Is attached to star in LIVE BET, a heist thriller revolving around underground clubs in Manhattan that place wagers on illegal car racing. (May 12, 2006)

Has signed on to star opposite Nicolas Cage in the boxing flick THE DANCE. (April 6, 2006)

Names Eminem as his role model in coping with fame.

Has signed up to appear in HOME OF THE BRAVE, an independent movie about veterans from the Iraq war. (February 11, 2006)

Is to make an appearance in Pink's video for her new single Stupid Girls. (January 27, 2006)

His video game Cent: Bulletproof has sold 1 million copies in North America and Europe. (January 27, 2006)

Was sued for allegedly stealing the opening line for his 2003 hit, In Da Club, from a song by former 2 Live Crew frontman Luther Campbell. (January 21, 2006)

Says his graphic game titled 50 Cent: Bulletproof is okay for kids as long as their parents explain to them what they are playing. (November 23, 2005)

Will launch G-Unit Books, where he will release a series of street-fiction stories. (November 16, 2005)

Credits Eminem for keeping him grounded. (November 11, 2005)

Suffered from stage fright when he had to shoot love scenes for his new movie GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN. (November 9, 2005)

Lashed out at fellow hip-hop star Kanye West for accusing US President George W Bush of racism in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. (November 3, 2005)

Billboards advertising 50 Cent's film GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN', are set to be removed in Los Angeles communities, following complaints that they glorify gun violence. (October 29, 2005)

His upcoming film GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN' has garnered criticism from Los Angeles community leaders, who say they are horrified by the use of gun themes on billboards, posters and other advertisements for the film. (October 27, 2005)

US federal investigators claimed to have found evidence that there was a possible conspiracy between the New York drug lord Kevin Supreme McGriff and some employees of the music label Murder Inc to kill 50 cent for his hardcore song called ‘Ghetto Koran,’ in which 50 raps about McGriff's criminal history. (September 8, 2005)