50 Cent’s G-Unit Books is calling on a New York court to grant its pending motion for default judgment in a legal dispute with Shaniqua Tompkins, with whom the rap and TV mogul is said to have been “romantically involved” decades ago.
In a filing dated Feb. 3 and viewed by Complex, attorneys for G-Unit Books, including Reena Jain, staunchly push back against Tompkins’ argument that she deserves an extension of her time to answer the initial complaint.
As first reported by AllHipHop this week, the dispute focuses on a Life Rights Agreement the two parties are said to have entered into back in 2007. As part of that agreement, per G-Unit Books’ initial complaint in July 2025, Tompkins “irrevocably and exclusively sold to G-Unit Books all interests in her life rights and the ability to exploit such rights.” Lawyers say she broke that agreement by, in part, “exploiting those rights in a series of videos” shared online.
In the original complaint, G-Unit Books argued that it should be awarded damages in the amount of “no less than” $1 million. Now, in response to Tompkins’ effort to secure a motion to extend her time to answer, lawyers for the company insist that their own motion for default judgment should be granted.
“Tompkins does not dispute G‑Unit Books’ central allegation that her conduct breached the parties’ Life Rights Agreement,” lawyers wrote in the Feb. 3 filing, as viewed by Complex. “Instead, she contends the contract is unenforceable, relying on decades‑old misconduct allegations supported only by her own self‑serving statements. Those assertions cannot be reconciled with her prior sworn filings; in an earlier litigation—while seeking half of G‑Unit Books’ principal’s estate and future income—Tompkins treated the Life Rights Agreement as an enforceable contract. Her current attempt to recast that agreement as unenforceable should be rejected.”
The latest filing goes on to argue that each of Tompkins’ attempted defenses in this matter are contradicted by prior sworn statements. Furthermore, her arguments are assessed as suggesting, “at most,’ that she could have made efforts to terminate the contract in question years earlier, “but she never did so and it is far too late to do so now.”
As G-Unit Books’ lawyers state, Tompkins had notice of their action by October of last year “at the latest,” but only sought relief months later.
Filed alongside G-Unit Books’ memorandum of law in opposition to Tompkins’ motion for extension of time to answer were five exhibits, including a 2009 affidavit and a verified complaint from 2008.
In a previous filing, lawyers for G-Unit Books said that 50’s decision to purchase the rights to Tompkins’ life story were inspired both by a desire to “preserve them” for use in potential future projects and due to concerns that she “would attempt to monetize their history” and the artist’s name.
“His concerns were ultimately proven correct,” lawyers said in July of last year.
Lawyers for Tompkins, meanwhile, have alleged that the agreement in question was secured through “duress and coercion.”