A man associated with 50 Cent was shot in the lobby of a New
York radio station on Monday while the rapper was being interviewed about his new album 'The Massacre'.
According to US newspaper Newsday the shooting may have been down to tensions within the 50 Cent camp following news the rapper is dropping his protege, The Game, from his G:Unit possee. Fiddy's fall out with The Game, real name Jayceon Taylor, seems to follow an interview last weekend in which the G:Unit member talked up Nas - one of the many rappers 50 Cent has an ongoing feud with. Insiders say Fiddy was angered when Taylor said he would be interested in working with Nas.
The man who was shot on Monday was Kevin Reed, one of The Game's associates, and reports suggest the incident occurred during a fracas between 50 Cent and The Game's entourages. Reed, who was shot in the upper leg, was taken to a nearby hospital but later released.
Police are still investigating the incident, and other reports of a shooting later the same day at Violator Management, the company which represents 50 Cent. Police say Reed intially claimed the shooting had nothing to do with the hip hop world, but, they added, they don't believe him.