All 50 Cent Posts

If the pre-party is any indication, then the 2007 BET Awards are going to be a whole lot of fun. Sigh. I wish we had been able to get some red-carpet access, luckily, however, I was hooked up with a peek at the gift suite, which I'll be sharing with you guys tomorrow. Mo'Nique will be hosting the show, taking a break from her "Charm School" mistress duties to take on the role of host for the third time. Diana Ross is scheduled to receive a lifetime achievement award and you know with all the "Dreamgirls" nostalgia in the air, it's going to be a splashy event filled with sequins, montages and dance numbers. According to Stephen Hill, executive producer and BET's executive vice president of music programming and talent, the show will be presenting a blend of musical talent from the past and present.

"I think our kind of special ingredient is that it's not just a look back at the past year," says Hill, interrupted as Ciara rehearses in the background. "We really honor our national treasures of music."

Good times. Performances from Diddy, 50 Cent and Beyoncé are expected, as well as numerous other artists. The 2007 BET Awards show airs tonight at 8 p.m. (ET), 7 p.m. (CT).

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More photos (Ashanti, Nelly, Gabrielle Union, Ne-Yo, Tyrese Gibson, Akon) from the Pre-BET Awards Party in L.A. after the jump.

50 Cent recently hit pay dirt when the parent company of Vitamin Water, Glaceau, was purchased by Coca-Cola. The buy-out was for $4.1 billion, and 50's ownership in the company has earned him $100 million in one fell swoop. And his baby-mama, Shaniqua Tompkins, was thrilled to hear the news. Tompkins, who is the mother of the couple's 10-year-old son, Marquise Jackson, is anxious discuss 50's altered financial situation and how it will affect his child support payments for Marquise in court. From Page Six:

Her lawyer, Raoul Felder, told us, "This will be a subject of the trial." A lawyer for the rapper says, "The extent of his worth is irrelevant. He always has and always will support his son."

Screw putting money in a 401k. I need to have a rich rapper's baby. Someone get me a Wonderbra and some fertility pills. Mama's going investin'!

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I find that extremely out of character--especially for someone so closely associated with Eminem. It turns out that 50 Cent called into the the "Miss Jones in the Morning" radio show on Hot 97 yesterday about the Tony Yayo case. A member of 50's G-Unit crew, Tony was taken into custody by police after an alleged assault on the teenaged son of Jimmy (Henchmen) Rosemond. Rosemond is considered a music industry rival for Fitty and his crew and the attack took place last month in Manhattan. According to the New York Daily News, this was was 50 Cent had to say on the morning radio show about Yayo's upcoming legal battles:

But then he added, "Worry about the Je-Je-Je-Jew unit. They're the real goon squad. When the lawyers come out, you'll see what it is. I don't pay nobody. I only pay the lawyers."

Fitty said neither he nor Yayo had anything to do with the assault.

I feel like maybe there are special rules for being politically insensitive if you're using a rhyming scheme of some sort. OMG, I'm totally kidding! It's never right. Except when I do it.

And I know that I'm making a generalization that rappers are insensitive for a joke and I'd like to point out that we're not talking about Talib Kwali or Mos Def or something--this is a dude who's biggest selling point is often considered how many times he's been shot. So there. In yo face. OMG, I need coffee...I sound like I'm trying to start a fight on this blog.

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Curtis Jackson AKA "50 Cent," is headed to court after filling papers concerning the child support arrangement between him and his ex-girlfriend, Shaniqua Tompkins, over their son, Marquise. A source close to the rapper indicated to the New York Daily News that Jackson decided to take legal steps in this matter once he started feeling like the demands of his ex were becoming increasingly more unreasonable.

"It was just getting so out of hand," said the buddy. "It was driven by greed. He felt it was necessary to get a court order making clear just what his responsibility is. He took matters into his own hands. It's usually the woman who files. But he wants to do the right thing.

Tompkins, in turn, will be enjoying the legal and comedic stylings of lawyer, Raoul Lionel Felder, whose only comment on the situation was:

"Ms. Tompkins is going to get more than fifty cents, I can tell you that."

Hey, guy, leave the bad jokes to the professionals. I'll be the one serving up the corny one-liners, thank you very much.

