04/03/2026
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She demanded $50,000 a month. The court looked at the numbers. What happened next made legal history.
50 Cent was voluntarily paying Shaniqua Tompkins, the mother of his son Marquise, around $40,000 a month in child support. There was no court order. He was doing it informally. When she demanded $50,000 a month and took legal action to get it, 50 Cent did something most people don't expect: he took himself to family court and asked a judge to set the official amount.
The court reviewed his income, her expenses, and the child's actual needs. The interim award was set at $25,000 per month. After further review, the judge reduced it again to $6,700 per month, roughly $80,000 per year. That's an 83% reduction from what he had been paying voluntarily. His son Marquise later said publicly that $6,700 a month wasn't enough, which sparked its own debate online.
The case became one of the most talked-about child support stories in entertainment history, and it's still cited today as a cautionary tale about what can happen when you push too hard in court.
