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50 Cent’s Expensive Life
Posted in 50 Cent, Paris Hilton on the November 6, 2009
After getting shot multiple times, I kind of get the need to have a ridiculous amount of security. And that’s exactly what 50 Cent does. In a recent interview, the rapper revealed that he spends $20,000 a week just on security. He explained “My home is surrounded by cameras. I need surveillance not only to look out for me but also to protect me. You get all these crazy lawsuits and I need cameras to check on things.” I wonder how the burglar bunch, the group of teenagers allegedly responsible for burglaries at the homes of Paris Hilton, Rachel Bilson, Lindsay Lohan and some others, would fare trying to get into 50’s home.
50 Cent Gets Hit by Recession
Posted in 50 Cent, Rapper on the October 30, 2009
Rapper 50 Cent has revealed that even he has been hit by the recession by losing a few million from his fortune. He says that he had to change some of his spending habits, mainly his constant need for new jewellery. He said “I buy diamonds on a very regular basis, but now I am selling my old stuff before I get something new. These are times when you learn about the value of money. If you don’t lose money in this recession, it means you didn’t have enough to start off with. Sure, I lost a few million, but that’s because I have so much. This is a time that will sort out the strong from the weak.” He’s so confident in his money-handling that he even says that President Obama can call him for any financial advice.
50 Cent Gets Another Movie Deal
Posted in 50 Cent, Movies, Rapper on the October 12, 2009
Most people are familiar with the classic tale of Dr. Jekyll who creates a potion that transforms his into his younger and more violent alter ego Mr. Hyde. The concept has been done lots of times in movies but we can now look forward to seeing two new faces to bring the story to life. Forest Whitaker and 50 Cent have been recently cast in the roles, the notable actor as Dr. Jekyll and the rapper as Mr. Hyde. I’m not sure if I can get behind this. It’s been done numerous times and while I know Forest will bring something to the table, I think it’ll be overshadowed by 50 just plainly sucking.
He should fire them!
Posted in 50 Cent, Rapper on the December 12, 2008
Talk about surrounding yourself with idiots!
Poor 50 Cent, as he tried poorly to avoid the paps the opposite happened.
Fiddy rolled up in his Rolls-Royce to his hotel in London, followed by a stretch Hummer with 15 members of his entourage.
And that’s when someone locked the keys inside his Rolls-Royce.
STUPID!
Thankfully, one of his security is a MacGyver. (or a former carnapper, just sayin’)
His staff tried to get the door opened with a wire coat hanger, and things got worse.
While the car was left outside the hotel, with the keys locked inside, a parking attendant gave them a ticket!!!
FIRE THEM IDIOTS!
Music for the Vets
Posted in 50 Cent, Angels and Airwaves, Fall Out Boy, Juanes, Kanye West, Kid Rock, Ludacris, Nelly, Saving Abel, Taylor Swift on the October 22, 2008
MTV and their Choose or Lose campaign have partnered up with CNN to support veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. On October 24th, ‘A Night for Vets: An MTV Concert for the BRAVE’ will air at 8PM on MTV. The show’s name is a reference to the petition MTV and several veterans’ organizations created called the Bill of Rights for American Veterans (BRAVE). Some of the celebrities that will take part include 50 Cent, Ludacris and Saving Abel, Kanye West, Kid Rock, Fall Out Boy, Angels and Airwaves, Nelly, Juanes and Taylor Swift. The president of MTV said “It doesn’t matter where you stand on the war, we can all agree that young veterans serving our country must receive the benefits they’ve earned for their sacrifices. We aim to elevate these issues and ensure they’re a top priority for our government officials.”
Before 50 Cent Self Destructs
Posted in 50 Cent, Album Release on the October 10, 2008
50 Cent recently sat down for an interview with Rolling Stone where he discusses his upcoming album and film which are both entitled ‘Before I Self Destruct’. The film is based on the music from the album. 50 seems to be taking his work very seriously as he explains that he wants the film to be an accurate representation of his life and its causes and effects. He says that while most films about certain lifestyles fail to portray the consequences, he “showed characters under pressure in scenarios where they felt like there were no other options, even though there were… There are always options. People just usually start to see them while being incarcerated - for not seeing them in the first place.” Oddly enough, don’t expect to hear any of the music on the soundtrack though as he wants the film to remain free of Interscope’s ownership.
