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Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson made his name as a rapper, selling albums like hot cakes, after turning his back on a life of crime. In his film debut, Get Rich Or Die Tryin' he relives chapters from his own history, including a run-in that saw him shot nine times. Here, 'Fiddy' explains how Irish director Jim Sheridan helped him to open up and lay the truth bare. Well, at least "75 per cent" of the truth anyway...

WATCH: 50 Cent on how near Get Rich Or Die Tryin' is to his real life, and why director Jim Sheridan got tough with him

Get Rich Or Die Tryin' is released in UK cinemas on Friday 20th January 2006.

Fact File

Date of Birth:
6th July 1975

Famous For: Being one of the biggest selling rap artists ever - he sold 900,000 copies of his debut album Get Rich Or Die Tryin' in one week

Infamous For: His somewhat shady past

Soundbite: "In Hollywood they say there's no business like show business in the hood they say there's no business like ho business"

Useless Fact: He was shot nine times and lived to tell the tale

What we really want to know: Just how did he survive those nine bullets?

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Jim Sheridan interview

Get Rich Or Die Tryin' review