50 Cent has turned set photos he took while making war film Home of the Brave with Samuel L. Jackson into the backdrop for an intense new video game.

The rapper was struck by the war-torn setting of the location in Morocco and took shots he handed over to game director Aaron Blean when he was creating 50’s new battle video, Blood On The Sand.

50 tells King magazine, “Some of my experiences while filming in Morocco really stuck with me. When you think of Morocco, you think of belly dancers and s**t, but it wasn’t anything like that. The area we were in was war-torn. I took a lot of photos, and I ended up giving them to the (video game) developers.”

50 Cent and his G-Unit labelmates will appear as soldiers in the new video game.

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50 Cent’s ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins has been ordered to pay $4,500 in unpaid rent on the charred remains of the rapper’s New York home.

The Long Island estate, which is owned by 50 Cent and was occupied by his former lover Tompkins and their 10-year-old son Marquise, was set ablaze last month in what New York cops have called a “highly suspicious” inferno. Tompkins later accused the rapper, real name Curtis Jackson, of starting the fire himself - allegations he has vehemently denied.

The home has been at the centre of a bitter dispute between the former couple since April’s ruling that she and Marquise must leave the rapper’s mansion by the end of 2008.

Lawyers for the two parties appeared at Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday for a hearing in relation to Tompkins’ $50 million breach of contract suit against the In Da Club star.

But after hearing how Tompkins has been withholding her rent from the star since May, Justice Carol Edmead ruled she must hand over the cash in full - setting the deadline for Friday, reports the New York Post.

She told Tompkins’ attorney, Paul Catsandonis: “She better pay it by the end of the week. Do you understand?”

Catsandonis tried unsuccessfully to get an extension on the deadline - claiming it was a time of “undue hardship” for her after losing her home in the blaze.

Tompkins told the court: “We lost everything. All we have is the clothes we jumped out of the window with.”

But 50 Cent’s lawyer Brett Kimmel revealed his client has been paying Tompkins $6,700 a month in child support - which includes $4,500 to rent a new place to live - something Tompkins has failed to do.

In the same hearing, the rapper was told not to sell the remains of his property until investigators have found the cause of the fire.

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50 Cent has been dubbed a bad dad by the mother of his ten-year-old son Marquise.

Shaniqua Tompkins, who escaped a fire on Friday at the New York mansion the star owns, claims 50 Cent has yet to call to check on Marquise, who was at the house with his mother when the blaze started.

She tells the New York Daily News, “He didn’t even attempt to call his son to see how he was doing. A good father would do that.”

Tompkins has accused the rapper of starting the fire. He was shooting a movie in Louisiana when it took place.

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50 Cent had his diamond-encrusted chain stolen by an overzealous fan during a recent concert in the African country of Angola.

The In Da Club hitmaker, real name Curtis Jackson, was performing in Luanda with his G-Unit crew when one man jumped up onto the stage and grabbed the jewelry from his neck.

In grainy video footage posted online, the assailant can be seen running off with the chain as 50 Cent and his entourage chase after him.

According to TMZ.com, 50 Cent caught up with the thief and is alleged to have punched him before claiming back his prized chain.

A source tells the website, “The chain is around 50’s neck right now.”

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Hip-hop star 50 Cent has won his legal bid to evict his ex-girlfriend and their son from a Long Island, New York home he owns.

A judge has ruled that Shaniqua Tompkins and 10-year-old Marquise must leave the $1.5 million mansion, which is in the upmarket Long Island neighborhood of Dix Hills, by the end of the school year.

The rapper said of the victory, “I’m a winner.”

Tompkins filed legal papers in Manhattan on Wednesday accusing 50 Cent of breach of contract and unjust enrichment.

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50 Cent is defending his decision not to retire after losing out to Kayne West on their album sales “bet”. 50 claims that it’s “impossible” for rappers to retire and quit. 50, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, has vowed to continue to try and dominate the charts with his music.

He says, “I don’t know if it’s possible for a rapper to retire, rappers are like fighters.”

“They condition themselves to be the best. All rappers think they are the best. And they are just waiting for everyone else to recognise they are the best.

“You’ll see them come back and come back.”

I guess this is true…

I hear that 50 Cent has attacked a co-star on the set of his new movie Righteous Kill.  50 allegedly got into a “heated argument” with actor Frank John Hughes after he confronted Jackson about not knowing his lines. Apparently, paramedics were called to the scene from the altercation.

“Frank tried to correct 50 Cent and he got really upset… Before it was all over 50 Cent had Frank on the ground pummeling him.”

“The paramedics looked at Frank and he’s OK. It’s everyone else here that’s still shaken up… No one is trying to get on  50 Cent’s bad side.”

There is no word on whether charges will be filed.

Gosh, what would he have done to Richie Sambora on SNL this past week if he was Jon Bon Jovi?