About this title: Curtis James Jackson III was the child of a mother who supported her extended family (which seems to have consisted of alcoholic uncles and cocaine-addicted cousins) by dealing drugs, and who was murdered when he was eight. He was 11 years old when crack cocaine became the street drug of preference and he began his own drug-vending career. In FROM PIECES TO WEIGHT, the future 50 Cent recounts his rapid rise in the street drug business, which was only interrupted by his realization that if he continued in it much longer, he'd be dead. Rap music, while not a vocation, provided a less lethal ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MTV Books
Date Published: 08/2005
ISBN-13:9780743486446ISBN:0743486447
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover., In like new dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 223 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MTV Books
Date Published: 08/2005
ISBN-13:9780743486446ISBN:0743486447
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover., In like new dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 223 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MTV Books
Date Published: 08/2005
ISBN-13:9780743486446ISBN:0743486447
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 223 p. read more
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Good. read more
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
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""Get rich or die tryin" this line from the book is why i kept reading and why he is so successful today. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes 50 cent and would want to know what his life was and is like. my favorite character would have to be 50, because he made it through alot of hard times. my least favorite character would be the big kid that beat him up when he was 8 and the big kid was 11 because that is very mean and is also bullying. He wrote this book to show the reader what growing up and the ghetto and having to hustle to get around is like and how its is overlooked by many. When the 11 year old beat him up and he went home crying to him mom and she said go back and fight him again and no matter what u have to use whether it be a stick or a rock you don't come back crying and this part of the book captivated my attention. The fact that it was really so interesting all around made me not ever want to put this book down. I was not able to predict the end of this book because only he himself knows everything about his life. i wouldnt change any of the characters from the book if it was to be made into a movie because it just wouldnt be the same. This book made me happy, sad, upset, mad and even excited which is why i loved it so much."
"Honestly, I have no idea why I read this book - perhaps it's because of my interest in Hip-Hop/Rap. I grew up listening to rap, and I'm kind of drifted towards it more than any type of music. Back in the day, 50 used to be a huge thing in elementary/middle school for me and I figured that it might be interesting to learn about the lives of rappers and.. it's not easy, I tell you. Haha."
"I recommend this book to everyone who likes 50 cent the author who wrote this book or to anyone who likes rap and action this is a very interesting book. I usually don't like reading but this book wouldn't let me stop reading and I wanted to know what he did next"
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