Report: 50 Cent 'forgot' he was paid in bitcoin in 2014. It's now worth about $8M.

As recently as 2015, rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson claimed to be flat broke. The second-wealthiest rapper in history meekly pleaded his case in bankruptcy court.

But less than three years later, the man who went from rags to riches to rags again is again a millionaire — many times over, in fact.

50 Cent reportedly cashed in his minority stake in Effen Vodka for $60 million in 2017. (The company says its partnership with the rapper continues, however.)

On Tuesday TMZ reported that 50 took bitcoin as payment for his 2014 album "Animal Ambition," back when companies such as Microsoft, Dell and Overstock.com were just beginning to accept the cryptocurrency. He supposedly was the first rapper to take a chance on bitcoin.

You could buy "Animal Ambition," for a fraction of a bitcoin, at the time valued at $662.

TMZ said the album earned about 700 bitcoin, then worth more than $400,000, which the rapper left in an account that he apparently forgot about.

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In his own Instagram comments, 50 cent announced that the windfall was due to his own forgetfulness: "I'm a keep it real I forgot I did that s**t. Lol"

By doing nothing with his cryptocurrency, 50 Cent now looks as savvy as Warren Buffet. His 700-plus bitcoin is worth between $7 million and $8.5 million, as bitcoin's value fluctuates between $10,000 and $12,000.

It's not the first time 50 Cent has had the golden touch. In 2007, he pocketed $100 million after taxes when Coca Cola bought VitaminWater, the bottled water company in which the rapper owned a stake, according to Forbes.