50 Cent: 'No One Knew Jay-Z Until He Married Beyonce'

50 Cent, long-known for taking jabs at other Hip Hop artists, had some interesting things to say about Jay-Z in a recent interview.

The Queens rapper said it was Jay's marriage to superstar singer Beyonce - and not his own music - that made Hov the international star he is today, according to PR-Inside.com.

"I'm a big fan of Jay-Z, but outside of the States and Hip Hop circles, no one really knew who he was until he married Beyonce'," said Fif in the interview.

The G-Unit general also said that reports of Jay-Z's total estimated worth of $1 billion is inaccurate. "I don't believe he's worth that much! It's all been exaggerated. I'm comfortable. I don't want for anything so I'm not in a race."

This far from the first time 50 has had less than flattering comments towards Jay-Z in the past, as 50 has criticized Hov's previous work as Def Jam president. The two had a very minor dispute years ago, when Jay-Z responded to 50's underground hit "How to Rob" by rhyming at a Summer Jam concert: "I'm about a dollar/Who the fuck is 50 Cent?"

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2. I'm a rich nigga

3. Magic stick

4. Stunt 101

5. Realest nigga

6. My own thing freestyle

7. Got to be cuz of the doe

8. Jesus walks freestyle

9. Mary j. blige freestyle

10. Lord 4 give me

11. 21 questions

12. After my cheddar

13. Build you up feat. jamie foxx

14. This is how we do feat. the game

15. Candy shop

16. Jus a lil' bit

17. Like my style

18. P.i.m.p

19. Back down

20. In da club

21. Tell me freestyle

22. Biggie freestyle

23. Got me a bottle

24. You should be here

25. Interlude

26. Freestyle

27. Wanksta

28. Ching ching

29. Call me

30. Timbaland freestyle

31. The truth freestle

32. Many men

33. What up blood

34. Dipset freestyle

35. Patiently waiting

36. I ain't playing

37. Tipsy freestyle

38. Right thurr freestyle

39. Work it

40. Hate it or love it feat. the game

41. Bump that

42. Disco inferno

43. This is 50

44. Gunz come out

45. Piggy bank

46. If i can't

47. Unbelievable freestyle

48. Snake freestyle

49. So amazing

50. Run these streets

51. If you think freestyle

52. How to rob

53. Dem nuh ready feat. sean paul

54. World is filled
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50 Cent Follows Through With Taco Bell Lawsuit

G-Unit frontman 50 Cent’s dislike of Taco Bell entered a new phase with a new lawsuit against the fast food giant.

According to Reuters, the suit was filed Wednesday (July 23) in Manhattan federal court.

50 Cent (born Curtis Jackson) accuses Taco Bell of "diluting the value of his good name" as well as employing a guerrilla advertising campaign to fool consumers into thinking he had endorsed the restaurant chain.

"Without seeking or obtaining Jackson's authorization, defendant Taco Bell made him the star and focus of its nation-wide advertising campaign by using his name, persona and trademark to promote Taco Bell's business and products," according to court papers.

The lawsuit is the latest chapter involving Jackson and Taco Bell.

In June, the Mexican-style fast food chain sent what the suit called a disseminating letter to the rapper, asking him to help promote its Hip-Hop-themed "79-89-99 Cent Why Pay More" ad campaign by changing his name to "79 Cent," "89 Cent" or "99 Cent."

The request did not sit well with Jackson, whose representative labeled the letter as "a sleazy and ill-conceived publicity stunt by Taco Bell's president, Greg Creed."

"When my legal team is finished with them, Taco Bell is going to have a new corporate slogan: 'We messed with the bull and got the horns,'" Jackson told AllHipHop.com last month in a statement.

The rapper’s suit further accuses Taco Bell of using Jackson’s rap alias for the promotion without his permission as well as avoiding the multimillion dollar fee the rapper might have charged to use his name.

In addition, allegations in the lawsuit note how Taco Bell’s letter was sent to Jackson after it was circulated to reporters.

"As Taco Bell intended, many customers believed that 50 Cent had agreed to endorse Taco Bell's products. Indeed, postings on numerous Internet 'blogs' castigated 50 Cent for 'selling out' by his apparent endorsement of Taco Bell," the lawsuit stated.

Gza To Release A Diss Song Against 50 Cent

According to Miss Info:

Vik from LoveSoul.Tv over in the UK sent over this conversation they had with GZA. Apparently, GZA will be addressing last year’s weird verbal spar with 50 Cent on a new record tomorrow…..

“Last night I was out having a drink with GZA from the Wu-Tang Clan, after the 2nd London show this week. We were talking about anything and everything to do with hip-hop and the Ice-T / Soulja Boy debacle came up, as did the incident in Dec 2007 at Coko in London when a young fan took the mic and screamed “f–k 50 Cent” which the media gave the Genius credit for.

Although there wasn’t tonnes of bad blood, 50 did retort, and now GZA is picking up the hatchet. The Wu-Tang’s head henchman asked if I remembered the Jadakiss diss to 50 (which one??), I said ‘yes’ and he said ‘it’s like that… times ten… I’m going to annihilate 50, he can’t f–k with me lyrically’. I asked if it was the kind of record that would end 50’s career, and he said 50’s career is dead anyway, stating that the recent 100k soundscan for G-Unit’s ‘Terminate on Sight’ album would be a good for amount for a GZA album, but is garbage for one of 50’s.”

hmm, interesting. GZA says the song “Paper Plates” will be debuting on Pitchfork Media tomorrow.
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50's Ex Sues For $50 Million

Paul Catsandonis, lawyer for 50 Cent ex Shaniqua Tompkins, has disclosed that his client is suing the rapper for $50 million dollars in damages resulting from a fire than destroyed the home she was living in.

In May, a suspicious fire destroyed 50’s Long Island property, which the Queens mogul had successfully obtained eviction on for Tompkins.

In the fallout, Tompkins accused 50 of setting the fire himself to avoid having to honor an agreement made between them. She has since filed a restraining order.

“There wasn’t a written contract but an expressed oral agreement, which is recognized in the New York courts,” Catsandonis told The Hudson Reporter. "They decided years ago that she was going to be the domestic partner, and she was going to provide the domestic services while he devoted all his time to becoming a Hip-Hop artist. Whatever profits he was able to achieve would be divided equally, and he had promised her and their son that they could live in the house. He breached that contract.”

In upcoming court proceedings, Catsandonis will argue that the relationship between 50 and Tompkins could be viewed as a common-law marriage.

He plans to set a precedent case in New York for future parties who have legal disputes in these arrangements.

“We are moving into the modern era where people are not getting married anymore but are common law husband and wife,” he explains. Last month, a judge ordered 50 to not sell the fire-destroyed home and barred him from collecting the insurance proceeds until an arson investigation is completed.

Following Tompkins’ $50 million dollar lawsuit, the restraining order, and refusal to let the rapper see his 10 year old son, 50 countered with a $20 million dollar defamation and family court suit.

The NY State Supreme Court will hear arguments on July 15 regarding the insurance proceeds on the destroyed home.

Suffolk County Family Court commences proceedings on July 17 to hear arguments for 50’s visitation rights.

50 Cent's Biggest Battle

50 Cent is known for being a lot of things in life. He's been known as a thug and is now mostly known as an impressive business man. However, with all of the glamor surrounding his music and movie star lifestyle, little is ever said Fif as a father. Curtis Jackson is now putting that as a priority as he fights to see his eleven year old son Marquis.

"I'm not going through a custody battle; just a transition," 50 told MTV. "I'd like to be able to just see my baby."

While his son has traveled with him on major tours in the past, things have changed and their time together has been taken away.

"In the summertime, for the first two years I was successful, my son has traveled with us on those tours. He was on the Rock the Mic Tour, he was on the Anger Management Tour. This summer, when he's free, it's, like, no communication. It's tough."

That's not the only change in their lives. His mother Shaniqua Tompkins' home was burned down recently. When it happened, she told TMZ she thought it was 50 Cent who burned the home down. Fif denied the allegations.

"I really don't wanna talk about it, because my son at some point will have the opportunity to see the tapes. She's still his mother, and I'm still his father, regardless. He's gonna love both of us," he said.

