Has there ever been a pop icon as humourless as 50 Cent? Even the grumpy, granite faced Lou Reed apparently has a hilarious line in after dinner anecdotes about heroin abuse and the pit-falls of cold turkey. This week, Fiddy took his charmless persona to the next level, after Taco Bell asked him to take part in a fairly worthy promotion for their value meals, all in the name of charity. The US fast food chain promised to give $10,000 to the organisation of the rapper's choice if he agreed to change his name to 79, 89 or 99 Cent for one day.

Fiddy's response? Well, he's basically threatened to sue them, responding: "When my legal team is finished with them, Taco Bell is going to have a new corporate slogan: 'We messed with the bull and got the horns!'" Meanwhile, his reps called the harmless idea "sleazy" and "disingenuous". Surely these people need to check themselves? It's not like Taco Bell wanted to rename their top-end burger the Mumbling Beefcake or Kanye's Bitch with cheese. Sadly. The world seems such a pest for the man formerly known as Curtis Jackson these days.

Ex partner Shaniqua Tompkins has just served him with a restraining order, a few weeks after the fire that ripped through her New York home, almost claiming her life and that of their 11-year-old son. In classic, brutish style, Fiddy quickly instructed his lawyers to issue a $20 million defamation suit. It's all a far cry from the world of Snoop Dogg, who balances his rap gansta antics with a healthy dollop of comedy, as you'll see from his daft new country & western inspired single "My Medicie", starring Willie Nelson and dedicated to Johnny Cash. Even better is the ‘80s space-funk erotica of "Sensual Seduction". Look Fiddy, it's funny!

Today's Famethrowa's

New: The Last Shadow Puppets "Standing Next To Me"
Old: LL Cool J "Mama Said Knock You Out"