Marquise Jackson is a rapper and an actor who is famous for movies like Dope King and Dope Fiend. More than his career, Jackson is in the spotlight for being the son of an American rapper, actor, and businessman 50 Cent (aka Curtis James Jackson III). His father, 50 Cents is one of the impactful personalities in the American hip hop industry and is also known as a Master of the nuanced art of lyrical brevity.
Similarly, Marquise’s mother, Shaniqua Tompkins is also a well-known media personality. In the mid-90s, his parents Shaniqua and 50 Cent began a live-in relationship and welcomed Marquise as their first child together. But eventually, after some years, their relationship turned too ugly. So, the former couple parted their ways leaving Marquise’s custody to his mother Shaniqua.
So, growing up in the shadow of his mother, was he able to build a good relationship with his dad 50 Cent? How’s the relationship between father and son in 2022? Besides the family matters, how is Marquise’s Personal life? Go through the article to know about the 50 Cents’ eldest son, Marquise Jackson along with his birth detail, early life, his bonding with his father, his relationship, Instagram, & many more.
Marquise Jackson Was Born In Los Angeles
Marquise is 25 years of age as of 2022. He was born on October 13, 1996, in Los Angeles, California, the United States, under the star sign Libra. He spent most of his early days in his hometown, Los Angeles, in a family of two, his mother and his sister.
Similarly, as for education, he graduated from King’s Ridge Christian School in the year 2014. Before he studied at St John’s Military Academy where he played basketball as a senior point guard.
Talking about his ethnicity, he belongs to the Afro-American race and is of American nationality.
Marquise’s Parents Separated When He Was 12: Their Ugly Relationship
As we said above, Jackson’s parents, Shaniqua and 50 Cent were in a live-in relationship. But after some time their relationship started deteriorating. As a result, the couple parted their ways in the year 2008 when their son, Marquise was 12. Even after the separation, the one-time couple never resisted themselves to show their anger toward each other.
In the meantime, their case even reached court and they continued the blame game for several years through social media. At the then time, Shaniqua filed a $50 million lawsuit against the father of her son which was dissolved by the court. In return, her former partner 50 Cent also filed a $20 million defamation lawsuit against Marquise’s mom.
Marquise Jackson’s Strained Relationship With His Dad, 50 Cent
Amidst his parent’s nasty fight, Marquise grew up alongside his mom with no father figure in his life. So, it is obvious that there always remained a gap between the father-son duo. In fact, Marquise does not care about his father anymore. He is now a momma’s boy who wants to escape even from his dad’s name.
In an exclusive talk, Jackson revealed his hatred toward 50 Cents by saying,
I’m really trying to escape from his shadow. When people see me, they automatically think of my father. I never want it to feel like I’m filling somebody’s shoes or I’m not my own person rapping.
Regarding his relationship with his father, Marquise further said,
He’s still alive but I can’t tell you our last conversation or the last time we even had a dialogue
Not only Marquise but his father also show up with such a nasty insult toward his son. In 2018, Marquise’s father left an arguable comment on Marquis’s Instagram post alongside Kenneth McGriff. He commented,
“if both these little n— got hit by a bus, I wouldn’t have a bad day,” the “In Da Club”
Was The Father-Son Duo Always A Rival?
Of course not. Prior to the nasty relationship between Marquise’s father with his mom, the father-child pair had a great bonding. As per Marquise, he grew up considering his father his superhero. Likewise, 50 Cent also felt so responsible when he saw Marquise for the first time. He had said,
“When my son came into my life, my priorities changed, because I wanted to have the relationship with him that I didn’t have with my father
Marquise Jackson Has Two Half-Siblings
Marquise is the only son of his parents, 50 Cent and Shaniqua. But he grew up alongside his sister named Mia Jackson. Mia is his mother’s firstborn child from her romance with the man whose name is yet to come out. Marquise’s half-sister celebrates her birthday every year on May 23.
Similarly, from his father’s affair with model Daphne Joy, he has a half-brother named Sire Jackson who was born on September 1, 2012. As of 2022, he is already 10 years of age and has already pursued his career in Hollywood.
More on Marquise’s Half-brother Sire Jackson
Being the son of a renowned American model and a well-known rapper, Sire got to get an impressive job at a very early age. His career started as a model when he was just 2 years of age. He, at a time, landed the modeling job with Kidz Safe with a contract amount of $700,000.
Since then, Sire is constantly in the limelight as he also has become a social media star with 92k followers on his Insta account under the username @sire_jackson. In 2022, he is working in his dad’s movie as an actor.
Marquise Jackson’s Career: He Is A Rapper And Actor
Though he was hugely involved in games in his childhood days, he was equally interested in music. Growing up in a musically inclined family, he thought of starting his career in music and as a result, he began his career with Rap. In the year 2017, he first released his rap song titled Different.
After that, he came up in the market with his other rap songs like Just Another Freestyles, Escape, and Follow Your Heart. His every song speaks about his strained relationship with his father, 50 Cent.
Moreover, he is also an actor. He made his acting debut in the 2017 movie Dope Fiend in which he portrayed the character Lil Bam. Similarly, he starred in the drama Dope King, which is about the story of a drug dealer. Further, he also appeared in two documentaries related to his father.
Is Marquise Jackson Dating A Girlfriend?
In 2022, we are not sure whether 50 Cent’s son is in a relationship or not. Neither of his social media accounts hint about his present love life. But in past, he was in a romantic affair with his girlfriend Tyler Royale who is now a musical artist.
Back in 2015, the couple was caught on camera while attending the viewing party of MTV’s “True Life Presents: Hip Hop Hustlers” in Atlanta. Marquise and Royale together attended their high school prom night back in 2014. In the meantime, Marquise’s mother Shaniqua posted their photo together with a caption, “King and Queen… @199viq #Prom #King #Throne #GQ”.
Marquise Jackson’s Social Media Handles
A promising rapper is hugely active on social networking sites. He is on Instagram under the username @199viq with 160k followers. Further, Jackson has a Facebook account with 3.3k friends. His facebook suggests that he is recently residing in Queens, New York.
Moreover, he has a Twitter account too which he opened in the years 2012. With 286 tweets in total, he has 194 followers on Twitter under the username @Worldwideq_. Additionally, we can discover Marquise on TikTok too.
His Net Worth
As per different websites, Marquise has a fortune of around $1.5 million. He amassed such a huge amount at such a young age from his singing and acting career. On the other side, his famous mother has a net worth of $3 million, and his renowned father, 50 Cents has a fortune of $40 million.
