Acting Book Review - The 50th Law

In a sequel to his first book, the 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene joins forces with the rap star and mogul 50 Cent. Consider this a text book for the School of Hard Knocks. From a young age, Curtis Jackson, the boy who would later become 50 Cent, was forced to see the world for what it was: brutish, dangerous, and too often for those who operated in the world of narcotics, short. Growing up in Southside Queens, a rough borough of New York City, he realized that he had two options in life, get rich or die trying. He lacked the very things that most take for granted. He had no education to fall back on. The only family he had was his grandparents after his mother was murdered. However, what he did have was a fearless attitude and the desire to better his circumstances.While he was a hustler (read drug dealer) for much of his young life, that was really the only option for him to get ahead. However, the education that the streets provided would serve him well after he went from
the corner to the boardrooms of Columbia Records. On the eve of his first record debut, an assassin put 9 bullets into him, including one in his jaw with pieces that remain to this day. Columbia quickly dropped him. One of the things that 50 Cent learned from the hustle was how to face down his fears, quickly understand his failures, and try again. From that point, after he recovered from his injuries, he used his handicap of not being able to perform in public, (as the killers might want to finish the job on him) to a strength by launching one of the largest mix tape campaigns in underground rap history. One that would eventually have a tape cross the desk of Eminem himself, securing 50 Cent as a fixture on the hip hop scene. While other rappers and celebrities would rest on their laurels and million dollar contracts, 50 Cent used the money to fund various business and entertainment ventures. Drink a Vitamin Water, lately? Anyway, the central theme to The 50th Law is to un
derstand, acknowledge, and move through one's fear to achieve great things.Why you need this: Love him or hate him, 50 Cent has had a larger effect on the entertainment industry and business in general for whom others give him little credit. All of this stemmed from the idea that it is necessary to conquer one's fears. Namely, these include fears failure, vulnerability, and even death. What this book does is outlines each of those fears that an artist and pretty much anybody will certainly encounter and gives practical means to move through them and even relish in them. One of the more philosophical points of the book is its discussion of mortality, quite a poignant theme in 50 Cent's life. The book portends that one's mortality is really the only true possession that any person has. It should be seen more as an internal companion than an extraneous event. If one were to remove all doubt and clouding uncertainty of one's eventual return to the ether, then that allows one to
truly take best advantage of the present. Not many books on this list are overtly stated as must reads, but the 50th Law is a MUST READ.

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