In the years prior to Get Rich or Die Tryin' being released, 50 Cent built up a number of rivalries and feuds in the mainstream Hip-Hop scene. This hasn't been the only controversy surrounding 50 Cent, otherwise known as 'Fiddy' and to his mother as Curtis James Jackson. Nobody steps on Fiddy's turf and gets away with it. Even 50 Cent himself has hinted that his assaulter was killed in retaliation. A man by the name of Darryl 'Hommo' Baum was the alleged assailant, who was coincidently shot and killed three weeks later. The catalyst for 50 Cents shooting was drug related.
As an impartial commentator, what surprises me is not that he has had nine bullets fired at him, but rather that he can count that high. 50 Cent has also claimed that he has had nine bullets fired at him over his lifetime.
Unfortunately for New York 'gangsta' 50 cent, he has been unlucky enough to be shot three times. The chance of getting shot by a gun in your lifetime is less than 1%.
