All posts containing the tag: "50 cent"
Posted Jul 31st 2009 1:07AM by TMZ Staff
A German promotional company is calling bull-schnitzel on 50 Cent's agents -- claiming the William Morris Endeavor agency charged them $125,000 to negotiate for a concert that never happened.
Ze company, Major Movez, claims all they wanted to do was talk with Fiddy's peeps about ze possibility of booking ze rapper for a concert in Graz, Austria in ze summer of 2009.
But according to ze lawsuit, filed in L.A. County Superior Court, WME claimed it would cost ze German's $125k for ze opportunity to negotiate -- with no promise of a deal -- and if the deal fell through, "WME would return the entire amount."
Ze Germans claim they ponied up -- but when ze deal eventually crumbled, they never got their $125,000 back.
Now they're taking WME to court, where they are demanding ze swift return of their Deutsche Marks.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, 50 Cent, Exclusives
Tags: 50 cent, 50Cent, austria, concert, g-unit, germans, lawsuit, sued
Posted Jul 21st 2009 1:30AM by TMZ Staff
50 Cent needs to wave his Magic Stick if he hopes to sell his Connecticut mega-mansion ... he just slashed the price another few million bucks in desperation.
Fiddy says he's fed up with the 2-hour, too long commute to New York City and wants to trade in the 19-bedroom, 37-bath pad for a cut down crib in the city -- it was $18.5 million, then $14.5 million and now it's only $10.9 million.
50 shelled out $4.1 million for the 17-acre estate -- but says he spent $6 million on urgent upgrades like a disco complete with stripper poles.
Filed under: 50 Cent, The Rich Life, Photo Galleries
Tags: 50 cent, 50Cent, forsale, mansion, photos, rapper
Posted Jun 15th 2009 2:00PM by TMZ Staff
New York City held its 52nd Annual Puerto Rican Day this weekend -- and by the looks of it, Fiddy has a special appreciation for the "Isle of Enchantment."
Filed under: 50 Cent
Tags: 50 cent, curtis jackson, fiddy cent, new york city, puerto rican day, puerto rico
Posted Jun 5th 2009 3:00PM by TMZ Staff
50 Cent finally buried the hatchet in the legal war over his 52-room Connecticut mansion -- and not one person had to get shot.
Moments ago, Fiddy reached settlement with the engineering firm he accused of misleading him about repairs and renovations on the ridiculously huge estate before he bought it from Mike Tyson.
Fiddy claims he never would have bought the crumbling mansion had the firm he hired to inspect it done a proper job. Repairs for the house were estimated by the company at $500,000 -- 50 Cent says he has shelled out millions.
So far, details on the settlement are being kept under wraps.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, 50 Cent
Tags: 50 cent, 50Cent, fiddy, lawsuit, mansion, mike tyson, MikeTyson, repairs, settlement
Posted Jun 3rd 2009 1:15PM by TMZ Staff
50 Cent was his own best witness in court yesterday -- taking the stand in a case over a 52-room Connecticut mansion he bought from Mike Tyson.
Fitty -- who's worth a reported $150 mil -- is all pissed off because he claims he hired an inspection company to go through the place before he bought it -- and they told him it would only cost around $500,000 to fix up.
But the rapper claims he was misled -- and after he bought it, the real fix-up cost was around $3 mil.
The inspection company is stickin' by their story. The trial is still going on today...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, 50 Cent
Tags: 50 cent, 50Cent, court, hartford county superior, HartfordCountySuperior, stand
Posted May 26th 2009 4:17PM by TMZ Staff
The only thing that hurts more than being shot nine times -- taking one shot with Bette Midler.
50 Cent and his cronies got a little testy when we brought up Fiddy's photo-op with the Divine Miss M, with one dude dropping the most hilariously un-gangsta line ever -- "F**k Bette!"
Filed under: 50 Cent
Tags: 50 cent, bette midler, new york, video
Posted May 20th 2009 12:40PM by TMZ Staff
In what is sure to be the seventh sign of the apocalypse, former gangsta rapper 50 Cent hung out with a new shawty ... the Divine Miss M, Bette Midler.
She is the wind beneath his bullet-ridden wings.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Wacky & Weird, 50 Cent
Tags: 50 Cent, 50Cent, Bette Midler, BetteMidler
Posted Apr 28th 2009 1:58PM by TMZ Staff
50 Cent's been shot nine times -- but dude really reversed his image yesterday by working a crowd with adorable little kids and peaceful pooches.
But most emasculating of all: Being in a picture with Chace Crawford.
Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Kids, 50 Cent, Critters
Tags: 50 cent, 50Cent, baby, chace crawford, ChaceCrawford, dog, fitty, fitty cent, FittyCent, twelve, video
Posted Mar 12th 2009 3:00AM by TMZ Staff
2Pac vs Biggie, it ain't -- but now the beef between 50 Cent and Rick Ross has reached a whole new level ... and it involves a homemade porn tape.
A source tells TMZ 50 Cent plans to release a porn tape featuring one of Rick Ross' baby mamas. We're told 50 bought the tape and will post it on his own site -- and even provide voice-over on it. This is 50!
The feud between the two rappers -- one popular, one not -- has included animated videos, radio station disses and a video where 50 Cent took another of Ross' baby mamas shopping for clothes.
Filed under: Music, Celebrity Feuds, 50 Cent
Tags: 50 cent, 50Cent, expire-images:2009-4-11, porn, porn tape, porno, PornTape, rick ross, RickRoss
Posted Feb 5th 2009 11:26AM by TMZ Staff
50 Cent's baby mama won't be able to take half his loot, a judge just ruled in New York.
A Supreme Court judge just dismissed Shaniqua Tompkins' claim to half the rapper's assets, which she had estimated at $50 million. Tompkins is the mama of Fitty's 11-year-old son.
The judge said in her judgment the relationship was "an unfortunate tale of a love relationship gone sour." Both sides had filed memorable affidavits detailing their pillow talk -- she claimed 50 promised to take care of her "for life."
Didn't work for Babymama, but her lawyer says he could file an appeal.
Brett Kimmel, 50 Cent's attorney, tells TMZ, "Ms. Tompkins's claims pertaining to a $50 million verbal contract were entirely frivolous. In dismissing the case before trial, the court is sending a clear message. This is a complete and total victory for 50." 50 himself added, "I'm very thankful for this decision. I knew that once the facts were heard that justice would prevail. I hope now that we can put this behind us and move forward with our lives."
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music, 50 Cent
Tags: 50 cent, 50Cent
Posted Jan 20th 2009 1:45PM by TMZ Staff
He clenched his fists and threatened to go all Kanye on our ass -- but the only thing 50 Cent fired off at LAX yesterday was one of the most pleasant conversations ever.
Filed under: Music, 50 Cent
Tags: 50 cent, 50Cent, fifty cent, FiftyCent, fitty cent, FittyCent
Posted Dec 5th 2008 9:50AM by TMZ Staff
Add one more person to the unemployment line -- the guy who locked the keys to 50 Cent's Rolls in the car.
With their livelihood -- and probably lives! -- on the line, members of Fiddy's crack security team hastily used coat hangers to jimmy his ride's door open in London this morning.
Go shawty, it's yo last day.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Music, 50 Cent
Tags: 50 Cent, 50Cent
Posted Sep 8th 2008 2:02PM by TMZ Staff
50 Cent had "hoes" on the brain outside Long Island court, not the restraining order against him that was just extended -- an order of protection telling him to stay the hell away from Shaniqua Tompkins.
Here's how bad it's gotten between Mr. Cent and Shaniqua -- the judge ruled when their kid Marquise goes back and forth between the two, the hand off must occur at a police station. Think of the possibilities.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: 50 cent, 50Cent, shaniqua tompkins, ShaniquaTompkins
Posted Aug 4th 2008 6:33PM by TMZ Staff
This might be the most shocking development yet in the 50 Cent baby mama drama: An exchange between the two that didn't end -- or begin -- with fireworks!
We're told that Fiddy picked up his son Marquise yesterday from baby mama Shaniqua Tompkins -- and the drop-off went off "without a hitch"! The rapper and his boy haven't seen each other since before the house where Tompkins and Marquise were living burned down at the end of May.
Fiddy, we're told, will be spending time with Marquise at his home in Connecticut until the middle of next week, when he has to leave the country to film a movie. Explosions will likely resume in September, when the pair have to be back in family court to settle a restraining order.
Filed under: 50 Cent
Tags: 50 cent, 50Cent, shanquina tompkins, ShanquinaTompkins
Posted Jul 17th 2008 1:12PM by TMZ Staff
50 Cent got what he wanted in the latest chapter of his baby mama drama -- kind of.
A Long Island judge granted him an unrestricted visit from August 3-12 with Marquise, his son with Shaniqua Tompkins. We're told that both parties had to submit to drug tests at the courthouse before the judge would talk visits, and 50 was clean. Shaniqua tested positive ... for cough meds.
Our spies tell us that Shaniqua claimed in court that 50 is keeping her from using her Land Rover SUV by keeping guards at the site of the house that was engulfed by flames last month. He denies that's the case. Baby mama drama continues on September 15.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, 50 Cent
Tags: 50 Cent, 50Cent, Shaniqua Tompkins, ShaniquaTompkins
