50 Cent Kicks The Game out of G-Unit; Man Shot

(andPOP) - A man was shot in the leg Monday night in the lobby of Hot 97, the New York hip hop radio station, while 50 Cent was being interviewed.

50 had just announced that The Game, the latest rap sensation, is no longer a member of his G-Unit.

The man was taken to hospital and is in stable condition.

Police are investigating the incident. No arrests have been made and it is not known if the shooting is related to The Game.

50 claimed that The Game was a different person since returning from overseas and that he lacked songwriting skills.

MTV reports that The Game was a guest at Hot 97 earlier in the day, and when 50 was being interviewed, The Game tried to get into the studio. He was now allowed in, and his posse began fighting with men who were leaving the building.

Reports early Tuesday indicated that the man was a member of 50 Cent's entourage, though MTV says this is not the case. The man is identified by police as being from Compton, California, hometown of The Game.

Coincidently, it was at the same radio station in 2001 when members of Lil' Kim's entourage were involved in a shootout. A perjury trial for that incident began in court this week with opening statements.