Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson

50 cent rose to prominence for his record-breaking debut album and has since sold more than 30 million albums globally. He has built a successful television and film career outside music and even diversified his skills and investments.

While we often see him goofing around, he is a different man in Things Fall Apart. Losing 50 pounds was a complicated process, but for 50 Cent, it was all done for the role. The rapper usually weighs 214 pounds and is often seen shirtless and flexing his muscles. Despite this, Jackson weighed just 160 pounds after nine weeks on a liquid diet. The star spent three hours a day on the treadmill to lose weight. While he never wanted to be recognized for his success in losing weight to portray a cancer patient, he took solace in the fact that other actors had given their lives to their craft.