50 CENT has been ordered to make an immediate payment of $10,000 (£5,128) in child support to his ex-girlfriend, after reportedly failing to provide sufficient funds for his son's upbringing.
The CANDY SHOP star - born CURTIS JACKSON - appeared in New York's Suffolk County Court on Monday (16Apr07), where he was told by Support Magistrate Aletha V. Fields-Ferraro to pay an additional $15,000 (£7,692) in monthly expenses to Shaniqua Tompkins for the care of their 10-year-old son Marquise Diamond Jackson.
The rapper, who allegedly caused a commotion outside the courthouse when he demanded VIP treatment, is due back in court on 11 June (07), according to PageSix.