According to sources 50 Cent has opted to use his birth name that his mother gave him for for the new movie “Home of the Brave”. 50 Cent was stated that he felt it would scare people way is he used his rap name. 50 Cent will attach the name Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson on all the promotional posters for the new film because he believes it will give him more credibility.

“I think when people hear 50 Cent they directly associate it with the music and the aggressive content in the music. So I told them to use my real name and put 50 Cent in the middle.”

In the movie 50 Cent “Curtis Jackson” will play an American soldier that is returning home from the Iraq war. 50 Cent believe that fans may be a little disappointed when they realize that his character doesn’t have that same aggressive edge that they are so use to.

50 Cent will also be starring alongside Nicolas Cage in a new boxing drama ‘The Dance’, which will begin filming in 2007 and set for release in 2008.

Rapper 50 Cent “Curtis James Jackson III” will be starring in a new Boxing movie called “The Dance” where he will star alongside award-winning actor/director Nicolas Cage “Nicolas Kim Coppola” (Peggy Sue Got Married, Face Off, Gone in Sixty Seconds, National Treasure). The movie will be about prison boxers where a one-time champion prize fighter Billy “The Kid” Roth played by Nicolas Cage, volunteers as a boxing coach for over 40 years in the prisons of Louisiana.

In an interview 50 stated that he had just started boxing training and he’ll be in top condition by the time the movie starts shooting. 50 Cent is currently using Floyd Mayweather Jr’s trainer and uncle Roger Mayweather to help him get into tip top shape for his role.

The movie will begin shooting sometime next year and Nicolas Cage is a producer and executive producer for the movie.

Sources state that the gangsta rapper 50 Cent will team up with the great Robert De Niro in a gritty cop thriller next year.

50 Cent will investigate police corruption as De Niro’s uniformed partner in New Orleans. The movie, set in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, is stated to chart De Niro’s quest to avenge the suspicious death of his previous partner.

Mya is back at it again with her diss on 50 cent. She states that 50 cent is claiming he slept with her which is not true. “If that’s how you choose to succeed, then karma’s a bitch. I don’t have time for that small bullshit”, states Mya.

Even though Mya is having her issues with 50 cent, she also just had a tough time with her parents’ divorce which happened right after the debut of her album. Mya says that it had an effect on her career greatly. The divorce forced her to fire her dad as her manager and hire new management. “My dad took it very personally. My family fell apart and it was very psychotic”, states Mya. Since then she has prepared her fourth album Liberation and has also hired her father back as her manager and her mother as her accountant. Since then she says her energy has been different.

“I feel like I have control and I’m a grown woman now”, Mya stated.

Five months ago LL Cool J released his self-titled album Todd Smith under his longtime label Def Jam. LL Cool J says this will be his last album with Def Jam.

“For me, I needed to go and work with somebody who really had my best interests at heart,” he said.

Is LL Cool J receiving what his heart desires from the G-Unit crew since it seems as though they have created a tite knited bond recently.

No word on the title of the album or the release date.