50 Cent leaving Alto nightclub in London (10/22)
The shitty economy is really starting to take its toll on 50 Cent -- he was only able to spend £75,000 ($122,000) last week at a nightclub in London. So sad . . . so so sad. From the
Daily Mail:
50 Cent took bar tabs to a whole new level last night after dropping £75,000 over the bar at the after-party of Dead Man Running at Alto club in London's Soho. The 33-year-old rapper hired the entire VIP area for his entourage, friends and film colleagues. And he's not even the star - being officially billed behind Tamer Hassan, Danny Dyer... and Brenda Blethyn.
A guest at the party said: "When he arrived at the club it was mayhem. The area was cleared for him and security ushered him straight through. On his table were bottles of champagne but he wanted a magnum bottle of Ace Of Spades champagne.
"You could tell that he was loving all the attention as people were trying to take pictures on their phones and were shouting his name."
Moments after he arrived, security was left in a state of panic when a horde of girls tried to break into the VIP area in a desperate bid to meet the American star. Out of the hundreds that were pushing against the ropes, 15 girls managed to get past security and he allowed them to sit at his table for the remainder of the night.
Considering 50 made $100 million by selling his stake in Vitamin Water, spending $100k+ at a club is nothing for the guy. What's most surprising is that 15 girls were willing to sit so close to him -- especially since he's been known to attract more bullets than Lincoln's head.*
*too soon?
50 Cent and Bette Midler at the New York Restoration Project's 8th Annual Spring Picnic at the New Leaf Restaurant & Bar in New York (5/19)
I don't mean to brag but I saw this hookup coming a mile away. Bette turns into such a little whore around gangster rappers.
50 Cent at Salt Lake City Airport (1/16)
The new, sane Britney, that is. Because she's just not as entertaining as she used to be. From
OK! magazine:
It seems that Britney Spears is the unlikely muse for 50 Cent's new album. The rapper has told OK! that he was inspired to write Before I Self Destruct by watching the singer's massive, head-shaving, umbrella-attacking meltdown in 2007.
"She was the greatest show on earth last year," the rapper, born Curtis Jackson, 33, tells OK!. "She was going through her issues in public... It was great to watch her spin out of control because it makes the average person feel better." (Source)
Watching Britney go batshit crazy made 50 feel better about himself? What does he need to feel better about? He's a famous multimillionaire who gets his pick of tail each night. Frankly, 50's comments are downright insensitive. A guy that points and laughs at the misfortunes of famous people is sad and pathetic . . . wait, don't I do that for a living? Dammit.
50 Cent is just like US!
They take pisses at gas stations, too!
50 Cent's house burns down
A fire broke out at 50 Cent's Long Island home this morning, a blaze the local fire department deemed "highly suspicious." Though six people were in the house -- including 50's 10-year-old son Marquis and ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins -- all escaped without injury. 50 has been involved in a bitter fight with his ex because she simply refuses to move out of the $2.4 million house. The couple was seen yelling at each other on the streets of Manhattan earlier this week, just after a member of 50's entourage "trashed" the office of Shaniqua's lawyer:
Regarding the fire, 50's rep issued the following statement earlier today:
"Informed this morning while filming a new motion picture on location in Louisiana, Curtis Jackson expressed deep concern over this fire at his property. He is extremely thankful that everyone including his son, Marquise, escaped the burning house safely. He is confident that authorities will be conducting a thorough investigation of the incident and is eager to review their findings."
A teary-eyed Tompkins told reporters outside the charred home today:
"Someone threw something in the window and set the house on fire. He's trying to kill me and his own child. I know without a doubt in my heart it was him." (Source)
I think it goes without saying that if these kids wanna work out the kinks in their relationship, they may need a little counseling.
Rapper 50 Cent is $100 million richer this morning. VitaminWater maker Glaceau was just bought by beverage giant Coca-Cola for $4.1 billion dollars. 50 acquired a small equity interest in Glaceau after the company named "Formula 50" energy drink after him. The New York Post reports:
A year ago, Forbes profiled Fitty, who parlayed his thug image into a business empire including a deal with Glaceau, which named a flavor after him in exchange for equity in the company. The rapper said he thought the label had promise and could one day be gobbled up by Coke. Now, Coca-Cola's $4.1 billion agreement to buy Glaceau, maker of Vitamin Water, is making him $100 million richer. (Source)
$100 Million? On the streets, we call that "Fuck You Money" ... as in "Fuck you, I'll coat the outside of my house with as many bald eagle feathers as I want" or "Fuck you, I'll drive around this 1 MPG tractor as much as I want" ... What, those aren't the first two things you'd do if you had $100 mill?
In the December edition of Playboy Magazine, Samuel L. Jackson reveals he doesn't have anything against rappers--he just won't accept second billing to one of them in a movie. Jackson turned down a role in 50 Cent's 2005 film "Get Rich or Die Tryin" after 50's name was to be listed ahead of his:
"I have this thing about acting being a craft, something some of us spent time learning to do," Jackson tells Playboy magazine in its December issue. "When they ask me to validate the career of somebody who comes from another venue by co-starring in a film with him, the No. 1 insult is to say this other person is the actual star of the film."
I think Samuel L. forfeited the right to refer to acting as a "craft" when he took a role in a movie about a plane that is attacked by snakes.
Later in the interview, after revealing his favorite color to the interviewer, Jackson addressed the one question about himself that has caused me so many sleepless nights--who he'd love to trade places with for a day:
"I'd like to swap bodies with [Tiger Woods] for 18 holes, just to see what it's like to do anything I want with a golf ball whenever I feel like doing it."
If he really wants to see someone do "anything they want" with a golf ball, he should head down to Tijuana, Mexico. The "street workers" down there can do magical things with a Titleist. And don't even get me started on what they can do with a 9-iron. Let's just say it would make Jenna Jameson blush.
Rapper 50 Cent was busted by New York's finest Friday afternoon for traffic violations:
Officers in an unmarked car pulled the star’s silver Lamborghini over at the corner of 8th and 35th Ave. in Manhattan at around 2:00 pm.50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, was taken out of the car and handcuffed as a crowd of onlookers gathered. He was taken to a nearby police station and issued with summons for making an unsafe lane change, carrying an expired driver’s license, driving an uninsured car and driving a vehicle not registered in the state.
Being arrested for an unsafe lane change? That is straight-up GANGSTA! I mean what's next for 50? Garage sale without a permit? Ripping the tag off his mattress?
p.s. Sorry for the grainy image. I'm pretty sure that's actually an artist's rendering of 50 being arrested and not an actual photo. Why was an artist on hand to draw 50's arrest? Because he's 50 Cent, patron of the arts, that's why.
