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 You can't even stand up straight without bumping your head on the ceiling ...



North Conduit Avenue


 Where 50 got shot ...



Rockaway Boulevard and Inwood Street


 50 Cent's life of crime catches up with him — twice ...



Jam Master Jay's Studio


 JMJ teaches 50 Cent about writing hooks ...



Guy R. Brewer Boulevard and 134th Street


 Curtis is seduced by the hustle game ...



Jamaica Avenue


 The G-Unit mixtapes begin to bubble in the street ...



John F. Kennedy Airport


 Nas takes 50 Cent and Tony Yayo on their first tour ...



Queens Boulevard


 The place where 50 Cent made his first major purchase ...



Jamaica Hospital, Jamaica Avenue and Van Wyck Expressway


 50's life hangs in the balance as he gets treated for his nine gunshot wounds ...





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Jamaica Avenue
The G-Unit mixtapes begin to bubble in the street ...

  Jamaica Avenue and 165th Street
"I came to the city, the first song I recorded was this record called 'F.U.' I did the whole record without writing any lyrics down or anything. We just recorded it in the studio. We put it out and it kind of got a response, but it wasn't a huge response. Then I recorded this next record called 'You're Not Like Me.' And when that record went out there was a difference. It was on all the mixtapes, it was all over the place. Stretch Armstrong was on the radio at that time. I remember because he was the first person to play it. I heard it and that record is what made me want to start rapping again."


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