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July 7, 2016 at 12:00a.m.

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Bankruptcy plan OK’d for rapper 50 Cent

HARTFORD, Conn.

A federal bankruptcy court judge in Connecticut has approved a plan for 50 Cent to reorganize his finances and pay back creditors.

The rapper who burst onto the music scene in 2003 with his debut album, “Get Rich or Die Tryin,” filed for bankruptcy a year ago, citing debts of $36 million and assets of less than $20 million.

The Hartford Courant reports that the rapper will make a $7.4 million payment to begin the bankruptcy plan approved Wednesday.

The rapper’s real name is Curtis James Jackson III. He owns a mansion in Farmington.

Under the plan approved by the judge, creditors holding unsecured claims will receive 74 to 92 percent of the money they are owed, depending on how quickly 50 Cent makes the payments.

‘Talent’ tops Nielsen’s

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for June 27-July 3. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

  1. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 11.21 million.

  2. “NCIS,” CBS, 7.71 million.

  3. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 7.08 million.

  4. “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 6.86 million.

  5. “The “100,000 Pyramid,” ABC, 6.58 million.

  6. “American Ninja Warrior,” NBC, 6.32 million.

  7. “Celebrity Family Feud,” ABC, 6.3 million.

  8. “Big Brother” (Wednesday), CBS, 6.13 million.

  9. “Olympic Trials” (Tuesday), NBC, 5.89 million.

  10. “Big Brother” (Thursday), CBS, 5.87 million.

Prince backup band The Revolution to reunite for 2 shows

MINNEAPOLIS

The band that helped catapult Prince to international superstardom is reuniting in his memory.

The Revolution, which backed up Prince in the 1980s, will play two shows Sept. 2 and 3 at First Avenue, the downtown Minneapolis nightclub where Prince and the Revolution filmed “Purple Rain.”

The Revolution’s members said Wednesday that they and the world mourned Prince “with profound loss and apocalyptic grief” after learning of his death in April.

The shows will feature Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman, Brownmark, Dr. Fink and Bobby Z, with special guests Dez Dickerson and Andre Cymone, who were Prince’s sidemen early in his career.

The Revolution disbanded in 1986 but reunited for a few shows without Prince, including a 2012 benefit.

Tickets go on sale Friday, with a presale Thursday through a Minnesota Public Radio station.

Associated Press