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50 Cent, Arrested
Soul Sojourner:
This is some news brought to my attention by our newsman and moderator at RoD, and I thought this topic might spark a few insults, maybe some interests.
Can't get the link to the article to work on here no matter what I try, so I'll link to it at RoD, the link from there works fine.
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--- Quote ---Rapper 50 Cent arrested in New York
By Daniel Trotta
Fri Sep 8, 5:23 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rapper 50 Cent was arrested for traffic offenses while driving a silver, open-topped Lamborghini on Friday, generating a crowd that cheered the recording artist and jeered police as they handcuffed him.
The rapper, whose given name is Curtis Jackson, was cited for making an unsafe lane change, driving with an expired permit, driving without insurance and driving without a vehicle registration, a police spokesman said.
The 31-year-old recording artist was pulled over in Midtown Manhattan by plainclothes officers in an unmarked patrol car. At first he refused a police order to get out of the car, instead making a call on his cell phone, tourist Ian Parvess said.
"Eventually the cops opened the door. ... He just got out of the car and put his hands on the car and they put the cuffs on him," Parvess, who videotaped the arrest, told Reuters.
50 Cent, wearing a black baseball cap over a white do-rag and a shiny silver necklace over a white T-shirt, was taken to a police station and released soon after being given four summonses, a police spokeswoman said.
Spectators crowded around the scene outside the New Yorker Hotel, insulting police and breaking into a chorus of boos when the star was handcuffed.
The bullet-scarred, tattooed king of the hip-hop charts last year starred in a movie based on his life, "Get Rich or Die Tryin'."
The movie's title is the same as his 2003 debut CD, which sold 7.6 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, which tracks record sales. His three albums have sold 13.7 million records overall.
New York-born Jackson, who took the name 50 Cent after of a fabled Brooklyn thief, became the first artist to have four songs in the top 10 of Billboard's Hot 100 since the Beatles in 1964.
His spokeswoman did not immediately return phone calls seeking comment.
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420:
--- Quote ---This is some news brought to my attention by our newsman and moderator at RoD, and I thought this topic might spark a few insults, maybe some interests.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060908/music_...HNlYwNtZW5ld3M-
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Uh, the link doesn't work.
As far as insults and interests, I'm not interested enough in 50 Cent to insult him or even really care about his minor traffic violation.
If I made a movie about my life it would be called, "Get Away From Gangster Rappers or Kill Them Tryin'."
-420
Soul Sojourner:
--- Quote ---As far as insults and interests, I'm not interested enough in 50 Cent to insult him or even really care about his minor traffic violation.
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Funny how you then decide to follow up with an insult.
The link works for me at RoD, and every time I copy and paste it from there, or from the address bar, and edit my post, it no longer works. Something keeps breaking it.
420:
--- Quote ---Funny how you then decide to follow up with an insult.
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Not sure how you took that as an insult.
I don't want to be near gangster rappers for the same reason I don't want to be near Hell's Angels. And I would never insult a Hell's Angel.
-420
Soul Sojourner:
Well, a statement like that looks like it could easily be taken offense to, and therefore, could easily be considered an insult. I know I would probably take it as one.
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