Pursuits
Rapper 50 Cent Files for Bankruptcy After Sex-Tape Lawsuit
Recording artist Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson performs onstage during the 2014 iHeartRadio Music Festival on Sept. 20, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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The Grammy-winning rapper known as 50 Cent filed for bankruptcy in Connecticut after losing a lawsuit in a New York court over a 2008 sex tape.
Curtis James Jackson III, whose 2003 debut album “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” was made into an autobiographical film, listed assets and debt of less than $50 million each in a court filing Monday in Hartford.