Disgraceland is a production of Double Elvis.

The stories about Curtis 50 Cent Jackson are insane.

He was a crack dealer before he hit puberty.

He was convicted of possessing crack, heroin, and guns just after his 19th birthday.

And at 25, he was shot nine times in the legs, hands, and face, and survived.

He survived because Curtis Jackson had a mantra that kept him going

that took all the fucked up fuel of his circumstances

and propelled him to rise above.

Get rich or die trying.

And he would get rich, but not from dealing drugs,

from making great music.

Music that topped the charts defined 2000s hip-hop, and spoke bluntly about American street life. Unlike that loop I played for you at the top of the show,

that wasn't great music. That was a preset loop for my Melotron called Waltzing Priscilla MK1.

I played you that loop because I can't afford the rights to Maria Maria by Santana,

featuring the product G&P.

And why would I play you that specific slice of Westside Story flashbacking cheese could I afford it? Because that was the

number one song in America on May 6, 2000. And that was the day of B for the rival hustler, came

back on Curtis Jackson by way of nine bullets in the world's worst wake-up call,

one that would change his life forever.

On this episode, crack cocaine, police raids,

high-speed motorcycle chases,

a nine-bullet wake-up call in 50 cent.

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