From Pieces to Weight: Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (864 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743488040 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Opinionated, unrepentant and unabashedly self-promoting, 50 Cent's memoir celebrates the rapper's peculiar brand of the American Dream (and the title of his breakthrough album): Get Rich or Die Tryin'. 50 Cent describes spraying bullets at rivals, outrunning police on his motorcycle and waking up to a drug raid on his house. . Over the next decade, 50 Cent evolved from a hustler selling capsules of crack cocaine ("pieces") to a kingpin purchasing by the kilo ("weight"). The rap superstar known as 50 Cent was born Curtis James Jackson III in 1976. 50 Cent is unflinchingly honest about his mother, his drug past and just about everything else in this raw, litera
"Facinating and Motivational" according to A Customer. I love this book. 50 Cents tells his story with lots of integrity. He kept things real and to me made no attempt on hiding his experiences. I became more aware that life is what you make of it. Knowing what you desire in life is important to navigating the experiences and steps. He truly deserve all the good things that he has in his life. He really worked for what ever he has, and his gratitude, appreciation for his grandmother and recognizing support and hel. great great book for any fan. S. Sen said Decent book for 50 Cent fans. I recently purchased this book for my fiance, who, obviously, loves 50 Cent. He read the first 50 pages the day it arrived, and I must tell you, he is NOT the type of person to sit down and read a book. It's about 50's life in Southside Queens and his experiences as a child up until his fame. While my fiance finds this book inspirational and exciting, I find the writing style to be fairly simple with 50 reiterating well-known facts (ex. You can't have life wit
Told in 50's unique voice, the narrative drips with the raw insight, street wisdom, and his struggle to survive at all costs -- and behold the riches of the American Dream.. It is a tale of sacrifice, transformation, and redemption, but also one of hope, determination, and the power of self. In the New York Times bestseller From Pieces to Weight, rap mogul 50 Cent, lifts the veil on his complicated life, from the murder of his mother when he was twelve, to hustling on the streets; from the assassination attempt that nearly finished him to his meteoric rise to the top of hip hop royalty.This violent and introspective memoir reveals not only 50 Cent's story but also the story of a generation of youth faced with hard choices and very few options
50 Cent is a record-breaking rap recording artist, entrepreneur, music producer, and actor. He published his memoir, the New York Times bestseller From Pieces to Weight, which was hailed as “cool, hard, and vivid, a minor classic of gangster rap noir” (The New