50 Cent

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Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson was arrested in June 1994 for selling cocaine to undercover police officers.  He was arrested again three weeks later when police found heroin, crack and a gun in his home.  He was sentenced to 3 to 9 years in prison but only served 6 months after going to a prison boot camp.  It was after this that he adopted the nickname "50 Cent" after a former Brooklyn robber named Kelvin Martin.

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