50 CENT - 50 CENT'S 2005 EUROPEAN MEMORIES

50 CENT has two major reasons for remembering 2005 - he played Portugal's biggest rap concert and performed for GENERAL MUAMMAR el-QADDAFI's sons.

The rapper admits he enjoyed a string of successes last year but counts two European shows among his favourite memories.

He opened his European tour in Venice, Italy at a private party staged by the Libyan dictator's sons SAADI and MOATASSIM and then brought Lisbon, Portugal to a standstill.

The rapper recalls, "18,000 people attended and they had only sold 13,000 copies of my CD in the whole country.

"I went to be there because of that. When they see my performance, there's excitement. I'm all over the newspapers. They have to cover it - it's an event."