Prior to officially having a mainstream presence, 50 Cent took the route of the villain of hip-hop but, not before being shot with a total of nine bullets, one of which is still embedded in his jaw to this day and nearly losing his life in May of 2000. In 2005, he released his debut album produced by Eminem and Dr. Dre entitled, Get Rich or Die Tryin' and changed the entire landscape of hip-hop making everyone who was a fan of the genre into their own rendition of a gangsta.
Ever since then, 50 has had an insane following and has dropped tons of hit records and become of the savviest businessmen in the entire hip-hop realm. He became a multimillionaire after selling his stake in Vitamin Water to the Pepsi Corporation and has also become a hit on the silver screen and has even produced his own movies and television shows. His show Power is single-handedly keeping ShowTime afloat and he's currently working on several other acting projects as we speak. Not to mention, he's hilarious on social media.
Most of your favorite celebrities either studied acting in college or went straight from high school into a life of the arts. But, hey, not all of them. Some celebrities actually have advanced college degrees.
Turns out Mayim Bialik is just as much of a genius as the one she plays on The Big Bang Theory. She earned her Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles, focusing on obsessive compulsive disorder among people with Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare condition in which the hypothalamus malfunctions.
Little known fact: Natalie Portman skipped the premiere of Star Wars: Phantom Menace because she was studying for her high school exams. She had two papers published in scientific journals while she was still in high school, and graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in Psychology.
Before he was looking for answers on X-Files, David Duchovny was just trying to find the answers for English finals at Princeton University90. David graduated from Princeton in 1982 with a B.A in English. He continued to feed his love of literature by receiving a master’s degree in English Literature at Yale University. David was an excellent writer and poet. His work consistently received praise by his fellow classmates and teachers at Yale. His writing was even nominated for a college prize by the Academy of American Poets.
Sigourney Weaver graduated from Stanford University in 1971 with a bachelor’s in Literature. It was while studying at Stanford that Sigourney realized her true passion in life was to become an actress. Shortly after graduation, she attended Yale for their well-known drama program. She would go on to receive a master’s in Acting from Yale University and become friends with fellow famous actress Meryl Streep.
Meryl Streep is considered one of the most successful actresses of all time. She is also one of the most highly educated. Before collecting an array of Oscars, Meryl collected diplomas. She graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in 1971. Meryl has a habit of being unsatisfied with impressive accomplishments as her acting career has shown, so she attended Yale University and earned a master’s degree in Acting.