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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91. You can't be a black man with an expensive car, and frive in peace!! Cops are going to be suspect. He was pushing a Lam too!! This is more publicity for 50! The cops did him a favor!

Posted at 1:24AM on Sep 9th 2006 by Loleeta

92. You guys, he made an *unsafe* lane change, the cops had a valid reason to pull him over.

I’ll admit, the cops are probably more likely to pull over a black person in an expensive car, than white person, but the point remains that he BROKE THE LAW. Then add on to his three other violations, two of which included driving without insurance and driving with an expired license. They HAD a valid reason to hold him. Also, he was released a short time later, so it’s not like the cops were holding him for days just for shits and giggles. They wrote him the tickets and he left. Big deal.

And, white people in crappy cars get pulled over all the time. Just ask my sister (who is not rich, sure as hell does NOT drive a Lamborghini and is as white as white people get) who, after getting ticketed more times than I can count, had her license revoked for a similar incident.

What 50 did was of his own making. No one forced to him make that lane change, or drive without insurance. He has no one to blame but himself.

If 50 believes the cops did not have a valid reason to hold him, he can contact an attorney. If he can afford the Lamborghini, he can get an attorney. If he does, I sincerely hope his is advised to renew his license and buy some insurance.

Posted at 1:13AM on Sep 9th 2006 by Dove

93. I don't personally think it had to do with racism, but he was driving without, registration, license, and insurance, therefore the vehicle gets towed, the man gets cuffed,goes to the slammer, glad he wasn't drunk, or had anything else on him....they are not major charges...he'll pay a fine go on his way...hopefully to DMV...Paris on the otherhand should be jailed, just because she is white rich trash........just my opinion
love ya 50 cent

Posted at 10:52PM on Sep 8th 2006 by homegirl101

94. LIVEWIRE interviews Fifty Cent-

LIVEWIRE: You suck girlie man. Why do you sell out teens by brainwashin, them with songs about gats and hos?

Fifty Cent: Yo, yo yo, all fo tha benjamins!

Livewire: So you don't mind that you are being pimped out by the immoral recording industry suits, who will make puppets like you say anything to sell another record?

Fifty Cent: Yo yo yo. i don't know what you talkin' bout, you confusin me...

Livewire: Stupid, stupid stupid...

Fifty Cent: yo yo yo...

Posted at 10:53PM on Sep 8th 2006 by Livewire

95. Don't you mean" 8th Avenue and 35th Street".

Posted at 1:02PM on Sep 9th 2006 by George

96. i am so sick of people complaining about how blacks are always playing the race card. we are only playing the cards that are dealt.

Posted at 11:20PM on Sep 8th 2006 by nika

97. Right on White Lady....ditto..........
Cindy.....you are a fahked up...white bitch............
From another white b'yatch

Posted at 11:06PM on Sep 8th 2006 by homegirl101

98. White girl......I expect you are an English major..........

Posted at 11:09PM on Sep 8th 2006 by homegirl101

99. I have just taken about thirty minutes of my life to read all 88 posts. Why do white folks think its cute to speak about the ghetto. I do not care where you live, I bet it isn't very far away from black people. We are everywhere, and aint going no where, so get use to it! Racism is so boring! Its like, GET OVER IT ALREADY!!Did any of us have a say in what shade of skin we have? Some of you who are posting probably would barely recognize Fifty cent if you saw him, so why bother to come to this story and post your ignorant comments?? Yes thats right, I grooved to his song "In Da Club" just like many people did. If you saw the video, you would notice that there is a very light shaded man in it. This very light shaded man was very popular at the time. And still is I guess. His name starts with a E if you haven't guessed. Now do you think that he would have been in 50's video if he thought he had no talent. Hip hop isn't for everybody. So if you find no redeeming qualities about it, do all of us a favor, HUSH and KEEP IT MOVING! The question we should be asking is, if the EXACT same thing had happened to one of us, would the cops have put the cuffs on us??.... And remember RACISM SUCKS!

