50 Cent Files $20M Defamation Lawsuit

NEW YORK, New York -- 50 Cent wants $20 million. The rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, filed a multimillion dollar defamation suit in a Hartford, Connecticut court against Shaniqua Tompkins, his ex-girlfriend and mother of their 10-year-old son, Marquise. In court documents obtained by Access Hollywood, 50 Cent states that "Romantic relationships often end bitterly. However, having been in a failed relationship does not give one license to gossip to tabloids and make defamatory statements to the press." (link)