Still, according to 50, Marquis' relationship with his mother has also changed.

"My relationship with my son is changing because he and his mom aren't friends anymore. There's different channels I have to go through. He has lawyers appointed to him through the court. So I have to talk to his lawyer to get things situated for me to for me to actually get him. The relationship between my wallet and his mom has changed. When people have expensive habits, it's a hell of a transition for them when that money is not there anymore. She said all kind of things about me I never would expect."

This has hurt 50. As he explained, it is the toughest moment he's had to go through.

"I think he doesn't want his mom to feel like he's a traitor," he continued. "The time I spent away is the time he developed this thing he's afraid to break with her. There's nothing you can do about that. This is the toughest [thing I've had to face], because he's my motivation."

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Young Buck's New Manager Speaks On 50 Cent

Not even 24 hours after 50 Cent leaked the full 16 minute conversation with Young Buck, the saga has now taken a Machiavellian twist, as Young Buck’s manager Blue Williams has accused 50 of “doctoring” the audio tape.

Yesterday, Buck released a diss track called “The Taped Conversation,” deriding 50 Cent as dishonest and questioning the loyalty of remaining G-Unit member Lloyd Banks.

Williams also said the tape is over a year old. “Just so that it is clear, this obviously edited and doctored recording was made from a phone conversation between Young Buck and 50 Cent-recorded and leaked by 50 Cent,” Williams told AllHipHop.com early this morning. “It was made over a year ago, the first time Buck was kicked out of G-Unit for being a man and communicating with people that 50 deemed his ‘enemies.’ You only hear one side of the conversation.”

Williams also dismissed any ideas that there will be a long, drawn-out verbal/physical war akin to The Game’s infamous battle with G-Unit.

“At this time, I have convinced Buck to take the higher road and not respond to the petty back and forth with an obviously scorned and angry man [50 Cent],” Williams told AllHipHop.com. “I am sure if need be there are plenty explosive G-Unit secrets that he could put out there from the inner workings of the crew, but he’s going to take the high road. He’s not interested in a pissing match with G-Unit because he’s moved on with his life since April, when he was kicked out the final time.”

With the full audio conversation being leaked on www.thisis50.com, fans have debated whether Buck’s authenticity as a street artist can still be accepted.

Many cite Buck’s deference to 50 and emotional laments in the audio as cause for concern.

“Everybody out here already knows what a real cat Buck is,” Williams clarified. “I don’t think anyone in the streets thinks Young Buck is soft-if anything, they know he’s real and he’s emotional. That’s what makes him such a great rapper. He’s a real man, thinking he was having a real conversation with 50 Cent, not someone who’d record it, doctor it up, and put it out a year later to try and build hype to sell a G-Unit compilation CD.”

Blue Williams is a well known and highly respected manager in the industry.

The veteran has successfully guided the careers of Nas, Outkast, and Nick Cannon.

And he expects to do the same with Young Buck but steering him away from a blood feud with his former camp.

“We are focusing on TV and film opportunities, touring, recording a super album, and continuing to build TennAKey Watches, Cashville Records, and David Brown clothing. Buck is a superstar and plans to show the world!”

50 Cent has not commented on the leak or comments from Buck’s camp at press time.

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50 Cent Suing Ex For Defamation

Lawyers for 50 Cent are filing a defamation lawsuit against the mother of his 11-year-old son, in an attempt to prevent her from telling the media that he masterminded a May blaze that burnt down 50 Cent’s Long Island mansion.

Tompkins told a number of media outlets that 50 Cent was behind the fire, which burnt the $2.4 million dollar Dix Hills mansion to the ground.

“He’s upset,” Tompkins told reporters shortly after the inferno. “If he can’t have it, no one can. He said that he was gonna have somebody come kill me and watch what he does, and this is what he did.”

"There comes a point where you can no longer sit on your hands and listen to her spread these falsehoods," 50's lawyer, Brett Kimmel, told The New York Daily News. "Besides hurting his reputation, they have a damaging impact on their son."

