50 Cent 'wishes he went to business school'

50 Cent has revealed that he wishes he had gone to business school in his youth.

The rapper, real name Curtis Jackson, has built a $432m (£270m) empire since finding worldwide fame in 2003, but claimed that he would rather have developed his business acumen in school than by dealing drugs on the street.

Wonderwall quotes him as saying: "I have people in my neighbourhood where I grew up [that] in order to expand their business, they wouldn't rule out killing the competition.

"I now hang out with people in corporate America who absolutely have those intentions for their competitors, but they don't have the physical act of killing them as part of the strategy. Two different routes, but they want the same outcome. If I had a choice I would have definitely gone in a different direction - and gone to business school."

However, the star maintained that growing up in a tough area of New York only served to fuel his desire for success. He added: "They have absolutely different codes of conduct but there are parallels to how they would do things.

"I don't regret slashing a rival's face and other things I've done because they make you who you are. Those were unfortunate situations I experienced in that environment... where you meet aggression with aggression or you are deemed weak and the weak become the prey.

"When you are willing to go further than the other guy, you always prevail, you always end up on top."