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May 24, 2000, 50 Cent was shot in the face, hand and legs
by a man with a nine millimeter at close range. He survived a total of nine
bullets. One of the bullets lodged in his lower gum. There's still a gaping
wound where several of his rear teeth used to be and a noticable bullet would
across his left cheek.
At the time, 50 Cent was looking forward to the release of his
first studio album with Columbia. "Power of a Dollar"
was slated for release on August 1, 2000, but after the shooting
Columbia Records dropped him from their label. The album remains
unreleased, though it is well known on the streets in bootleg.
The shooter has since died, but we're not sure how.
Original news story, as reported by MTV:
50 Cent Shot, Wounded In New York
05.25.2000
50 Cent was wounded in a shooting which took place on Wednesday morning in
Queens, New York, while the rapper was sitting in a parked car with an acquaintance,
22-year-old Curtis Brown.
The shooting took place on May 24 at 11:22 a.m. on 161st Street in the Jamaica
section of Queens, according to a police spokesperson. 50 Cent, 24, was shot
repeatedly in the legs and once in the jaw, while Brown sustained a hand wound.
The men drove themselves to Jamaica Hospital after the shooting, where they
were admitted.
Brown was released and 50 Cent was admitted for surgery Wednesday morning,
according to Jamaica Hospital spokesperson Michael Hink. As of Wednesday morning,
50 Cent was in stable condition. Because of a family request that no more information
be given to the press, his current condition is unknown.
Born Curtis Jackson, 50 Cent, a former boxer, is best known for last year's
"How To Rob..." single, which comically described how the MC would
stick up everyone from Timbaland to Master P.
Not everyone in the music industry took 50 Cent's jibes so lightly. On the
heels of "How To Rob...", he released "Ghetto Qor'ran,"
a track that recounts stories about notorious New York hustlers. Several well-publicized
incidents have taken place between 50 Cent and fellow Queens resident Ja Rule,
including a scuffle between the two MCs in an Atlanta party for Ja Rule and
an alleged stabbing incident at New York's Hit Factory recording studio.
50 Cent's publicist at Trackmasters was on vacation when MTV News tried to
reach her for comment. Another publicist at Trackmasters was not aware of the
shooting.
—L.V.R. Odiaga
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50 Cent Shooting
