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Hip hop star 50 Cent is hitting road this summer for concert tour.

Titled “Invitation Tour,” the 19-city tour will kick off May 28 in Cleveland, and it will run through June 25 in Atlantic City.

The tour schedule is posted below.

• May 28 - Cleveland, OH @ Wolstein Center
• May 29 – Detroit, MI @ Chene Park Riverfront Amphitheater
• May 30 – Chicago, IL @ UIC Pavilion
• June 1 – Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
• June 3 – San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theatre
• June 4 – Los Angeles @ Club Nokia at L.A. Live
• June 6 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Pearl Concert Theater at The Palms
• June 7 – Phoenix, AZ @ Celebrity Theater
• June 10 – Kansas City, KS @ Midland Theatre
• June 11 – Dallas, TX @ Music Hall at Fair Park
• June 12 – Houston, TX @ Arena Theater
• June 15 – Miami, FL @ The Fillmore
• June 17 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
• June 18 – Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues
• June 19 – Raleigh, NC @ Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
• June 22 -New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
• Jun e23 – Wallingford, CT @ Chevrolet Theater
• June 24 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
• June 25 – Atlantic City, NJ @ House of Blues

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Hip hop star 50 Cent is being sued over a sex tape.  Thankfully, it’s not 50 Cent engaging in the sex acts.

A woman named Lastonia Leviston filed a lawsuit against the rapper this week claiming he released a sex tape she made with her male companion. 

According to Billboard magazine, the woman claims 50 Cent used digital technology to edit himself into the video as a narrator.  The woman said the tape’s release caused her emotional distress.

The woman said 50 posted the video on his Web site last year.

Hip hop star 50 Cent clarified comments he made regarding Kanye West’s and Lady Gaga’s tour (which is now cancelled).

During an interview with hostess Angie Martinez on the Hot 97 radio station in New York, 50 Cent said Kanye is “cool with the gay folk.  I have nothing against them, but he’s cool with them. He goes, drops his video off to them.  Remember 808s & Heartbreak? Where’d he premiere it? The Ellen DeGeneres Show. He went there to premiere his video. He’s conscious of the gay community and wants them to buy his CDs.”

Some members of the gay community were upset that 50 Cent tried to make fun of Kanye’s connection to gay people. So, 50 Cent later released a statement on his Web site to clarify his comments.

The statement says “During an interview with Angie Martinez yesterday, certain comments I made were taken entirely out of context. When I referred to the Lady Gaga tour as ‘the gay tour,’ I was basically repeating what I thought she had referred to the tour in the past.  It was not my intention to offend anyone. I don’t have a problem with anyone’s lifestyle and have no issue with Lady Gaga. She makes great music.”