Seventeen years since the release of his debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin, rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson received a star on the iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday (Jan.30).
The rap mogul and Power star received the star in honor of his work in music, film, and television.
50 Cent shared a photo of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with the caption:
“South Side on the map, wait till they see how I run with this..Hahaha ..they never seen nothing like me before.“
Rappers Dr. Dre and Eminem were among the notables who joined Jackson at the event in front of The W Hollywood Hotel and Hollywood Hamburger at the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street.
Jackson said Mary J. Blige called him earlier to congratulate him for the honour.
“I told her I was nervous, and she was like, `What are you nervous about?’ I said just because it’s starting to feel really important because of who’s coming,” he said. “This is a different experience. I’ve been to awards shows, and when you win at the awards shows there’s some people there, they feel like they should have won. But you know, this one is different because everybody is in the same space, everybody fees the same way about it. I just want to say thank you, thanks for supporting me.”
50 Cent now joins the list of rappers who have been awarded a star on the iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame. Queen Latifah received her star in January 2006, followed by Diddy in 2008 and Pharrell Williams, who received his star in 2014. Veteran rappers Pitbull and LL Cool J were awarded their stars in 2016.
