 As previously reported, 50 Cent is set to investigate his family tree in Monday's premiere of the VH1 Rock Doc "50 Cent: The Origin of Me," which follows him as he traces his ancestry to Edgefield, South Carolina where his family resided before migrating to New York City in the 1950s.
The G-Unit boss will be making a huge revelation in the documentary, a secret about his upbringing.
"It feels good for me to learn more about my actual history," 50 told an auditorium full of school children, which was filmed for the doc. "A lot of people don't know, but I'm adopted. Yeah, my grandmother adopted me after my mother passed away. So she's like my legal guardian. My grandparents were from out here, so the last time I was out here I was like six years old."
Fif has been pretty open about his upbringing since the beginning of his career ... and let the world see it via his big screen debut, "Get Rich Or Die Tryin," which was loosely based on his life.
He has never before discussed his adoption, though.
In another clip from "The Origin of Me," 50 also confronts an elderly Edgefield resident, with whom he discusses the racist symbolism of the Confederate flag, and the so-called black "Mongolian slaves" whom she claims populated the surrounding area.
"She's offering her truth -- what she's accepted as the truth, based on information given to her, but I don't agree with it," 50 explains.
"50 Cent: The Origin of Me" premieres on VH1 on Monday (May 23) at 9 p.m. EST.
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