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Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson shared his harrowing story of being shot nine times in Queens, New York, and how it changed the trajectory of his career.

The acclaimed rapper, actor and businessman told "Fox & Friends," Tuesday that his first major record, "Get Rich or Die Tryin'," released in 2003, was heavily influenced by the 2000 incident that nearly took his life.

The hit song "Many Men (Wish Death on Me)" is a particular ode to his survival from the incident.

"It shifted my concept," Jackson told hosts Ainsley Earhardt, Lawrence Jones and Brian Kilmeade. "My first album concept was 'Power of a Dollar,' and then I went to 'Get Rich or Die Tryin',' the stakes just got higher."

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