A plea deal in 50 Cent's latest legal rap looks set to keep the rapper out of jail - as long as he behaves himself.

The In Da Club hitmaker was charged with assault and battery after allegedly trampling two women and punching a third during a concert last year, and has accepted a court-imposed deal to stay a free man. Prosecutors in Springfield, Massachusetts have told 50, real name Curtis Jackson, that the charges against him will be dropped in two years time if he stays drug free and follows other orders between now and then.

The incident occurred during a surprise concert at Springfield's Hippodrome club last May, in which Jackson allegedly jumped into a crowd after someone threw or squirted water at him. The three women were left injured by his rash act.

It shouldn't be difficult for 50 to uphold his part in the plea deal - he claimed in an interview last month that he never takes drugs after seeing what they did to former clients when he was a Queens, New York drug dealer.

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Posted by Lawren at May 16, 2005 07:25 AM

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Umm, why did you put the last bit in bold? That's been a known fact since before he really hit it big. Come on now, don't try to make an issue out of something that's old news!

Can you say abs? Jesus.

Says: Iceman at May 16, 2005 09:03 AM

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I bolded it to draw attention to the fact that he'd certainly know the effects of drugs, not that it was new news.

Says: Lawren at May 16, 2005 09:14 AM

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