Stars speculate on Fiddy's Mobo no show

Everyone is trying to work out why 50 Cent pulled the plug on his much-anticipated UK promotion dates.

The official line from Fiddy's people is that he had to cancel due to "unforeseen and unanticipated change in his schedule".

But after missing his performance at the star-studded Mobo awards, many of the celebs who did turn up were speculating on the reasons for his no show.

Speculation has been fuelled further after 50 Cent threatened to retire if rival Kanye West sold more albums than him - which he did with Graduation.

And West pipped him to the top spot again to win best hip hop act the Mobos.

US star Ne-Yo, who scored a double win with best R&B and best song gave his theory on the Fiddy mystery.

"He didn't sell the way he thought he was going to sell...Kanye beat him. So who knows, maybe his pride is a little hurt."

And British rapper Kano said a bit of friendly rivalry makes good music.

"Because they put their albums out on the same day I think they did go a little bit harder on the promotion. It's all good they both sold a lot of records. It's healthy."

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