50 CENT MUST PAY PHOTOGRAPHER IN ASSAULT CASE: Court rules against rapper in jewelry shop beatdown.

A judge has ordered 50 Cent to pay an undisclosed sum to a man who says he was roughed up by the rapper's security team outside of a jewelry shop in New York.

Jim Alcorn, currently the New York Post's deputy photo assignment editor, was a photographer for the newspaper when he filed the lawsuit against Fitty in 2003.

Alcorn claimed he was trying to snap photos of the rap star, who'd just bought an $18,000 watch, when he was knocked down to the ground by 50's muscle crew. Alcorn was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was treated for injuries to his neck and jaw.

"A settlement was reached and all parties are satisfied," said Alcorn's lawyer, Sanford Rubenstein, according to the New York Post. A rep for 50 said, "It's a legal issue that's been settled."