died in a fire when he was eight years old.

Q 03/05

In which New York City borough was 50 Cent born and raised, in the neighborhood of South Jamaica?

A) Brooklyn

B) Queens

C) The Bronx

D) Manhattan

Answer · why

B) Queens

Queens left a permanent mark on him: he has the word Southside tattooed across his back, and says it sits there because all of that is behind him.

Q 04/05

Which lead single from 50 Cent's debut album topped the Billboard Hot 100 for nine consecutive weeks?

A) Wanksta

B) If I Can't

C) Disco Inferno

D) In da Club

Answer · why

D) In da Club

In da Club was first offered to the group D12 for the 8 Mile soundtrack, but they passed on the beat because they did not know how to approach it.

Q 05/05

50 Cent reportedly earned about $100 million when Coca-Cola bought the maker of which drink he endorsed?

A) Vitaminwater

B) Monster Energy

C) Gatorade

D) Snapple

Answer · why

A) Vitaminwater

Vitaminwater's maker gave him a minority stake in exchange for becoming its spokesperson, and he helped create a grape flavor named Formula 50.