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23rd Jul 2015

50 Cent isn’t letting bankruptcy affect his “40 birthday events”

JOE

50 Cent has been grabbing headlines a lot lately.

The rapper, who has filed for bankruptcy as he potentially faces being ordered to pay a sickening sum of money in a lawsuit over a sex tape, testified in court that his lavish displays of wealth are all a show.

Basically he reckons all of his bling has been returned to the store; he says his Rolex is actually a Casio…

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Although 50 Cent, real name Curtis James Jackson III, isn’t letting his cash flow problems get in the way of his 40th birthday, which was on July 6.

Speaking ahead of the release of boxing film Southpaw, in which he stars as a boxing promoter alongside Jake Gyllenhaal and Rachel McAdams, he told Shortlist Magazine:

“I’m still celebrating my birthday. I started my birthday early because of Independence Day: I flew to Miami, did club KOD, flew back up the East Coast and went to Atlantic City. I’m going to do 40 events, I’ve never had some much fun.”

Neither has his bank manager…