50 Cent Ticketed for Expired License

Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson arrives at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, in this Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006 file photo. The rapper was cited in New York Friday, Sept. 8, 2006 for a lane-change violation, and for having an expired license and no registration, said Detective Christopher Filippazzo, a police spokesman.(AP Photo/Stephen Chernin) (Stephen Chernin - AP)

NEW YORK -- 50 Cent may have to dig in for a lot more change than that after being pulled over by police Friday in midtown Manhattan while taking his silver Lamborghini for a spin.

Plainclothes officers in an unmarked car stopped the star rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, at about 2 p.m. after he allegedly made an unsafe lane change.

As a crowd gathered and snapped photos with cell phones, the officers ordered 50 Cent out of the flashy sports car and took him to a nearby station.

The rapper was cited for a lane-change violation, and for having an expired license and no registration, said Detective Christopher Filippazzo, a police spokesman.

50 Cent could face as much as $220 in fines and surcharges, police said Friday.

He was let go after a friend showed up with proof that 50 Cent owned the vehicle. The friend, who had a valid license, drove him away, police said.

According to the Web site for Kelly Blue Book, an auto valuation guide, Lamborghini's 2006 models on sale in New York begin at $175,000.

A call to 50 Cent's music label, Interscope Records, was not immediately returned.