The $25,000 a month in child support and household expenses that rapper 50 Cent pays to the mother of his 10-year-old son is not enough, says the boy's mother, Shaniqua Tompkins.
The rapper is "worth tens and tens of millions of dollars," said her attorney, Raoul Felder.

The parents of young Marquise Jackson are wrangling over the issue in family court in this Long Island community, where 50 Cent arrived Friday in an armored SUV equipped with a satellite dish.

50 Cent no longer needs to worry about the choice he famously expressed on a 2004 album -- "Get Rich or Die Tryin'."

With his G-Unit record label, clothing line, ring tones and other enterprises, 50 Cent -- whose real name is Curtis Jackson -- reeled in an estimated $33 million in the past year, according to Forbes. - Written in the USA Today









50 Cent Says Lil Wayne Bit Him Off!

Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson says Lil Wayne and many others have ripped him off. In a recent interview with Rollingstone, 50 says that rappers have stolen his style to create their own songs, pointing out Lil Wayne for an example. “‘Lollipop’ is ‘lick lick lick lick it like a lollipop,’” 50 told Rollingstone, continuing “And ‘Candy Shop’ is ‘I’ll take you to the Candy Shop/ I’ll let you lick the lollipop.’”

Curtis, is currently working on his next album, Before I Self Destruct. The new album, due out late fourth quarter, will be 50's last album with under his current contract with Interscope Records. 50 said, that he has stopped listening to music to create a new song. “I’m not really listening to anyone else’s records,” 50 said. “I’m in another space where I gotta make what I’m excited about.”

50 voiced his opinion on the entire situation saying “[Other rappers] can take what I’ve done for the last five years and do their version of it and be successful with momentum,” he then stated. “Meanwhile, I have to reinvent the wheel.”

One day after performing and taking home a best Hip-Hop video honor at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, Lil Wayne appeared in a New York courtroom to answer for a 2007 arrest on his tour bus.



Dwayne "Lil Wayne' Carter Day In Court.

The 25-year-old New Orleans rapper, born Dwayne Carter, was arrested last summer after the bus was stopped by authorities who searched the vehicle and found a .40-caliber pistol.

He was later charged with one count of criminal possession of a weapon.

According to The New York Post, Carter was present today (September 8) for a pre-trial hearing on the case.

Officer Diane Hornung testified that she boarded the bus after Carter performed at a concert at the Beacon Theater in Manhattan on July 22, 2007, when she saw and smelled marijuana smoke that wafted from the bus’ open door.

About 15 people boarded the bus around 11:30 p.m. after the show, said Hornung, who added that authorities pulled the bus over about 14 blocks away from the Theater after it loaded up with passengers.

When asked why she got on the bus, Hornung testified that she smelled "marijuana and I saw someone peeking through the curtain (over one of the windows on the bus)."

Hornung later ordered everyone off the bus, after which she said she headed to the rear of the vehicle, opened a bathroom door and saw a man trying to flush a sandwich bag of marijuana down a toilet.

At that point, Hornung said she confiscated the bag.

The officer then testified that she saw Carter in a bedroom at the back of the bus, sitting on a bed in his underwear and trying to hide a bag.

As the rapper was getting dressed, Hornung said she looked in the bag and found a loaded .9mm handgun.

Despite Hornung’s account of event, Carter’s lawyer Stacey Richman, got the officer to admit that she didn’t see anyone smoking marijuana when she went on the tour bus.

Richman furthered her case by arguing that the charge against her client should be dismissed on account of an illegal search of the bus conducted by the police stopping and boarding the bus without probable cause.

Carter was not charged with marijuana possession in the ordeal.
The rapper, who is free on $70,000 bail, pleaded not guilty to illegal gun possession. If convicted, Carter faces up to four years in prison.- Written By: Chris Richburg of Vibe




Is Dipset Dead?

In the wake of a recent incident in their hometown of London, rap duo S.A.S. is severing ties with Juelz Santana, effectively ending their professional relationship with the Dip Set, which they left a year ago.

