50 Cent
Queens native Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is also no stranger to doing a superior level of business after his redesign years ago. Back in 2007 while still at the top of his rap career he was a minority shareholder in a company Vitamin Water. Coca Cola bought the entire company for over 4 Billion dollars and Curtis walked away with $100 million dollars.
Like his recording resume his resume on business is lengthy and comprehensive from energy drinks like Street King where a portion of each sale is donated to help provide food for targeted areas on the continent of Africa to SMS studio headphones. The high-quality headphones also have the concept of donating a portion of each sale targeted areas that need clean drinking in various countries in Africa. 50 Cent also aligned himself with a spirit brand Effen Vodka where he became the majority stakeholder and he signed a lucrative deal with a luxury underwear brand Frigo reported north of 10 million dollars.
Also, back in 2008, Curtis Jackson started a film company with Lionsgate that produced over 10 feature films and then he made his transition into a television company G-Unit Films. This company has sold a multi-project deal to six different networks including the hit show Power on STARZ which he co-created, stars in, and executive produces and with its success if opening other opportunities for GUF on television. These are all examples of a black man who in music who still records new music but it doing big business and evolving at the same time.
