50 Cent: Get Rich AND Drive Without a License

2006_09_50cent.jpgHe might be a gangsta, but an incident with the police made him seem a little more wanksta. Rap star 50 Cent was issued summons for driving his hot $500,000 Lamborghini convertible without a license, insurance, or license plates. Police say he made an "unsafe lane change" and had been weaving in and out of traffic. Of course, the driving infractions got more attention when he was pulled over near 32th Street and 8th Avenue yesterday afternoon, where fans could see him and take camera phone pictures of him. 50 Cent said, "What up, people," to the emerging crowd, who cheered him - and then booed the police, who put handcuff on 50 and took him to a stationhouse. The crowd yelled that the cops were "arresting another black man just for being black," according to a witness the Post spoke to, but the police claimed they had to get him away from the crowd and that the handcuffs were standard procedure. Maybe they were worried he would hurt them with one of his huge checks!

It turns out the car was brand new, and when a member of 50 Cent's entourage brought over registration information, it was all okay. But the Post says that 50 got annoyed with another spectator at last night's Baby Phat Fashion Week show and even held a folded folding chair over his head! 50 Cent is having the Best Week Ever!

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has he ever heard of anything called discretion? When you are famous you don't rule the world. 50! Calm the fuck down.

it's a shame one of those bullets didn't bring him down.

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i thought america worships celebrity. what a funny story, it's like a cartoon come to life.

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meanwhile others were being murdered or shot nearby and nobody seemed to care.

The part I love is that the story says "a crowd immediately formed around him, most women."

Now this guy is not very handsome, is not particularly intellectually stimulating or even wildly creative. Mostly, he's just rich. So next time you give the average woman on the street so much credit for being sensitive and thoughtful, remember this episode... women aren't much different from men, there are just certain things that push their buttons and make them open to anything. For men, it's sex; for women...ka-chings$$$

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32th street?
Is that anywhere near 32nd street?

I think you're just talking about 50 fans...I can confirm the rest of us do like our men handsome.

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A 500k Lamborghini, how ostentatious (biggest word I know). How fun could driving that be in New York?, stopping at a light every four blocks.

50 Cent is the man, straight up P.I.M.P.....ya gotta respect him for behaving in a civil manner around law enforcement. A lot of other rappers would have pretended to be tough around the police by starting a ruckus, 50 is gangsta for not doing so. Bottom line right here is that his music touches the soul and provides social upliftment to our society...HOLLA!!

That's a Murcielago Roadster, so the list price is $328,000, not the $400-500 thousand that's being thrown around. And how dumb is 50-cent to ride around in that without any plates and an expired license?? He might as well chalked the windshield with "Please pull me over, I'm driving a stolen Lambo".

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hahahah...

"arresting another black man just for being black,"

well then, tell black men to start registering and insuring their fucking "bling bling" cars!

This nigga i an idiot. im glad he represents him self and not black men b/c he would make us look stupid. but he only makes himself look dumb.

And it seems like he''s trying to start a bunch of drama so it can sell records.

Give it up 50 it snot going to work. Fuck Gay-unit.


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u r da best 50 cent and ur group is da group g-unit nit nit

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