When you think of 50 Cent, the first images that come to mind might be the bulletproof vest-clad rapper or the savvy business mogul who turned “Get Rich or Die Tryin'” into a multimillion-dollar mantra. But before Curtis Jackson became 50 Cent and became one of the most iconic figures in hip-hop, he was just a young kid in Queens, New York, who had his first brush with music through an artist whose influence spanned the globe—Michael Jackson.