IS 50 BEING DIFFICULT IN THE FIRE INVESTIGATION WITH HIS BABY MAMA?

50 CENT has denied reports he has attempted to "stall" the police investigation into a suspicious fire at his New York home. The New York Post reported on Thursday (21Aug08) that authorities were frustrated over the rapper's lack of cooperation in the case. But the star's representatives insist 50 Cent has been compliant with the ongoing inquiry. A statement reads: "50 and his attorneys met yesterday with Suffolk County authorities regarding the fire that destroyed 50's house.

"The meeting had been arranged weeks ago. 50 is eager to review the findings of the investigation, when it is concluded." The In Da Club hitmaker's 11-year-old son Marquise and his mother, Shaniqua Tompkins, were in the Long Island mansion when the blaze broke out. Tompkins has accused 50 Cent, who was in Louisiana filming a movie at the time, of arson.