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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Get rich or die tryin&quot; this line from the book is why i kept reading and why he is so successful today. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes 50 cent and would want to know what his life was and is like. my favorite character would have to be 50, because he made it through alot ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76774421">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Anybody who is looking for a thrilling good read should read 50 cents new book, ‘From Pieces to Weight’! Also somebody who wants to explore the ‘American Dream’ through the eyes of mister Curtis Jackson Jr. also known as 50 Cent. He is an infamous rapper who grew up in the ghetto town of Bro...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76586073">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If I could recommend this book to anybody it would be anybody who likes biographies or drug related books. If this book was made into a movie, I would choose the same characters to play the same people. Like how 50 cent is his own character in the book. The author wrote this book to tell about his l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76493157">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite character is 50 Cent as a kid because he had a hard child hood with his mom dyeing when he was a little kid he took it like a g. Why did this author write this book?  I thank it was a great story to write about. My least favorite character was his Cynthia because she killed his dog. Whic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76214165">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Curtis Jackson as a kid had a rough life his mom would leave him at places, his mom even left him at his grandparents house for a long period of time and his mom would visit during holidays like Christmas.  As a teenager he would do bad things like steals things from stores, deal drugs and do drugs,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73214887">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I would recommend this book to anyone who likes 50 Cent. 50 cent is my favorite character because he is tell is life and how hard it is to live in the hood. I really don't have a least favorite character. 50 wanted to write this book because he want other people to feel what he has been though. I ha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45558871">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Its way better than the movie. With this book I learned that the streets does not give a shit about you. Now i know why he doesn't try to be friendly with people in the industry. Their his competition...so his mentality is like &quot;fxxK you&quot;. You cant blame him for being that way. In this wor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42430574">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I recommend this book to everyone who likes 50 cent the author who wrote this book or to anyone who likes rap and action this is a very interesting book. I usually don’t like reading but this book wouldn’t let me stop reading and I wanted to know what he did next]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I like to read weird stuff so I kind of liked this book.  However, it's not for everyone.  Curtis Jackson (a.k.a. 50 Cent) tells how he went from the streets to film/music star.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[From Pieces to Weight: Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[this like a book every one should when they need to know about how hard it could be out in the streets and how when got to make it work ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this is about my favorite rapper 50cent it talks about how he go through life and his mom dying. also him getting into the rap game]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[ok so the book is roughly 220 pages, and he doesnt mention anything remotely related to music until around page 150. everything up to that point is purple tops, green tops, work work work, purple tops...good insight into that aspect i suppose but it didnt have the things i love about autobiographies...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9470625">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;From Pieces to Weight&quot; by Curtis &quot;50 Cent&quot; Jackson is one of the best books i have ever read. I loved the way he was honest about his life before he turned into a famous singer.  50 Cent talks about his experiences in southside queens, a city of murderers and drug slangers. The ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20794138">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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