In a petition filed in Suffolk Family Court, 50 Cent claims that since the fire, Tompkins will not tell him where she is living and is allegedly preventing him from seeing his son, Marquise.

The rapper claims he sent his son a duffle bag full of new clothes, as well as a cell phone to stay in touch with the young boy.

"The only way [50] can communicate with his son is to call [Tompkins'] cell phone. On June 11 ... [she] did permit [50] to speak with his son,” the complaint reads. “However ... she was hovering over Marquise, monitoring the conversation and, after a short while, she interrupted the conversation by taking the phone from Marquise and began yelling at [50]."

50 Cent also claims Tompkins is willfully violating their court ordered custody agreement.

Lawyers for Tompkins were not available for comment.

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Young Buck Recorded Pleading With 50 Cent

Just days after footage leaked of Young Buck yelling "fuck G-Unit!" during a live show, an audio recording of the Tennessee rapper pleading with 50 Cent over the phone was released.

In the first two parts of the audio recording, which were obtained and posted by Hot 97's Miss Info, a audibly emotional Buck tried to explain that he wasn't similar to previous artists who had left G-Unit. “I done said things and I’m aware of some of the things that I have said but I don't want you to feel like I'm a Game or Smurf or none of them niggas man. Even if you did the worst to me there is nothing I could ever say to you,” said Buck. “I'm that type of nigga. I'm serious. I couldn't even write a negative rhyme in my mind, in my train of thought about you. I understand I got out of check but I don’t know what to do because it seems once a nigga scar you, it’s hard to heal your wound.”

"I don't want you to dismember me from the crew," said Buck. "I've not said nothing out here in the media-other than me putting in the statements of 'I'm my own man creating my own thing,' but I have never dismembered myself from the family."

When asked by 50 Cent as to who came up with the idea for Buck to start Cashville records, Buck admitted, “You gave me the idea and that’s what I explain in all my interviews.”

In the second audio clip, Buck spoke to 50 about his financial problems. "My whole goal is to actually get back what I've paid for you and hopefully I can actually get that shit back-work out the kinks," he continued. "I know Banks and Yayo gotta feel a certain way towards me 'cause of the way shit is and just iron shit out and hopefully get back to the G-Unit record. Outside of what I owe you, you got tax time rolling around-and my taxes. I still owe money from last year's taxes. It's so many other debts that I'm in for as far as the last year and this year's about to roll around."

“I’m confused. I'm handling it wrong,” admitted Buck. "I have gotten out of line with you. I swear to God I have. I'm wrong. A nigga just be confused.”

50 responded to the tirade, seemingly consoling Buck. "You gonna be all right, you hear me. You gotta be able to stay closer to me, Buck, so you don't fuck up. We'll fix the shit. You just got to stay closer to the space 'cause there ain't no-it's not gonna happen. Shit is different, Buck, and if you don't stay closer to what's going on it's gonna fuck up. Tony's been the safest one, you know why? He's been staying closer."

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50 Cent Sparring With T.I. On T.O.S.?

Hot97 gossip queen Miss Info made a strange discovery late Thursday night for G-Unit's listening session at New York's Fight Klub for upcoming album T.O.S. (Terminate On Site).

The radio personality and frequent Vh1 commentator said that the album caters to longtime 50 Cent and G-Unit mixtape fans above more mainstream audiences impressed by Curtis, there is a particular line in the song "You So Tough" that may be attempting to stir the pot of Hip Hop yet again.

Although 50 Cent and G-Unit have yet to comment, the song features the lines, "Nowaways, this rap shit ain't adding up / How niggas get caught with 10 machine guns, only get 12 months" and "Got the best lawyers that money can buy / They say at best they woulda got me 10 or maybe nine." The last allusion followed, "I said, 'How do you explain how the homie breezed?' They said, 'You keep your mouth shut or you eat the cheese.'”

Many can quickly speculate that this is a jab at T.I., who was arrested last October for a weapons offense charge, and given a highly-reduced sentence.

