Apparently, the economic recession doesn't apply to 50 Cent -- or his lady friends.

The rapper's "Funny How Time Flies" video sees him driving his girl around in a fancy white convertible -- top-down of course -- boasting about a life of "trips to P.R., sex in the car, floatin' diamonds shapar."

50 Cent's long-delayed Before I Self Destruct finally has a release date after two years of delays, MTV News reports. The album, his fourth, drops September 29 and 50 says the wait was worth it.

In a week when the big news was the death of Michael Jackson, some of music's biggest stars were still making headlines: Chris Brown pled guilty to assaulting Rihanna, Marilyn Manson discussed $200K drug budgets, and Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.Am's entourage exchanged words -- and, allegedly, fists -- with gossip b

Either 50 Cent has been secretly collaborating with the Flight of the Conchords team, or he's just been hording his "master of satire" abilities until now.

Three years before Eminem bitch-slapped the hip-hop world with his 1999 breakout album, The Slim Shady LP, the Detroit rapper released his debut, Infinite, as a limited run of only 1000 copies. The long-out-of-print record has since become a rare collector's item -- but now it's available as a free download!

When he's not rhyming with his sadistic, rape-crazy pal Eminem, former crack-slangin' rapper 50 Cent has been planning another collaboration -- this time with "Wind Beneath My Wings" singer Bette Midler!