50 Cent has spent his career diversifying, getting involved in movies, video games, TV shows, Vitamin Water, sports, self-help books, fashion and whatever else interests him at any given time. His latest venture: iPhone apps. He already debuted the "Baby by Me" mixing board app (which let users remix the first single from 50's latest album Before I Self Destruct). Now there's a companion app: The "Baby by Me" calculator. The app — which retails for 99 cents on the App Store and on iTunes — asks a series of questions that will determine what your payout would be if you did indeed have a child with the man born Curtis Jackson.
"Considering a potential jumpoff? Input a set of your suitor's qualities to find out what size check you'll be getting," the press release announcing the app reads. "Answer a set of questions and find out how much you'll be on the hook for per child." The app inquires about your job, how many children you plan on having, what sort of real estate you possess and whether or not you own a boat. The app also contains snippets of wisdom care of 50 himself and automatic Twitter integration so you can brag to your online friends about how much you're going to collect for lending out your womb. There's also a convenient link that lets you purchase "Baby by Me" and Before I Self Destruct at iTunes.
50 follows in the footsteps of artists like Nine Inch Nails and Mariah Carey, both of whom have created apps that keep users engaged in their music. It won't be too long before everybody launches an app with every album that comes out, which means that 50 is once again on the cutting edge.