STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep with bankruptcy news on 50 Cent. The rapper whose given name is Curtis Jackson filed for bankruptcy protection. This blocked a mortgage lender, a business partner and a woman who won a lawsuit against him for publishing a sex tape. His creditors question his financial status. He says he's broke, but he posted Instagram photos showing piles of cash in a refrigerator. In another photo, 50 Cent uses bricks of money to spell the word broke. It's MORNING EDITION.
The rapper, whose given name is Curtis Jackson, filed for bankruptcy protection. Though he says he is broke, he posted Instagram photos showing piles of cash in a refrigerator.