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50 Cent was one of the Music good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
May 25, 2007	WikiProject peer review	Reviewed
July 24, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
August 21, 2007	WikiProject A-class review	Not approved
August 25, 2007	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
November 25, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
July 10, 2009	Good article reassessment	Delisted
Current status: Delisted good article

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Typo on 2002–06: Rise to fame" section

Error is on following sentence:

"Rolling Stone noted its "dark synth grooves, buzzy keyboards and a persistently funky bounce", with >>Jakscon<< complementing the production in "an unflappable, laid-back flow"."

The street kings(TSK)

. A group of Bold kids who are to rule Angelo streets.They also are to become junior hiphop rappers and dancers. 41.116.2.62 ([[U (UTC)There are only five(6) kids aged 11 to 18 years. They are also awaiting to meet with Curtis Jackson originally known as 50 cent in South Carolina when they will be collecting their junior HipHop awards. They are South African kids who include Fentse,Spotti,Thumelo, Seluleko and Epic.In March2023 they met with The Blood killers (TBK) a very well-known and dangerous group .This group is a group that some hiphop dancers an singers grew up in including Jackson aka 50 cent.

Updating general description of Curtis Jackson aka 50 Cent

Latest comment: 7 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I think that some reference to his “feuding” should be in his basic description. With the Netflix doc being stared merely from Mr. Jackson’s “trolling” of Diddy, I make the argument that because Mr. Jackson has monetized one his feud’s, that he should be known as a “professional provocateur” or “professional internet troll” or something along those lines. ~2025-43296-89 (talk) 16:41, 27 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Curtis pronunciation

Latest comment: 5 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

/kɜːrtɪs/ ker-TISS ~2026-59500 (talk) 16:48, 4 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

~2026-88333-0 (talk) 08:42, 9 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

2020 "controversy"

Latest comment: 1 month ago1 comment1 person in discussion

In the section "Legal issues" it says...

"In 2020, Jackson was a subject of controversy for his involvement in a viral video of him giving money to a Burger King restaurant in New York City on behalf of a local scammer who was later arrested and charged for Bitcoin scamming and for assaulting and kidnapping his victims on April 24, 2021."

Firstly this isn't a legal issue 50 Cent was involved with. Secondly none of the three articles cited mention any controversy regarding the video and I can't find anything that says there is. For those reasons I believe it should be removed because it doesn't appear at all relevant. I would do it myself but I can't edit the article. ~2026-37157-08 (talk) 20:57, 29 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

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