Police Say Fire at Rapper 50 Cent’s House “Highly Suspicious”

May 30, 2008

Rapper 50 Cent’s Dix Hill home in Long Island, NY, burned down early Friday morning, sending six people to the hospital for smoke inhalation. 

Dix Hill police tell CelebTV.com the fire is “highly suspicious” and that the “arson squad and the fire marshals are still there and in the process of investigating.”

As of Friday morning, no suspects had been named. 

In April, 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, evicted his former girlfriend, Shaniqua Tompkins, and the couple’s 10-year-old son, Marquise, from their residence in New York, according to Newsday. 50 Cent won the case in April, but Tompkins was not ordered to leave the house until the end of the school year.

Jackson was on location in Louisiana shooting a film at the time of the blaze.  However, both Tompkins and Marquise along with four other occupants were present. 

“Curtis Jackson expressed deep concern over this fire at his property,” Jackson’s rep says.  “He is extremely thankful that everyone including his son, Marquise, escaped the burning house safely. He is confident that authorities will be conducting a thorough investigation of the incident and is eager to review their findings.”

Jackson purchased the multi million-dollar home in 2007.  Earlier this year, Tompkins sued her ex for ownership claiming he had promised to put the house in her name.