50 Cent's Father: Living Legacy or Unresolved Trauma?
Is 50 Cent’s Father Still Living: The Unfiltered Truth 50 Cent’s father, Curtis James Jackson III, passed away in 1983 when the rapper was just 8 years old. Jackson’s father was a drug dealer who was shot and killed in Queens, New York. In his music and interviews, 50 Cent has often spoken about his father’s absence and the impact it had on his life.