Love him or hate him, it’s hard to deny that 50 Cent is ringmaster of the rap circus right now, thanks to all of the lunacy swirling around him.

For instance, only a "complex" MC like Fiddy could release album artwork that’s as somber as this, yet simultaneously make the sophomorically sexual "Amusement Park" the album’s first video (watch). Don’t want to watch? Just envision "Cherry Pie" with beats.

His "art" aside, 50 the showman recently put the beef smackdown on a boxer-wearing Cam’ron. Curtis responded to Cam’s recent desperate poolside salvo by saying the Dipset dandy was "delusional" and "shouldn’t be in front of no camera with Daisy Dukes on."

So does 50’s posturing work? Well, a panicky MIMS recently denied saying that 50 should be jealous of him (HIMS?), and went out of his way to kiss Fiddy’s butt from overseas. "I respect (50 Cent’s) work and his ambition and also his business methods," the Zune-peddling MC told SOHH.

Tags: 50 Cent•Cam'ron•MIMS•Music

It Ain’t Me, Snitches!
Cam’ron tells 60 Minutes he never talks to cops, even if he lived next door to a serial killer (XXL)

The Aftermath of the Don
Hot 97 cracks down on degrading lyrics thanks to Imus (About Rap)

Shootout Shot at Shoot
Watch: Gunfire breaks out during filming of Spider Loc video (YouTube)

This Is Why You Got Axed
MIMS weighs in on Imus and the proper use of the word "ho" (Rolling Stone)

"We are innocent people"
Tony Yayo’s mother’s house shot; family reacts (New York Daily News)

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Tags: 50 Cent•Cam'ron•Don Imus•MIMS•Notorious B.I.G.•Tony Yayo