Curtis Jackson had a rough childhood. He was a drug dealer as a teenager and once got shot nine times and left for dead. He still managed to claw himself out of those circumstances and make a huge deal out of himself.
In a new interview with ‘The Big Issue’ magazine as part of the ‘Letter To My Younger Self’ series, 50 talked about his violent history, how his grandmother’s death really affected him, and how music served as his escape from that life.