THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

189-50 Cent-In da Club.

2003-Number 3 single.

Best Bit-At 2.24. 50 Cent has called the song ‘A celebration of life. Everyday it’s relevant all over,’cause everyday is someone’s birthday.’

50 Cent was born Curtis James Jackson on July 6th, 1975, in the South Jamaican neighbourhood of Queens, New York City, United States. Jackson chose the name ’50 Cent’ after being inspired by the life of Kelvin Martin, (1964-1987) who was a Brooklyn robber known as ’50 Cent.’ Jackson chose it ‘Because it says everything I want it to say. I’m the same kind of person as 50 Cent was, I provide for myself by any means.

Prior to getting in to Rapping in 1996, Jackson had been dealing in narcotics since the age of 12. On June 29th, 1994, he was arrested for selling cocaine to an undercover police officer, for which he served six months in a ‘boot camp,’ and while there earned his ‘GED.’ Initially a friend introduced Jackson to Jam Master Jay of Run DMC, (see also best songs 305 and 113) who signed him to his ‘Jay Records’ label, Jackson credits Jam Master Jay highly for his early grounding. In 1999 he signed with ‘Columbia Records,’ and issued his first single ‘How to Rob’ from his unreleased 2000 Album ‘Power of the Dollar.’ Plans for the Album’s release were cancelled when Jackson was struck by nine bullets in a shooting that took place two months before the album was set for release, at the time of writing Columbia have no plans to release the Album, which has been heavily bootlegged over the years. In 2002, 50 Cent released the ‘mixtape’ ‘Guess Who’s Back,’ which was recommended to Eminem, (see also best songs 936) who in turn brought it to the attention of Dr Dre, (see also best songs 564-544-482-128 and 48) and this led to 50 Cent being signed to a $1 million record deal.

‘In da Club’ was the first of five singles released from 50 Cent’s (see also best songs 665) debut studio Album release ‘Get Rich or Die Tryin’ from 2003, and was co-written by 50 Cent, Dr Dre, and Mike Elizondo, a long term collaborator with Dr Dre. The Album went on to sell in excess of 8 million copies in America, and over 10 million worldwide, and includes two Billboard Hot 100 Number 1 singles, ‘In da Club,’ and ’21 Questions.’ In total 50 Cent has released five studio Albums between 2003-2014, and 91 singles between 1999-2021, four of which have topped the Billboard singles chart. While in the UK he has reached Number 2 in the chart twice, with ‘Ayo Technology’ in 2007, and ‘My Life’ in 2012.

In 2022, 50 Cent was one of the performers at the halftime Super Bowl show alongside Dr Dre, and Eminem, and others. 50 Cent began his performance with ‘In da Club,’ hanging upside down like a bat, mirroring what he also did in the original 2003 video of the song.

‘Go, go, go, go go, go, go, shawty, it’s your birthday. We gon’ party like it’s yo birthday, we gon’ sip Bacardi like it’s your birthday, and you know we don’t give a f… it’s not your birthday!’