50 Cent Cancels Home Town Gig Due To Insecurity

08/31/2009
. (antiMusic) He's been shot fifty millions times and is the most badass rapper in the world, at least according to his hype, but 50 Cent backed out of a street fair in his old hood over "security concerns" according to an AP report.

AP reports that The fair had been planned for Sunday at a school yard in Queens New York's Jamaica section, blocks from a spot where the rapper was shot and wounded in 2000.

The musician's manager, Chris Lighty, says the event is being postponed while organizers work out new arrangements with police. - Read more at Jam!

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