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50′s callin all the single Baby Mamas for his 50′s Money for Moms Contest

Win one of three $10,000 prizes in 50's Money for Moms Essay Contest

Hip-hop artist 50 Cent invites single moms to enter his essay contest 50′s Money for Moms Contest, three deserving applicants will each win a grand prize of $10,000 from 50.

“During the next week, 50 Cent will not only be on television, on the Internet, and at a pair of retail stores promoting his new ‘Before I Self Destruct’ album and film, but he’ll also be playing Santa this holiday season,” Interscope Records said in a release Monday.

“Amidst tough economic times, 50 Cent is implementing his own stimulus package, specifically to help single mothers. For ’50′s Money for Moms’ contest in conjunction with BET, entrants must explain in 200 words or less why she — or a single mother the writer knows — deserves to win one of three grand prizes of $10,000 each from 50 Cent.”

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50 Cent and Beanie Sigel to drop new track this Friday

The first official music pairing of 50 Cent and Beanie Sigel called “I Go Off” will debut this Friday November 13 on Thisis50.

Utilizing the Friday the 13th movie franchise logo, the promo artwork features 50 and Beans doing a faceoff with the tagline “The Nightmare Begins.”

Last week, Sigel and 50 made an appearance on Philly’s Power 99 station to explain their partnership.

During the interview, Sigel verified his signing with G Unit, and his intentions to continue more diss records like “Average Cat” to his former mentor Jay-Z.

“He’s a crumb. I’m putting my foot on his neck ‘til he responds. Please make a record, ‘cause a week been out dog,” Sigel stated. “Not taking nothing from Jay as an artist. All I’m saying is I ain’t gotta jog to keep up with him. Watch what I do next.”

Since the interview, there has been no official confirmation if Beanie Sigel is legally signed to G Unit Records.

At press time, neither 50 Cent or Beanie have revealed if the new “I Got Off” track will address the Jay-Z situation further.

50 Cent and Freeway Reach out to the Real Rick Ross

Shortly after finishing a 14-year prison sentence former drug kingpin “Freeway” Ricky Ross revealed that one of the first people to reach out to him was rapper 50 Cent.

“50 Cent called me the day I got out and let me know if there was anything I needed to just let him know,” said Ross during his interview. “I don’t know how he got my cell but the morning I got out he called me and expressed his support.”

And according to Ross, he has yet to hear from Miami rapper Rick Ross although he has in fact heard from rapper Freeway since his release from prison in September of this year.

“Freeway reached out and told me anything I needed he had me but Rick Ross, he hasn’t reached out to me as of yet,” said Ross in a radio interview. “That’s not saying he won’t reach out one day. But as of right now, he hasn’t reached out.”

In his various interviews, Ross made it known that he has a number of projects in the works including four movies (one with comedian Mike Epps) and his own record label.

Twitter reports 50 Cent was rushed to the hospital – ohhh so false

One the same day that his book, The 50th Law, co-written by 48 Laws of Power author Robert Greene, hit #9 on the bestseller list, rapper 50 Cent was reportedly rushed to the hospital.

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Initial word of the event was noticed and quickly repeated throughout the social world of Twitter, and while in the past, such alerts have turned out to be false, similar tweets were seen from known friends and associates, such as Tony Yayo (@tonyyayo).

However, a posting on his highly-trafficked website www.thisis50.com explains:

…employees say that 50 Cent was listening to Fat Joe’s new album, “J.O.S.E. 2? when all the sudden, he collapsed. Doctors say after performing a Cat Scan and EKG there seems to be some damage to his auditory cortex, which is the region of the brain that is responsible for processing sound.

The “news” was then followed by a link to download a pirated copy of Bronx rapper Fat Joe’s new album, with the toungue-in-cheek warning “DOWNLOAD AT YOUR OWN RISK!”. The twitter-fueled marketing ploy is an extension of past “beef” between the two artists.

Say what you will about 50 Cent, but using the proven by-product of Twitter to facilitate false rumors to his advantage is a shrewd move in a time when obtaining online buzz becomes more difficult as more entities master established methods.

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