Rapper 50 Cent again cuts the price of his 52-room Farmington, CT mansion, this time to $10.9M
Rapper 50 Cent again has reduced the asking price of his 19-bedroom, 48,515-square-foot mansion in Farmington, Conn., this time slashing it to $10,900,000.
This story’s been all over the newswires this weekend, so we won’t bother giving credit to anyone in particular for reporting this story first — except to state that we didn’t break it. The rapper, whose legal name is Curtis James Jackson III, purchased the 52-room mansion from boxer Mike Tyson’s ex-wife in September 2003 for $4,100,000, according to public records, less than a year after Tyson had signed the house over to his ex-wife presumably as part of a divorce settlement. Tyson had bought it in 1996 from a Lithuanian import-export businessman for $2,800,000, according to public records.
Built in 1985, the mansion has 19 bedrooms (or 18, as has been reported in some places), 25 full baths, 14 half baths, two three-story spiral staircases, a full gym, two billiard rooms, racquetball courts, a disco (with stripper poles), brass and marble fireplaces, several kitchens, four whirlpools, a sauna and a hot tub, according to news accounts. The estate includes a boathouse, a tennis court and servants’ quarters, according to news accounts. Jackson reportedly spent up to $6 million to renovate the house, the AP reported, including the addition of a helicopter pad, an infinity pool and spa with a grotto, new decks, windows and roofing, an entirely new main kitchen, a movie theater, and an updated master bedroom. Now, Jackson is billing the house as having a “Miami Vice”-type feel.
The estate’s address has its own odd history. Originally known as 46 Poplar Bars Road when Tyson owned it, Jackson changed the house number to 50, for obvious reasons. County records call the address 50 Poplar Street, while the website mentioned above obviously calls it 50 Poplar Hill Road, and Mapquest calls it 50 Poplar Hill Drive.
A hilarious 2005 New York Times article mentioned how elusive a figure Jackson was around town. Titled “A Wealthy Hartford Suburb Longs, Vainly, for a Rap-Star Neighbor’s Company,” the piece mentioned how seldom Jackson was seen in town.
We wrote about Jackson first listing the mansion for $18.5 million, back in 2007. Late last year, he reduced it to $14.5 million. He apparently is selling because he’s tired of the two-hour commute to New York City and also because he wants to downsize.
By Bob Goldsborough at 20 July, 2009, 2:59 pm
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The Citrus house is for her parent and her brother Todd and Jennifer live in the Gardner house. She is being a good daughter and sharing the wealth with the family.
Alpharetta GA. North East suburb of Atlanta and same neighborhood where Lori Lynn lives.
Didn’t American Idol mean man Simon Cowell bail out Miss Barrino’s cash strapped real estate ass?
I would so purchase Whitney Houston’s 8,022-square-foot Alpharetta, Ga home. I would also purchase her home on North Gate Road in Mendham Township, NJ…
what is it with people and big houses like if only 2 or 3 people live in there then whats the point if having 30 rooms and 20 bathrooms????!!!!
i agree with olga but why dou need a big house just to be known as the cool one u still could be cool without a big house!!!!!!!!!!!
SongWrite You know a great song when you hear one, so why can it seem so hard to write one? How is it that some songwriters can crank out classic hit after hit, while others struggle to write one single decent song?
What’s wrong with having a big house if you can afford it? Just because you live by yourself or with one other person instead of six doesn’t mean you should be in a smaller place; that doesn’t make any sense. People, by nature, need space.
If Dido comes with it I will take it!
how do you modivate a nasty room mate to help clean the house?
hey this is manuel from somerton arizona i like your songs your movies and i just to say hie and make more songs i already saw the video u did in miami and it was so colll and the ferrari and lamburging
Does anyone know the amount the apartment is worth now
“how do you modivate a nasty room mate to help clean the house?”
It would probably help if you learned how to spell motivate 1st.. No wonder they aren’t helping when they don’t have a clue what your talking about!
I loved U Miss Ross U have a beautiful House. I wish i could live in it with u. You are my idol. I listen to all your songs. I wish i have the money to buy it.. Leave the house for your grandchild. There is nothing having a big house. U work hard making movies and singing from your heart. U desire the best. keep doing your thing U are so beatiful. God Bless U
I am would like to see more of this house and also I would like to know how much taxes on this house I like more pictures I am looking to make a offer
Actually it wasn’t just two people. Nikki had three kids from a previous marriage who visited often and she had her son who lived with her, plus their had a child together. So they needed more than enough room.
Plus “they” had a child together. Forgive my spelling error