Curtis James Jackson III
Born July 6, 1975 (age 40) *bday*
Rapper, member of G-Unit
And
..was ranked the 6th-best artist of the 2000s
His first hit, “In Da Club” became a sensation in 2003
&
His 2005 album Get Rich or die Tryin’ went 8x platinum
He is notorious for surviving 9 gunshot wounds in 2000, and released Guess Who’s Back? in 2002
Eminem discovered him and connected him with Dr. Dre that same year