'If You Don't Lose Money in This Recession It Means You Didn't Have Enough to Start Off With. Sure, I Lost a Few Million but That's Because I Have so Much' ; 50 Cent Interview by Louise Gannon Portrait by Ian Derry

Mail on Sunday › October 25, 2009

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Curtis Jackson - aka rap phenomenon 50 Cent - is pondering the impact of the economic recession on the bling world of rap. Although he is currently promoting his role in a film - Dead Man Running, the first movie production of footballers Ashley Cole and Rio Ferdinand - Jackson calls himself a businessman. His fortune has been estimated at Pounds 500 million but in these tougher times even he has taken a hit. He grins and says: 'Hey, if you don't lose some money in this recession it means you didn't have enough to start offwith. Sure I lost a few [million] but that's just because I have so much. This is a time that will sort the strong from the weak. Any businessman who wants a piece of the future should learn from me.'

Two years ago Jackson netted $400 million after Coca-Cola bought the Vitamin Water company for $4.1 billion - he owned ten per cent of the company. His own business empire, G Unit, rakes in millions from sales of branded trainers, an urban clothing line, diamond watches and movie and book deals.

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'If You Don't Lose Money in This Recession It Means You Didn't Have Enough to Start Off With. Sure, I Lost a Few Million but That's Because I Have so Much' ; 50 Cent Interview by Louise Gannon Portrait by Ian Derry

Now 34, he lives in Farmington, Connecticut, in the former mansion of Mike Tyson.

My new hero is Ray Winstone. I'm working with him on a movie project, 13, with Mickey Rourke, Jason Statham and Sam Riley. A lot of British boy...

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