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Gotti and 50 Cent were giving each other the hairy eyeball at L.A's Palm restaurant during Universal Music chairman Doug Morris' Grammy viewing party. And it looks like 50's hours logged practicing his cold stare in the mirror paid off, because Gotti scooted out of the party pretty quickly, rather than sticking around to chit chat. Apparently, the feud stems from comments made by Gotti, the former head of Murder Inc. Records, shortly after he signed a deal with Universal. According to Page Six:

Before the ink was dry, our insider said, "Irv started bad-mouthing 50 Cent, saying he was going to outsell him and that 50 was nothing. Irv even went so far as to say he was going to be the next president of Universal. It all got back to 50 - and other executives at Universal - and no one is happy with him right now. Especially 50."

Gotti's rep denies all, of course, but OMG you guys, this totally reminds me of when Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton weren't talking to each other. Like TOTALLY.

Fer crissakes, what's left?

You have his CDs, you've chugged his vitamin water, you've worn his clothing but will you buy his condoms?

The heavily diversified rapper 50 Cent is coming out with a line of condoms.

"The kids become immune when you constantly beat them over the head -- read a book, read a book," the rap star tells the New York Post.

"We have to be a little more creative about it. It's the same with safe sex. As opposed to being part of a safe-sex campaign, I'm going to make condoms and donate a part of the proceeds to HIV awareness."

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50-Cent puts Oprah on blast in the January issue of Elle according to Page Six.

OPRAH Winfrey is really an Oreo - black on the outside but white on the inside, according to 50 Cent. In the January issue of Elle, the rapper says Winfrey "started out with black women's views but has been catering to middle-aged white American women for so long that she's become one herself. I think the idea of being publicly noted that she's a billionaire makes [black women] interested in seeing her views. But it's even more exciting to the demographic of white American women she's been aiming at to see that she has the exact same views that they have."

Is he mad? Does he know the reach she has? She says the word, and thousands of American women will stream out of their homes, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Gymboree, and Barnes & Noble to find and kill his ass.

I'm not an Oprah boy, but in her defense - she got America to read, and he thought it was amusing to dress his toddler in a bullet-proof vest. You do the math.

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50 Cent recently talked to Britain's Loaded magazine, revealing that his top-secret way of getting into multiple ladies' pants is more easily performed in jolly Old England: "England's drinking laws are definitely going to cause more threesomes and if you're out that late, you gotta feed the girl the champagne. They love that stuff."

It's funny cause my rules of seduction for the opposite sex are pretty much just as intricate and less-than-obvious:

Boobies. Do everything you can to showcase them because boys like them. They also like long hair.

50 Cent also had this to add, "Everyone should use a condom, because more drinking will also cause more baby population." Why this man isn't doing PSA's or speaking at middle schools for sex education seminars is completely beyond me.

• 50 Cent lost all of his street cred when he agreed to perform at a Bat Mitzvah. [SaveManny]
• David Beckham shows a bit of action in his shorts. [Oscillate Wildly]
• With Bai Ling being voted off But Can They Sing, the show now becomes just plain tragic. [cityrag]
• Have you ever noticed Pamela Anderson's signature lip curl? [Hollywood Tuna]
• Brad Pitt and Maddox Jolie took a trip to Mars. [Just Jared]
• Christina Aguilera and husband Jordan Bratman spend some quality time kayaking on their honeymoon in Bali. [IDontLikeYouInThatWay]
• Keira Knightly is a "hoarder/collector" of shoes. [Egotastic]
• A jealous Pete Doherty is saying that he's suprised at how easily Kate Moss kicked her drug habit, because her habit was huge. [FemaleFirst]
• Cristina Saralegui, the Spanish Oprah's, 15-year-old magazine is folding. [Perez Hilton]

It's not quite as "classy" as his "street fiction" book line, but I'm sure he'll find some takers.

The In Da Club hitmaker, who already has a clothing line and a range of energy drinks, is planning to extend his business into the lucrative sex market , by making condoms, and even creating a vibrator that looks just like him.

“I need to make a 50 Cent condom, and a motorized version of me. A motorized version of me will definitely have to be waterproof, so you could utilize it in the tub. A lot of them (vibrators) aren't waterproof,” Contactmusic quoted him as telling America's GQ magazine.

“Blue is my favorite color, so it would probably be blue. But I don't know how big. I don't know if big is better because I'm not sure a man wants his woman playing with a really big dildo. But I want to do something like that, to create something that's popular and exciting sexually for women,” he added.

Mmm. A vibrator that looks like 50 Cent? I'm not sure if a bullet riddled vibrator is something that I would be interested in.

50 Cent plans to extend business in sex market [NewKerala]