According to the group member Mayhem, the decision came after Juelz made statements on camera that implied that his former labelmates in the U.K. did not intervene on his behalf during a verbal confrontation with a British promoter last week, over a scheduled appearance that never took place.

While Juelz maintained in a recent statement that he was unaware of any unfulfilled London appearances, S.A.S. states that they advised him of an escalating situation in the UK as early as the winter 2006.

“Shortly after we returned to the U.S., we got into a verbal and almost physical dispute with Juelz’ ex-manager Big Joe over money he [allegedly] stole from guys in our city,” Mayhem explained in an exclusive statement to AllHipHop.com. “Only then were the two shows and the £70,000 confiscated by Big Joe brought to Juelz’ attention and he was angry that he didn’t know about it. But no one got the money back or tried to contact the promoters in the U.K. but us, with no call back.”

As previously reported, the situation escalated on August 31, the day before Juelz was to close a two-week European tour in Wolverhampton, about two hours north of London.

S.A.S., who had performed with Juelz throughout the tour with stops in Amsterdam, Switzerland, Sweden and Norway, had not been booked for the last night, but met with Juelz at his hotel on the night in question.

“As we were upstairs, I get a call saying that the promoters are downstairs in the lobby and they have 30-40 people surrounding the hotel,” Mayhem told AllHipHop.com. “So being it is our city, Mega and I went down by ourselves to settle and hopefully resolve the situation. The promoters were livid, saying they didn’t wanna talk to us, only the Americans. I told them Juelz had no prior knowledge and that [the person with whom they had negotiated] wasn’t his manager anymore, but all they wanted was to all come up in Juelz room and get the [money] back.”

Following that exchange, Mayhem and Mega were able to convince the promoter to discuss the situation with a Dipset representative in private.

However, the two were unable to come to an agreement, and the promoter left irate.

Throughout the commotion, which culminated in hotel security calling the police, and Juelz being escorted out with his entourage several hours later, Mayhem says that he and his brother attempted to remain involved and provide any assistance necessary.

The last communication he had with Juelz and his camp was as the Skull Gang leader was leaving the hotel, when his brother Twin told that the situation “was getting sorted out.”

Juelz and his crew were then lead by a police convoy to another property, leaving S.A.S. at the site of the altercation.

“We didn’t hear anything from Juelz again till we seen the recent footage,” Mayhem added. “I don’t know what happened after he left [be]cause we didn’t know where he went in the first place. But any misunderstanding could have been handled on the phone. We’ve known him for five years, lived in his house, and know his mother very well, so we didn’t understand the subliminals on the footage.”

S.A.S. was introduced to most American audiences in 2004, when they were signed to Roc-A-Fella Records and made honorary members of the Dipset crew.

Sighting a lack of support following the break-up of the Roc-A-Fella roster, S.A.S. has spent the last two years branding their London-based imprint, Eurogang. - Written By Tai Saint Louis of Vibe



Ms. New York Get's Knocked Out After VMA's.

Somebody got in Tiffany "New York" Pollard's a**. According to one of MediaTakeOut.com's snitches, New York was attacked by a raging lunatic while partying the night at the afterparty to the MTV Video Music Awards.

And it gets worse. MediaTakeOut.com's spy claims that the crazed woman beat on New York "in the middle of the dancefloor" while the entire club looked on.







DAMON DASH'S EX DEFIES COURT

Damon Dash's baby mama is snubbing court orders that say the boy should live with his father - and she could land behind bars if the hip-hop mogul isn't reunited with him by tomorrow.

Linda Williams ignored an order to appear in Manhattan Family Court yesterday with her son, Damon Dash Jr., and Judge Susan Knipp said if she doesn't show for a hearing tomorrow, she'll issue a warrant for her arrest.

The 16-year-old Dash Jr. went to visit his mom at her Long Island home last week, and hasn't returned to his father's Manhattan digs. Dash has sole legal custody of the boy, and he and Williams have been embroiled in an ugly custody battle for the past five years.

The boy's court-appointed lawyer, Glenn Mitch-Ampel, told Knipp that Williams said the boy wants to stay with her. - written by Reuven Fenton