50 Cent Acting Shady
Posted in 50 Cent on the August 28, 2008
According to new reports, 50 Cent has still not talked to arson investigators about the massive fire that engulfed his Long Island home that he and his baby mama had been fighting over. Reports say that a fire official said investigators could not reach a conclusion for the investigation partly because the rapper has not met with the arson squad. Another source says that 50’s unavailability is holding up the case big time but they’re not sure exactly why he can’t be reached. However, there’s no deadline required for him to meet with the investigators. You have to wonder why he’s taking his time with this thing. Why not just get it done and over with already.
50 Cent Sees Son
Posted in 50 Cent, Music, Rapper on the August 8, 2008
50 Cent can finally share some good news as the rapper was finally able to see his son Marquise who he hasn’t seen since his house burned down where his ex was living back in May. After accusing his baby mama of kidnapping, 50 finally saw his son on Sunday. The rapper picked up his son and the interaction between him and his ex reportedly went off without a hitch. He has since been able to spend quality time with his kid at his home in Connecticut up until the middle of next week until he has to leave the country to film a movie. Things are bound to get ugly again come September though as 50 and his ex are due in court to settle a restraining order.
50 Cent VS Taco Bell
Posted in 50 Cent, Rapper on the July 24, 2008
50 Cent wants money and he wants lots of it from Taco Bell for jacking his so-called good name for a low-budget promo. The rapper claims in a Federal lawsuit that the Mexican fast food chain stole his identity by encouraging him to change his name to 79 Cent, 89 Cent or 99 Cent as part of a less-than-a-dollar menu promo. He doesn’t address the complete stupidity of the campaign in the suit but 50 does claim that he wasn’t told about the ad until he heard about it in the news. Of course, once he did see the ad, he totally disavowed it.
50 Cent’s Posse Member Gets Busted
Posted in 50 Cent, News, Rapper on the May 30, 2008
Cops have arrested a guy in rapper 50 Cent’s camp for allegedly assaulting a woman viciously. Law enforcers say that they received a call from the rapper’s home in Farmington, Connecticut around 2:59 AM on Wednesday from the alleged victim. Dwayne McKenzie was popped for allegedly choking and hitting a woman with a belt which took place on 50’s property. When cops arrived, they saw that the woman had visible injuries consistent with her complaint. McKenzie has been charged with strangulation, assault, breach of peace and unlawful restraint. He has since been released on $10,000 bail. No word on what 50 thinks of the matter.
50 Cent Pays Child Support
Posted in 50 Cent, Rapper, Rumor on the February 19, 2008
Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson won a significant battle for money this past week. A judge ruled in the rapper’s favor in a dispute with baby momma Saniqua Tomkins over child support for their 10-year old son Marquis. His ex-lover was asking for $50,000 a month but was granted just half when the court viewed her and her son’s expenses. The figure got reduced even further to $6,700 a month. That serves the gold digger right. But let’s all hope that 50’s set up some kind of trust fund for his kid. The mom may not deserve the money but the kid sure does.
50 Cent Goes to Sundance
Posted in 50 Cent, Hollywood, Movies, Music People, Performance on the January 26, 2008
The Sundance Film Festival is supposed to be all about independent films. But recently, it’s all gone Hollywood. Apparently, going indie is the new black. A recent sign of the times that the film fest is going Hollywood is that 50 Cent was spotted giving a performance for Sundance fans. Who knew that you could bring gangta to Utah? Apparently, the rapper knew that it could be done. All that’s missing from that party were the bottles of bubbly. But if they really wanted to go all Hollywood for Sundance, they could have gotten Diddy… or Kanye West! Bring back the rivalry!
Silly Celebs, Steroids Are For Athletes
Posted in 50 Cent, Celebs, Mary J. Blige, Timbaland on the January 17, 2008
While we are used to hearing steroids accusations against athletes, it is less common to hear celebrities linked to the scandals. That is about to change.
According to the Albany Times Union, an investigation is underway regarding steroids trafficking. The people involved? So far the list includes Mary J. Blige, Timbaland, 50 Cent, Wyclef Jean, and Tyler Perry.
No one’s rep would comment at this time.
