50 Cent discusses how being shot nine times impacted his early music career

Rapper 50 Cent reflected on being shot nine times in 2000, stating his immediate concern was survival, not his music career. He explained that after recovering, he faced challenges getting his music distributed in a pre-streaming era, even tricking bootleggers to spread his work. The shooting significantly influenced his debut album's title, changing it from "Power of a Dollar" to "Get Rich or Die Tryin'."