How Much Is 50 Cent Actually Worth?

50 Cent's childhood isn't exactly a rosy story. As he's told numerous publications, including The Big Issue, by the age of 12 he was selling drugs, and by 16 he was well-versed in life on the street. 50 Cent lost his mother when he was only 8 years old, and from that point he lived with his grandmother and various family members who shared her home.

As he related to the publication, it wasn't always easy to live there. Some of his family members didn't seem to like him, and losing his mother was hard. He explained, "To have a single parent as your guardian — they're your whole life. I was eight. I was just like, what do you mean?  She had spent a lot of time away from me, she was always hustling." Once he moved in with his grandmother, his aunt began to resent him. In retrospect, 50 Cent believes that's because she had been the youngest in the home, and he took her spot as the baby of the house.

Living with his grandmother was tough in other ways, too. As he explained, his grandmother often seemed to see his mother's face in his own, which made the situation emotional. And despite his extra-curricular activities outside the home, his grandmother never believed a word. As he said, "People told my grandmother stuff I'd done and she'd say, nope, not my baby" (via The Big Issue).