CMU Business Editor Chris Cooke often give talks to aspiring artists and music entrepreneurs about launching themselves into the industry, and now he has a great new piece of advice from 50 Cent for anyone wanting to make it big in music, as a performer or business man. Get shot. Preferably nine times.
Fiddy says being shot helped him succeed in music, giving him a better perspective on the world, and a stronger nerve in business dealings. Recalling how, in 2000, a drug dealer shot him no less than nine times, he told Angry Ape recently: " I put in more effort to be a success. I will be the person with the least amount of fear in the room when we're negotiating business. Because I'll weigh it up against situations far more dramatic than a deal going bad - like the confusion after being shot".
Looking back, he says the mental aspects of the shooting were harder than the physical, concluding: "Not knowing what I was going to do with my life after being shot hurt more than being physically shot". So, that's something to think about this Christmas. Happy holidays everyone.