50 Cent Is Too Famous to Date
Posted in 50 Cent, Ciara, Hip-Hop, LOVE, Music People, Party, R&B, Rumor, Singers on the November 11, 2007
Rapper 50 Cent blames his bachelor status on his celebrity status - because his fame makes it impossible to date a “normal” person. The hip-hop star has been linked to a string of beauties in the past, and was recently rumored to be dating R&B star Ciara. I think he surely can date a normal person whose not in the entertainment business but the problem would be for the girl he dates. Because she will have to really understand what rumors about his flings are true and which ones to ignore. But there also one thing that I would like to say here, which normal girl whose aspirations are not larger than life and needs down to earth would like to date a celebrity. They all are people who for most part of their celebrity hood life out of the box with a persona that’s not truly reflecting them and the people around them are at times more dangerous than the stars themselves. In a scenario like this I wouldn’t be surprised if a ‘normal’ level headed girl plain and simply ignores men like him.
50 Cent Beats Kanye West In European Chart Battle
Posted in 50 Cent, Kanye West, Music, Music People, Performance, Rap Music, Rumor on the September 28, 2007
Rapper 50 Cent has at last emerged victorious in his chart battle with Kanye West - his Curtis CD is Europe’s number one album. West’s album Graduation beat rap rival 50 Cent’s Curtis to the top of the charts in the U.S. and U.K. when they were both released on September 11th. Yes finally, finally 50 Cent has something to smile about and reason for some kind of celebration. ne wayz 50 cent should’ve beat Kanye all around the world…kanyes good but not as good as 50 cent. Everyone says that 50 Cent is a better business man and great knowledge on ways to beat rivals but this time he has failed at least in the initial sales and that comes a surprise to me. I said a few days ago that Kanye might have won the first few rounds of the sales battle but the war is far from being over and 50 Cent might just be proving me right and his critics wrong here.
50 Cent Surprises Fans With Famous Guests
Posted in 50 Cent, Celebs, Music, Music People, New LP, Performance, Photography, R&B, Rap Music, Singers, TV Show on the September 19, 2007
Hip-hop superstar 50 Cent marked the end of his five-day New York City tour by inviting pals Remy Ma and LL Cool J to join him onstage. The rapper - real name Curtis Jackson - was performing at Rum Jungle in his native Queens on Sunday night, when he invited Remy Ma to sing his track Lean Back. 50 Cent is currently co-producing LL Cool J’s new album. He just brought his friends on stage to show his fans that he has a couple friends that can show up for him. He is reeling under the loss to rival Kanye West after not being able to sell more copies of his album against that of Kanye’s. This has hurt him and while onstage he wanted to show his fans that he might have lost the battle to Kanye but he is not giving up just yet and will use all his sources to show Kanye that 50 Cent means business and will not give up without a fight.
Kanye leads 50 Cent in CD sales face-off
Posted in 50 Cent, Billboard's Top Music, Celebs, Hip-Hop, Kanye West, MTV, MTV VMA, Music, Music People, Photography, R&B on the September 13, 2007
50 Cent may be getting hip-hop’s equivalent of a gold watch next week. Early reports have Kanye West beating 50 in their much-hyped battle of album sales: West’s “Graduation” is on pace to sell about 575,000 to 700,000 its first week out, while 50 Cent’s “Curtis” is on track to do 550,000, according to Billboard magazine.
As of day one, Kanye had sold 437,000 copies to 50’s 310,000, according to Nielsen Soundscan.
Both albums came out Tuesday, and a confident 50 Cent famously announced that he would retire if West outsold him in first-week sales.
“I just don’t view him as competition based on our previous sales histories,” 50 Cent told The Associated Press last month.
But it looks as if 50 underestimated the power of West, and perhaps, overestimated his own appeal.
“I don’t think it’s helped 50 that so many of these pre release singles that have come out have fizzled on the charts right away,” said Jonathan Cohen, Billboard’s senior editor. “There were street date changes. It has just not been a good run-up to this record for him.”
Meanwhile, Cohen says West is having a more “charmed” experience, despite his recent tantrum at the MTV Video Music Awards after going home empty-handed.
“These tantrums he goes on, these outlandish comments he makes, they don’t really hurt him,” said Cohen. “If anything, they’ve got more people interested in what he’s all about.”
Still, don’t finalize those retirement party plans for 50 just yet; there are several days to go before a final tally is determined, and he could catch up and overtake West.
