16 A-List celebrities who nearly died and how they reacted (With Pictures)

6. 50 Cent

Curtis Jackson, aka 50 Cent, was shot a staggering 9 times, in his native neighbourhood of Queens, New York, in the year 2000. The rapper had been attempting to escape a life in the drug business, in the hopes of starting a career in the music industry when the shooting occurred. The attack is presumed to be in revenge to a song the rapper had penned, which detailed information about his life and those he worked with selling drugs. Fiddy, who was left with wounds on his hand, arm, hip, both legs, chest and his face, spent 13 days in the hospital, and was unable to walk unaccompanied for over six weeks. The rapper was initially left with a slur, as the bullet that hit his face, tore through his jaw doing damage to both his tongue and teeth. Nevertheless, the rapper’s carer soon took off as he was signed to Eminem’s record label, Shady Records, in 2002. In 2005, a movie titled Get Rich or Die Tryin’ was released telling the rapper’s story including details of the shooting; 50 Cent played himself in the movie.