50 CENT: Defusing Baby Momma Drama

By Karu F. Daniels, AOL Black Voices

Hip-hop superstar 50 Cent filed papers in family court this week to make his child support official. It's been a hot minute since 50 Cent was at the top of the charts.

And apparently he's been spending his down time dealing with some family affairs.

According to the New York Daily News, 50 Cent has paid big money to support his son, Marquise, but has never had an official arrangement with the boy's mother, Shaniqua Tompkins.

Up until now.

The hip-hop superstar legally known as Curtis Jackson was in court this week -- but he wasn't appearing as a defendant.

The rapper -- allegedly shot nine times before his fame and fortune-- filed papers in family court to get a court order and make things official about what his responsibilities are.

What's the cause for all of this newness?

"It was just getting so out of hand," an unidentified "friend" of the rapper told the paper. "It was driven by greed. He felt it was necessary to get a court order making clear just what his responsibility is. He took matters into his own hands. It's usually the woman who files. But he wants to do the right thing. "

Hmmmm.

50, reportedly, always helped out his baby's mother, moving her into an upscale Long Island home and taking his son out on the road with him, and introducing him to Justin Timberlake and Timbaland, but according to the friend, "his son's mother is now making unreasonable demands, which seem to have no limits."

An attorney for Tompkins says she is going for palimony, while publicist Cindi Berger (who also reps Rosie O'Donnell, Barbara Walters, and Dixie Chicks) was quoted as saying, "Curtis puts his son's needs first. His son is well loved and taken care of. Anything else is a private family and legal matter."

Well if she said it, it must be true.

She's the same flack that had a hand in Mariah Carey's meltdown.

I can't wait to see how this shakes out.