50 Cent Seemingly Slams Nick Cannon Having Multiple Kids as He Talks About Expanding His Own Family
etonline.com50 Cent may consider expanding his family, but he has a limit. In an interview with ' Brian J. Roberts, the 48-year-old rapper — born Curtis Jackson — talks about how he's learned from past mistakes when it comes to buying extravagantly to symbolize his success.
He specifically recalls his decision to buy his Farmington, Connecticut, mansion back in 2003, which the rapper admits he regrets.The GRAMMY winner bought the mansion from the ex-wife of former champion boxer Mike Tyson for $4.1 million, following the success of his album, The colossal house is 50,000 square feet, featuring 52 rooms, a monumental cathedral atrium, a grotto pool spa, a full night club with a casino room, two billiards rooms, a basketball court, a recording studio, and of course, a helipad.50 spent $72,000 a month for the 50+-room home, an amount that covered his mortgage, property tax, insurance and utilities.
He also paid $5,000 for gardening and $9,000 for «security and protection.»Talking to, the rapper sagely notes that the excessive show of wealth was hugely unnecessary, pointing out that even with all the amenities, you'll still only occupy the same amount of space as in a smaller house. "...You still gonna sleep on one bed… So if you're not in that mode where you wanna bring that many people around for you to entertain them, then you're not good," he says. «I was looking around like, 'Yo, why did I buy this s**t?
Like I looking, going, 'What the f**k made me buy this s**t?'»«If I had Nick Cannon's 12 kids or s**t like that, you could put them all in a bedroom.
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