50 Cent 'forgot' he was paid in bitcoin in 2014. It's now worth about $8M. [View all]
As recently as 2015, rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson claimed to be flat broke. The second-wealthiest rapper in history meekly pleaded his case in bankruptcy court.
But less than three years later, the man who went from rags to riches to rags again is again a millionaire — many times over, in fact.
50 Cent reportedly cashed in his minority stake in Effen Vodka for $60 million in 2017. (The company says its partnership with the rapper continues, however.)
On Tuesday TMZ reported that 50 took bitcoin as payment for his 2014 album "Animal Ambition," back when companies such as Microsoft, Dell and Overstock.com were just beginning to accept the cryptocurrency. He supposedly was the first rapper to take a chance on bitcoin.
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