Celebrity / 50 Cent 50 Cent Sues Ex for $20M Rapper fights back after she goes public with arson accusations By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff Posted Jun 21, 2008 7:55 AM CDT Copied Curtis Jackson, better known as 50 Cent, entertains the crowd during a concert at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 2007. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) 50 Cent has slapped the mother of his 11-year-old son with a $20 million defamation lawsuit, the New York Daily News reports. The rapper's ex has publicly accused him of being behind the blaze that forced her out of the home they once shared. 50 Cent—barred from contacting his ex by a restraining order issued yesterday—denies the allegations and complains she hasn't let him see his son since the fire. (More 50 Cent stories.) Report an error