50 CENT DENIES STALLING FIRE PROBE: Rapper releases statement addressing reports that he was being uncooperative

50 Cent was quick to deny a report in the New York Post yesterday that claimed authorities in Suffolk County, NY were frustrated over his lack of cooperation regarding the suspicious fire at his Long Island home.

"50 and his attorneys met yesterday with Suffolk County authorities regarding the fire that destroyed 50's house," read a statement from the rapper's camp. "The meeting had been arranged weeks ago. 50 is eager to review the findings of the investigation, when it is concluded."

The rapper's 11-year-old son Marquise and the boy's mother, Shaniqua Tompkins, were inside of the house when the fire broke out. Tompkins accuses 50 Cent of masterminding the blaze.

The Post reported Thursday that Suffolk County authorities had been unable to meet with 50 since the fire because they were blocked by his attorneys. Investigators, however, have reportedly met twice with Tompkins, who said she was feuding with 50, her ex-boyfriend, about her living situation in the Dix Hills neighborhood mansion.

The artist, born Curtis Jackson, was in Louisiana filming a movie at the time of the fire.