“It is a projection,” Cohen said of the initial sales predictions. “It can very easily deviate.”
And there’s still the potential of a third-party candidate winning the race: country superstar Kenny Chesney, who’s “Just Who I Am: Poets and Pirates” also was released on Tuesday, is so far on pace to sell 400,000 to 550,000 copies.
Kanye West Loses It Again, Says He’ll ‘Never Return To MTV’
Posted in 50 Cent, Britney Spears, Celebs, Kanye West, Las Vegas, MTV, MTV VMA, Music, Music Award, Music People, Performance, Photography, TV Show, Video on the September 11, 2007
Kanye West has never been shy about voicing his opinions, especially when it comes to awards shows.
In 2004, he walked out of the American Music Awards, claiming he was “robbed” in the Best New Artist category (see “Usher, Outkast Clean Up; Kanye Strikes Out At American Music Awards”). The following year, he promised hellfire and brimstone if his Late Registration album didn’t take home the Grammy for Album of the Year (see “Kanye’s At It Again: ‘If I Don’t Win Album Of The Year I’m Gonna Have A Problem’ “). And, perhaps most famously of all, he stormed the stage at the 2006 MTV Europe Music Awards after losing the award for Video of the Year And now, well, there’s another outburst to add to his highlight reel.
According to several sources backstage at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards — and a report published late Sunday night by The Associated Press — West lost it again, this time because his performance of “Stronger” took place in the Palms’ Hugh Hefner Sky Villa and not on the main stage
“Kanye was watching the closing performance [a medley featuring Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Nelly Furtado] on a closed-circuit monitor, and he started getting upset,” a source who was backstage told MTV News. “He started asking anyone who’d listen why he wasn’t allowed to perform on the main stage. ‘Why did I perform in just a suite?’ he was saying. ‘Justin’s my boy, but even he gets to perform in both a suite and on the main stage? Something’s wrong here.’ ”
According to the AP, West was also upset about being shut out of all five categories in which he was nominated . He reportedly yelled, “That’s two years in a row, man … I’m trying hard, man, I have the … #1 record, man.”
AP also reported that West claimed he would “never return to MTV.”
At a pre-VMA concert on Friday, West also expressed his frustration that Britney Spears would be opening the show instead of him, freestyling, “I can’t believe she would perform. She hasn’t had a hit record in years” . And according to MTV News’ source, he was claiming the same thing during his tirade.
“He said, ‘Brit hasn’t had a hit in like 5 million years and she opens the show?!?’ ” the source said.
NYC SCREAMFEST T.I. JAY-Z 50 CENT KANYE
Posted in 50 Cent, Celebs, Concert, Kanye West, Music, Music People, Song on the August 24, 2007
Jay-Z, Kanye West, Diddy, T.I., 50 Cent and Ciara were all together at the latest date of the Screamfest ‘07 in NYC at Madison Square Garden
50 Cent Takes Aim at Shooting Game
Posted in 50 Cent, Celebs, Hip-Hop, Live Music, Records Deal, Rumor on the July 24, 2007
50 Cent is apparently no fonder of fake shooting than he is of the real deal.
The Massacre rapper filed a $1 million lawsuit against Internet advertising company Traffix Inc. Friday, claiming that the Pearl River, New York, outfit pilfered his image for a banner ad that invites would-be consumers to “Shoot the Rapper” and “win $5,000 or five free ring tones GUARANTEED”—meaning, “Click here, and end up on one of our client’s Websites.”
If one’s mouse aim is on target, a misty spray of blood appears on the screen before the new Website opens.
The ad does not name check 50 Cent but, according to the complaint filed in New York State Court, the cartoon rapper on the screen is obviously supposed to be the 32-year-old hip-hop star.
The “vile, tasteless and despicable” depiction of 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, was “completely unauthorized” and “literally calls for violence against him,” states the lawsuit.
Before he hit it super-big with “In Da Club,” 50 Cent was shot nine times in a drive-by outside his grandmother’s house in Queens in May 2000. He inked a short-lived deal with Columbia Records from his hospital bed, later moving on to Universal Music Group’s Interscope after Eminem hooked him up with Dr. Dre and included the tune “Wanksta” on the 8 Mile soundtrack.
Traffix Inc.’s lawyer, Ezio Scaldaferri, told reporters that he had not yet seen the suit and couldn’t comment.