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Rapper Fifty Cent smiles in an interview at the Pontiac stage during a media preview at the 2008 New York International Auto Show in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, March 19, 2008. The show is open to the public from March 21-30 at the Javits Center. — Rapper Fifty Cent smiles in an interview at the Pontiac stage during a media preview at the 2008 New York International Auto Show in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, March 19, 2008. The show is open to the public from March 21-30 at the Javits Center.Photographer: JB REED

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By Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal

June 5, 2017 at 12:15 AM UTC

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