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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31. #21, it is profiling, we both know had he not been black and driving that car, they wouldn't have bothered to pull him over.

Posted at 4:06PM on Sep 8th 2006 by curious

32. Can you spell PROFILING? Sounds like Fiddy was tagged for DWB -- driving while black. And an unsafe lane change? In NYC? They actually give tickets for that? If they did, they'd have to.lock up the whole island. And lastly, maybe Fiddy should hire someone to keep track of such niceties as insurance and registration. If he can afford a Lambo, he can afford someone to watch out for the paperwork.

Posted at 4:39PM on Sep 8th 2006 by Ventura

33. i been hit with a few shells but i don't walk with a limp! GO 50

Posted at 4:08PM on Sep 8th 2006 by ONE LOVE

34. Damn! thats some Scandless sh*t! Fif is big ballin, but cant get no insurance. I guess that just in case insurance wont civer gettin lit the f*ck up huh!LOL! Anyways, what the f*ck happened with all that sh*t bout GAME HUH?

Posted at 4:49PM on Sep 8th 2006 by Eric

35. GOOD FOR THIS EGOTISTICAL BASTARD........MAYBE HE AND PARIS SHOULD ATTEND DRIVING CLASSES TOGETHER...TIRED OF RAPPERS...I SAY LET THEM KILL EACH OTHER OFF....THE WORLD WOULD BE A MUCH BETTER PLACE WITHOUT THESE UNTALENTED SAMPLE STEALING ASSWIPES.

Posted at 4:30PM on Sep 8th 2006 by dANNY

36. George, you are a ass wipe. You are just jealous because they have more money than you and your ass wipe dad.

Posted at 4:22PM on Sep 8th 2006 by Marques

37. silver bullets, that was funny #3... but anyway, maybe the man RENTED the vehicle? They ever think of that??? This is just a wrongful arrest. This is the type of crap you get TICKETS for. Paris can drink and drive, apparently, which is dangerous because she might actually kill people and he gets ARRESTED DETAINED AND BOOKED because he doesn't have car insurance? What the f*ck... seriously, is this some kind of joke? SEe, he was profiled. They thought because he was a rapper there was going to be drugs and weapons in the car, so they arrested him first, asked questions later, and when they searched the car and realized there was nothing there they felt like sh*t i bet.

I think this is disgusting, seriously there's too much REAL crime in New York for them to be messing with a millionaire.

And "Dangerous crowds???" Yeah, a bunch of dudes standing around in ties with shirts rolled up at the sleeeves, with khakis are "real dangerous". Oh, oops, I didn't see the lady with the polka-dot sundress! I hope she's not packing weapons!

Posted at 4:29PM on Sep 8th 2006 by tiffany

38. George, #31, those comments are so out of the damn 1950s, I don't know what to say. Did someone lock you in a vault for fifty years or something? I think you're hilarious, but only because you're so out of the times dude. "chimp" blah. BORING. Stereotyping? Blah, so American History X.

Please join us in the year 2006, idiot.

Posted at 4:29PM on Sep 8th 2006 by tiffany

39. George am sure it hurts really bad inside that , the monkey you are speaking of has more money that your broke @$$... no wonder your daddy is still a state trooper and you are feeling bad that Monkeys are doing much better than you while you are still stuck in the Trailer Park...and I dare you to call me a Monkey to my face i will knock you out and am female..am sure you are glad they invented the internet so you can act macho on there!!!!!

Posted at 4:33PM on Sep 8th 2006 by Megan

40. george i hate to give you the attention you crave so very much, but you must be joking b/c no one is that ignorant.

Posted at 9:41PM on Sep 8th 2006 by curious

41. 8. yo yo yo yo yo ebery bodi pikins on my homy 50 wat wron a bro cant driv a nise car shut da fuk up or i put a cap in you mout

Posted at 3:29PM on Sep 8th 2006 by ahkeem


Learn to speak and spell a**hole-you are just as stupid as .50 cent

Posted at 4:37PM on Sep 8th 2006 by Thug

42. OK...if I was a cop (which thankfully I am not) I don't care what color this dude was or what he was wearing. If he is THAT rich and can't manage to register his car, pay for insurance or get his driver's license in order, I'd arrest him on principle alone.

Posted at 4:35PM on Sep 8th 2006 by Missy

43. That is so retarted. Now they're pulling folks over for a unsafe lane change what kinda sh*t is that? Paris can get a DUI and get away with it but Fiddy can't do a danm lane change. What is this world coming to?

Posted at 5:07PM on Sep 8th 2006 by viola

44. how are cops racist? they could'nt tell that it was a black man driving. and he's got a track record already, so of course they are going to go down hard on him, he's broken the law before. besides if cops are so racist, they would of let mel gibson go.

Posted at 6:05PM on Sep 8th 2006 by Kristine

45. 39. Can you spell PROFILING? Sounds like Fiddy was tagged for DWB -- driving while black. And an unsafe lane change? In NYC? They actually give tickets for that? If they did, they'd have to.lock up the whole island. And lastly, maybe Fiddy should hire someone to keep track of such niceties as insurance and registration. If he can afford a Lambo, he can afford someone to watch out for the paperwork.

Posted at 4:06PM on Sep 8th 2006 by Ventura


Im tired of every black person playing the race card when they get caught doing something illegal...big f***ing deal the a**hole has money...so do I and i know I am not above the law....I say good to the NYPD for bringing this a**hole rapper down to earth....now arrest all the other Rapping Idiots.....

Posted at 4:49PM on Sep 8th 2006 by Thug

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