Over the course of his decades-long profession, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has actually found out a thing or more about success.
He’s a Grammy- winning rap artist, effective business owner and a respected star who stars and produces in both television and movie. But Jackson didn’t get into showbusiness over night. In an interview with Vulture, he described how his previous success assisted him get into Hollywood.
“One of the unwritten laws of power is to appear not to need anything,” Jackson stated. “Because everybody will do you a favor when you don’t need it.”
Jackson satisfied film manufacturer Avi Lerner when he was currently a millionaire from his rap profession.
Because he was “in a financial place that I didn’t need one thing from him,” he stated that Lerner was open to speaking to him about business of showbusiness.
“Because I was interested in what he had developed as a business, he was excited by my interest,” he stated. “He offered probably more than the average person.”
Jackson stated that his interactions with Lerner “helped me understand Hollywood,” and he was rapidly making movies through his production business Cheetah Vision, which had actually collected $200 million in funding from individuals Jackson “met while traveling who wanted to invest in film production.”
The movies had fairly low budget plans, and enabled Jackson to get experience as a manufacturer while likewise generating income.
“I got paid almost $10 million on each one of those films,” he stated. “So I paid myself to learn how to participate on those projects.”
Jackson has actually because produced lots of television programs and movies– like “Power” and “Power Book II: Ghost”– with plenty more en route. He will get prominence in the upcoming “Expend4bles” together with Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham.
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