Music: Rap's Newest Target

Eminem's favorite rapper, ex--crack dealer 50 Cent, is about to be No. 1 (with nine bullets)

50 Cent doesn't mind being known as the world's most bullet-ridden rapper, so long as he's known. "It's cool if people laugh," says 50, a.k.a. Curtis Jackson, who has nine bullet wounds. "I mean, it's not funny when you're actually getting shot, but afterwards, yeah, it's funny. People ask me questions about it all the time." Like where does it hurt the most? "The hip. When I got shot in the hip it cracked bone and when I got out of the hospital they didn't give me medication, so that really hurt."

50 has done his share of shooting back, though...

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