50 Cent is suing Shaniqua Tompkins, the mother of his son Marquise, for defamation. Shaniqua is claiming 50 is responsible for the fire last month that burnt down her house - with her and Marquise in it. But 50 knows how to handle snitches: litigation, son. Get all legal up on that ass. NY Daily News reports:

“There comes a point where you can no longer sit on your hands and listen to her spread these falsehoods,” 50’s lawyer, Brett Kimmel, tells us. “Besides hurting his reputation, they have a damaging impact on their son.”
The hip-hop king (real name, Curtis Jackson) charges that since the fire, Tompkins has refused to let him see Marquise or tell him where he’s living.

I bet I know where Marquise is living. Somewhere non-flammable! Am I right? High-five. But no, seriously, 50 should be allowed to talk to his son. Yeah, he kind of maybe considered Marquise’s life acceptable collateral damage in his battle with Shaniqua over the house, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t love him. Okay, it does, but you’re missing the point here: The guy burns shit down when he doesn’t get his way.

A house that’s in the center of a court battle between 50 Cent and Shaniqua Tompkins, the mother of his son Marquise, suspiciously went up in flames early this morning. Shaniqua is saying the fire was attempted murder and she distinctly heard someone in the house before the fire, according to TMZ:

The lawyer for 50 Cent’s baby mama, Shaniqua Tompkins, tells TMZ that she heard “someone” come into the house this morning at 4 AM, shortly before the fire broke out around a hour later.
Paul Catsandonis, Shaniqua’s lawyer, tells us that his client is “traumatized” by the fire and that the kids are similarly in total shock. Six people, including Tompkins and their 10-year-old son Marquise, were in the house. They all were transported to the hospital and treated for smoke inhalation.

The house was allegedly promised to Shaniqua by 50 until he decided to put her and his son Marquise on the street. The AP reports:

Tompkins filed a lawsuit against 50 earlier this year claiming he had promised her a house more than a decade ago, but that since their breakup, he now wants to evict her and their 10-year-old son from the home.
Tompkins’ lawyer, Paul Catsandonis, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that the dispute over the house had become “extremely, extremely contentious” in recent days. Although he declined to be specific, he said there was an “extremely dangerous incident” Monday in his Manhattan office while taking a deposition for the lawsuit.

And by “extremely dangerous incident,” Shaniqua’s lawyer meant 50 yelled “Bitch, I’ll burn that house down with you in it at exactly 4 A.M. Friday May 30, 2008. But first, you’ll hear someone break in and shit and you’ll be all, ‘Aw no, what’s happenin’?’ And it’ll be me burning down this particular house in the middle of our highly publicized court battle. But ain’t no one’s gonna know it was me! Ha! In da house. 50 out. The fucks’ the elevator. I hate stairs!”

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Legend has it Paris Hilton tried to dance onstage during a 50 Cent performance over Super Bowl weekend. 50 wasn’t having none of that and swore at Paris until she presumably got her bitch-ass off the stage. Why just words, 50? Was nobody in your crew packing that evening? I, for one, wouldn’t think less of you if say, I dunno, somebody put a bullet in old wonk-eyed. In fact, I might call you “brother.” And from another mother even.

NOTE: Photo of P-Burny crying from the verbal assault here.

Forbes Magazine just released their Celebrity 100 list with the world’s most powerful celebs. They’ve added up annual salaries, web rank, PR rank and TV rank.

Last year Oprah Winfrey earned $260 million for the year! Prisoner Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears didn’t even make the list.

Here is the full list from Forbes: