Rapper 50 Cent Arrested for Weapons in Car
NEW YORK - Rapper 50 Cent, whose hits include "Wanksta," was arrested Tuesday morning after police found two guns inside a car double-parked outside a Manhattan nightclub. The 27-year-old, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, was arrested just before 2 a.m. after police responded to a complaint about a sport utility vehicle double-parked outside the Copacabana nightclub, said police spokesman Sgt. Mike Wysokowski.
When officers approached the vehicle, they saw a .25-caliber handgun on the floor of the SUV, Wysokowski said. A further search turned up a .45-caliber pistol. Police said both weapons were loaded. 50 Cent and the four men with him were each charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
50 Cent was discovered by Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay, whose real name is Jason Mizell. After the Oct. 30 execution slaying of Mizell, investigators learned of a threat to 50 Cent; at their suggestion, the rapper canceled a performance. Police later downplayed any suggestion that Jam Master Jay's killers were after 50 Cent. The Jam Master Jay shooting is still unsolved. Eminem has been helping 50 Cent in his career, and his song "Wanksta" is on Eminem's multiplatinum "8 Mile" soundtrack.
NEW YORK - Rapper 50 Cent, whose hits include "Wanksta," was arrested Tuesday morning after police found two guns inside a car double-parked outside a Manhattan nightclub. The 27-year-old, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, was arrested just before 2 a.m. after police responded to a complaint about a sport utility vehicle double-parked outside the Copacabana nightclub, said police spokesman Sgt. Mike Wysokowski.
When officers approached the vehicle, they saw a .25-caliber handgun on the floor of the SUV, Wysokowski said. A further search turned up a .45-caliber pistol. Police said both weapons were loaded. 50 Cent and the four men with him were each charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
50 Cent was discovered by Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay, whose real name is Jason Mizell. After the Oct. 30 execution slaying of Mizell, investigators learned of a threat to 50 Cent; at their suggestion, the rapper canceled a performance. Police later downplayed any suggestion that Jam Master Jay's killers were after 50 Cent. The Jam Master Jay shooting is still unsolved. Eminem has been helping 50 Cent in his career, and his song "Wanksta" is on Eminem's multiplatinum "8 Mile" soundtrack.
