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50 Cent bulks up after dramatic 54 lb weight loss for cancer patient movie role

07/31/2010 by Kristina Lopez

Left:Actor Curtis Jackson also known as 50 Cent arrives to The Cinema Society premiere of Photos of a gaunt looking 50 Cent sent the web buzzing in May. The normally buff rapper and actor she 54 lbs for a film role in the upcoming film Things Fall Apart.

Now appearing to be back to his pre-filming weight, he stopped by The View Tuesday and talked about his first meal after his special liquid diet for filming. I remember specifically what the first thing was, because I was starving. I had a steak. It was 12 ounces, but I got about four ounces in before I started getting sleepy."

The rapper reportedly dieted and walked on a treadmill every day for weeks to drop from 214 to 160 pounds so he could play a cancer-stricken football player in his upcoming movie.

50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson III and who is said to be 6 feet tall, said he lost the weight by going on liquid diet and talking walks on a treadmill for three hours every day for nine weeks.

"That aint 50 cent ... thats 50 PERcent," one user wrote in the comments on the Web site.

Things Fall Apart, which 50 Cent helped write, also stars Ray Liotta and is directed by Mario Van Peebles. The film is set for release on Feb. 22, 2011.