Posted at 12:17PM on Sep 9th 2006 by Laurie

100. damn fiddy trying to still be ghetto fab

Posted at 11:47PM on Sep 8th 2006 by chuck

101. how is this even a racist issue? he was driving with a suspended lisence, in an unregistered car with no insurance.........black or white it would still be a crime. i dont under stand, a black man gets pulled over cops are being racist, and a white man gets pulled over cops are doing their jobs? thats a bunch of crock. im willing to bet money that 50 probably made more than one illegal lane change, and in a flashy car like that he was easy to spot. i also wouldnt be surprised if he had the music blaring as loud too, which would also draw attention. when you drive foolislhy and stick out you get caught. im sure someone changing lanes in a toyota doesnt stand out like a Lamborghini

Posted at 12:03AM on Sep 9th 2006 by Kristine

102. WHY, WHY, WHY CAN'T A BLACK PERSON BE PULLED OVER FOR TOTALLY LEGITIMATE REASONS AND THEN NOT HAVE IT BE A RACIST ISSUE?!
WHY !
I AM SO SICK OF THIS CRAP!
IF YOU DON'T HAVE INSURANCE , NORMALLY YOUR CAR IS IMPOUNDED AND YOU PAY A FINE! ASK ANYONE IN WASHINGTON STATE!
IF YOU DON'T SIGNAL, DITTO!
MARTIN LUTHER KING MARCHED FOR EQUALITY. I ADMIRED HIM SO MUCH!
THE BLACKS WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT RACISM ANYTIME SOMETHING BAD HAPPEND TO THEM (LIKE 50 CENT)ARE RAPING THE MEMORY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING!!!!!!
STAND ON YOUR OWN TWO FEET! TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT YOU DO WRONG AND QUIT PULLIN' THAT O.J. RACE CARD, BECAUSE IT'S OLD!!!!!
BY THE WAY, I AM ALSO A MINORITY, AND I WILL NEVER EXPECT SPECIAL TREATMENT BECAUSE OF MY RACE.
I HAVE MY CAR, I HAVE INSURANCE AND DAMN! I KNOW HOW TO SIGNAL~! YEAH, MY MAZDA HAS A SIGNAL THAT WORKS, UNLIKE THAT POOR 'GHINI!!!!!
I'VE NEVER TAKEN WELFARE AND HAVE ALWAYS WORKED--EVEN WORKED MYSELF THROUGH COLLEGE.
MAKE YOUR OWN FUTURES HAPPEN AND QUIT BLAMING RACE FOR MISTAKES YOU MADE AND THE CONSEQUENCES WHICH FOLLOWED.
THERE COMES A TIME WHEN NO ONE CHANGES YOUR DIAPER AND WHEN YOU ARE POTTY TRAINED, IF YOU DON'T WIPE, THEN ALL YOU WILL BE IS FULL OF SHIT!
AND, THAT, FOLKS, IS WHAT 50 CENT WILL BE IF HE MAKES HIS CASE A RACIAL ISSUE.
I REST MY CASE.

Posted at 12:48AM on Sep 9th 2006 by one who knows

103. Ok, I wish all of the black americans in here would stop with the "I'm black and I don't think racial profiling is going on, blah, blah, blah"....maybe 50 was wrong and he should have been pulled over.....BUT racial profiling and racisim is alive and strong in Amercia....if we keep trying to play "uncle tom" and continue to ignore and hide the fact then we will lose....it's ok that racial profiling and racisim are still very much in the game, that's the way of life and that's the way it will always be...we are all human...oh and racisim is a two way street minorities are also racist....many wars have been fought because one race believes it's better and more dominant over another..... but it's not ok to ignore it and play like it doesn't exist (sort of like a kid covering his eyes and saying "if I can't see you..you can't see me)...it exist, ignorant people ignore it and sweep it under the rug..intelligent people acknowledge it and learn how to teach others that it's wrong....a lot of racism exist out of fear...fear of not understanding the culture of another race....we as humans, if we don't understand something we try to destroy it because it becomes a threat....knowledge is power....

Posted at 1:30AM on Sep 9th 2006 by Michelle

104. good for him!!!! most of these rappers think they are GODS....i am sick and tired of these people...enough already...then they would complain that it is racism...oh please!?!?!?!?!?! these rappers...such freaking GHETTOS!!!!!!

Posted at 1:57AM on Sep 9th 2006 by jess

105. rob that's a bunch of b.s. they are doing their job. were the cops being racist when they pulled over mel gibson?

Posted at 8:36AM on Sep 9th 2006 by Kristine

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