Celebrity Justice
50 Cent Busted in Silver Lamborghini

TMZ has confirmed that rapper 50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson) was arrested around 2:00PM this afternoon in Manhattan. Law enforcement officials in an unmarked car pulled over the star's silver Lamborghini at the corner of 8th Ave. and 35th Ave. in Midtown New York after they say he made an unsafe lane change.
50 Cent arrested
Police tell TMZ they removed Fiddy from his car and cuffed him in front of several witnesses. Because of the crowd that began gathering around the scene, cops determined it to be an unsafe situation so they took him to a police station down the street from the scene. The car was not towed as police tell TMZ there was no reason to impound the car.

Police issued 50 four summons: one for an unsafe lane change, one because his driver's license had expired, one because his Lambo is unregistered with the state and another because the car is also uninsured. He was issued the tickets and released.

The gangsta rapper has a long and storied history with police, starting from when he was busted in a high school gym class in 1994 for hiding crack vials in his sneakers. He was then nailed again that year for felony drug charges; with these busts occurring only three weeks apart.
50 Cent arrested
In 2002, the rapper found trouble again when he and members of his entourage were arrested after New York police allegedly found two loaded guns in the rapper's SUV. All five occupants of the vehicle were charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
50 Cent arrested in NYC

Of course, Fiddy is perhaps most known for surviving a brutal attack in 2000, where he was shot nine times in front of his grandparent's house in Queens, NY.

Calls to 50's reps were not immediately returned.

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Reader Comments

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16. #5, George, I'm still laughing!

Posted at 3:43PM on Sep 8th 2006 by kathryn

17. 50 needs to get insurance fast, you cant drive an expensive car, be a rapper, and be black at the same time, thats asking for it!!

Posted at 3:44PM on Sep 8th 2006 by 4 real

18. Diddy Runs The City :)

Posted at 3:44PM on Sep 8th 2006 by diddy_runs_the_city

19. WOW # 15 how prejudice, you should rewind Martin Luther King

Posted at 3:49PM on Sep 8th 2006 by hello

20. #5 George , your comments to Tom are so hilarious!! Tom, you're obviously jealous of 50 cents. Do you need some LOVE, because your Daddy don't care about you!!

Posted at 3:52PM on Sep 8th 2006 by nsg

21. racist ass cops. how can you get arrested for no insurance and proper lane change. I bet you if that was some middle aged corporate executve in a suit, they would just let him go home.

Amerikkka is BS.. I cant believe that. Those low life cops are jealous, they would never get a chance to drive a car like that!

:-)

Buy Beyonce CD is on Fiyah.. it is hot!

Posted at 3:52PM on Sep 8th 2006 by donald

22. AMEN DONALD

Posted at 3:54PM on Sep 8th 2006 by straight up

23. The sad thing is that some people will call this profiling. The key word here is "illegal" lane change. That is what cops do, they pull you over when you do something illegal... And of course they arrested him. No ins., nor drivers license, the car wasn't registered and apparently he can't drive on top of it.

Posted at 3:55PM on Sep 8th 2006 by Bobo

24. 50 is such a great role model for the poor uneducated black youth. Sell drugs, go to jail, degrade woman, etc. & etc. What a terrific example of how to succeed in America!

Posted at 3:57PM on Sep 8th 2006 by Sonya

25. #16 - you guess he missed jail??? Im not a big 50 fan but your racist comments are enought to make me pray for the day that you have the chance to go to jail on some trumped up charge. O yeah, and please make that same comment when you get there. take care cindy :)

Posted at 3:58PM on Sep 8th 2006 by Laughing

26. Talk about cops " hatin and tryin to catch me ridin dirrrty!"

Posted at 3:59PM on Sep 8th 2006 by bh

27. Man...What's up with that? Yeah, the summons were correct to be given to him...but get arrested because he did an unsafe lane change...come on. Currupt @ss cops in New Yourk City.

And what's up with all these other people commenting on the situation, just because because they don't like the guy. That's stupid...so yeah, everyone who placed a dums @ss mother#$%&^* comment on the situation, is stupid.

Posted at 4:10PM on Sep 8th 2006 by Lil 50

28. someone needs that little green Geco thing.

Posted at 5:20PM on Nov 4th 2006 by Heath

29. # 8 learn how to spell motherf*cker, you sound like a sped

Posted at 4:03PM on Sep 8th 2006 by Keek

30. Free 50...

Diddy don't run L.A. so he should stay runnin' New York and keep his Bad Boy Empire in New York City....Where It Belongs.

Heks aka Lil 50

Posted at 4:08PM on Sep 8th 2006 by Hector Palacio

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