50 Cent defends decision to evict ex, son

50 Cent has defended his decision to evict ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins from a New York home that he owns.

Tompkins and 10-year-old Marquise, the 'Candy Shop' rapper's son, have been told that they must leave the Long Island mansion by the end of the 2008 school year.

50, real name Curtis Jackson, has suffered a backlash over the decision. Critics have asked how he could evict the woman who nursed him back to health after he was shot in 2000, as seen in his semi-autobiographical movie Get Rich Or Die Tryin'.

Responding to the criticism, the rapper insisted: "That's a movie. I tried to paint a more positive outlook on her. She's not my shorty on the side. I haven't dealt with her since 2003.

"She worked for three months in 2001. She ain't had a job, she ain't done nothing. I was giving her $500,000 a year. She thinks she's entitled to 17 per cent, because these chicks she be having around her telling [her all this]. I was giving her $25,000 a month, now she wants $50,000."