In his own classic call-out, believed to be directed at Lil Flip, "I'm Talkin' To You," T.I. made it clear that he was supportive of longtime collaborator and then G-Unit member Young Buck, though he never mentions 50 Cent. Similarly, on last year's "Watch What You Say To Me," a track where T.I.'s guest Jay-Z was believed to have spoken out against Lil Wayne, T.I.'s verse was never clarified. 50 Cent and T.I. have never collaborated. Both have a history of on and off-record feuds with other rappers and industry executives.

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Judge Orders 50 Cent Not to Sell Fire Destroyed Property

State Supreme Court Justice Carol Edmead has mandated that 50 Cent cannot sell his 2.4 million dollar property that was destroyed by fire last month, the Associated Press reports.

Judge Edmead also ordered the Queens rapper to deposit the insurance payout into a trust fund until the outcome of his legal dispute with ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins.

Immediately after the fire on May 30, Tompkins accused 50 Cent of sabotaging the home. She stated that 50 agreed to buy her a house a decade ago, but recently changed his mind and attempted to evict her and their 10 year old son, Marquise. The property is located in Dix Hills, Long Island.

Tompkins, Marquise, and four others were treated for minor injuries after the fire. 50 Cent was not present at the time of the blaze.

50, real name Curtis Jackson, is preparing for the July 1st release of G-Unit’s sophomore album Terminate on Sight, with remaining members Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo.

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Gas Container Found At 50 Cent's Charred Mansion

Police found a five-gallon gas container on the grounds of a mansion at the center of a dispute between 50 Cent and his ex-girlfriend.

On early Friday morning, a fire ripped through the $2.4 million dollar Dix Hills, Long Island mansion, sending 6 people, including Tompkins and the superstar rapper’s 10-year-old son, to the hospital.

While arson investigators have yet-to-determine the cause of the inferno that completely destroyed the mansion, officials had already labeled the fire suspicious, due to the intensity of the blaze, which lasted about 45 minutes.

Tompkins, who accused 50 Cent of having a role in the incident, also accused the rapper of not checking on his son Marquise in the incident’s aftermath.

"Tell him to call his son!" Tompkins shouted at reporters yesterday when she returned to grounds of the property, where she had been living with their son, her new boyfriend and other individuals.

50 Cent, born Curtis Jackson and the boyfriend were involved in a physical confrontation in the office of Tompkins’ lawyer during a deposition hearing, just days before the house was destroyed.

The rapper, 32, denied any involvement in the fire and expressed gratitude that no one was serious injured in the fire.

50 Cent and Tompkins will be in Manhattan Supreme Court over ownership of the mansion on June 10.

50 Cent's Long Island Mansion Burns Down

The mansion at the center of a legal battle between rapper 50 Cent and his ex-girlfriend was burnt to the ground this morning around 5:00 am.

According to reports, the Dix Hills, Long Island mansion that housed 50 Cent’s ex, Shaniqua Tompkins and the rapper’s son caught on fire around 5:00 am this morning.

Six people that were inside of the mansion at the time of the fire were taken to Huntington Hospital, where they were treated for non-threatening injuries.

The $1.4 million dollar six bedroom, five bathroom mansion, was situated on an acre of land before it burned completely to the ground.

In April, Tompkins filed a breach of contract lawsuit against the rapper, claiming he was attempting to evict her and his 10-year-old from the mansion unjustly.

Police and the Arson unit are investigating to determine the cause of the raging blaze, which took firefighters from five different counties to control.

TMZ.com reports that earlier in the week, a member of 50 Cent’s entourage “trashed” Tompkins lawyer’s office during a deposition session, which led to a police report being filed.

50 Cent Reality Show Coming To MTV

Rapper 50 Cent is teaming with MTV to produce an untitled reality show for the network announced yesterday (May 28).

According to MTV, the elimination style reality show follows 16 contestants as they attempt to master the “skills that took 50 Cent from the streets to corporate America.”

The rapper will judge the contestants each week, until the finale, where a winner will receive a full scholarship to an undergraduate or graduate business program.

Like T.I.‘s upcoming reality show, 50 Cent’s untitled series is being produced by Michael Hirschorn and Ish Entertainment, while the rapper and his longtime manager Chris Lighty will serve as executive producers.

The new reality shows are part of MTV's upcoming lineup of Summer and Fall programming.