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50 Cent: 'I Forgot' Taking 700 Bitcoins For 2014 Album; Stake Is Now Worth Millions

50 Cent agreed to accept bitcoin from people buying his Animal Ambition album. The value of those sales has now skyrocketed: The rapper's holding is worth more than $7.5 million.
50 Cent was among the first musicians to accept bitcoin for his work, starting with his 2014 album <em>Animal Ambition</em>. He's seen here days after the album's release in June of 2014.

When 50 Cent agreed to accept bitcoin for purchases of his 2014 album , a unit of the cryptocurrency was already worth hundreds of dollars — but the value of those sales has since skyrocketed, and the rapper's bitcoin holding is now reportedly worth more than $7.5 million.

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