50 Cent rapped in Lambo

Associated Press
Sept 16th, 2006

NEW YORK—50 Cent may have to dig in for a lot more change than that after being pulled over by police last week in midtown Manhattan while taking his silver Lamborghini for a spin.

Plainclothes officers in an unmarked car stopped the star rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, at about 2 p.m. after he allegedly made an unsafe lane change.

As a crowd gathered and snapped photos with cellphones, the officers ordered 50 Cent out of the sports car and took him to a nearby station.

The rapper was cited for a lane-change violation, and for having an expired licence and no registration, said Det. Christopher Filippazzo, a police spokesman.

He faces as much as $220 in fines and surcharges, police said. He was let go after a friend showed up with proof that 50 Cent owned the vehicle. The friend, who had a valid licence, drove him away, police said.