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Rapper 50 Cent declares himself bankrupt days after he was ordered to pay woman £3.2M (Ksh 500M) over sex tape

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50 cent declares himself bankrupt     Photo: Courtesy

50 Cent may have been a hip-hop heavyweight, but he’s just been knocked down and declared himself bankrupt.

The Candy Shop rapper filed the legal documents on Monday, three days after he was ordered to pay Lavonia Leviston £3.2M (Ksh 360M) when a jury determined the rapper had intentionally acquired an X-rated video she made with her boyfriend, added himself as a crude commentator and posted it online without her permission to embarrass his rap rival Rick Ross, who fathered a child with the woman.

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