US rapper 50 Cent has been ordered to pay an undisclosed fee to an American photographer who was assaulted by one of his security guards.

The incident occurred as the rapper left a Jewellery shop in Manhattan in 2003.

Jim Alcorn, a New York Post photographer, claims that he was hit on the head and pushed to the street in the incident.

Alcorn launched a lawsuit against the rapper, who was not involved in the incident itself, in 2004.

A spokesperson for the rapper wouldn't comment about the case, only to say: "It's a legal issue that's been settled."

(by Jason Gregory)