DAMN! 50 CENT LOST 54 POUNDS PLAYING A CANCER STRICKEN PATIENT IN HIS NEW MOVIE "THINGS FALL APART"!

Lean Times! Inspired by a pal who died of cancer 50 Cent penned and stars in "Things Fall Apart," a flick about a football player stricken with the disease. "I lost 54 pounds for it," says the 6-foot rapper, 34, who dropped 214 pounds to an astonishing 160 with a liquid diet and three-hour-a-day treadmill walks for nine weeks. "I was starving." Now he's back on tour and says, "I've been eating. I'll be back in shape in no time!"