50 Cent is set to show off the USD18.5 million mansion he bought from Mike Tyson on MTV Cribs.
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The rapper-and-actor is selling the luxurious 19-bedroom property in Farmington, Connecticut – which features its own nightclub and recording studio – and is allowing TV cameras from the hit US TV show in there to film today (29.11.07).
The Get Rich or Die Tryin’ star – who bought the 48,000sq ft mansion from heavyweight boxing champion Tyson for USD4.1 million three years ago – revealed: “It was crazy looking when I got here. It had a sort of Miami Vice feel. It had turquoise and blue on the floor but I changed things around.
“I can go from my studio straight into the nightclub to see what a track will sound like in a club. The club also has a massive swing hanging from the ceiling, which is pretty cool.
“I’m just fed up with the commute when I need to get to New York so I want something nearer.”
Fifty, 32, admits the mansion is so big he often forgets he has guests staying with him in different wings.
He reveals: “I’ll let them stay on the other side of the house and not actually see them for a day or so.”
The Ayo Technology rapper is adamant you don’t have to have his bank account to afford a luxurious lifestyle. He insists: “It ain’t based on the actual money that’s been spent, it’s the choices that people make.
“You don’t have to buy a USD50 million home to build a lifestyle that’s equivalent.”
Fifty – real name Curtis Jackson – added: “My next home will have the basics – probably four or five bedrooms. Maybe I’ll let the MTV Cribs cameras in there too. But only when I’m leaving!”
