Pay £250,000 for 50 Cent's "Private"

Thu, 12 July 2007 12:00:00 ET

Pay £250,000 for 50 Cent's
50 Cent demands £250,000 to perform at a private party. The hip-hop star was paid the enormous fee for just 30 minutes work the last time he rapped at a private bash, to celebrate a Jewish boy reaching the age of maturity.

50 insists he isn't prepared to appear for anything less than the staggering fee. He told Blender magazine: "The last bar mitzvah I booked, I got paid £250,000 for 30 minutes. That's not a fixed rate, but it's in the ballpark."

50 is not the only music star making a fortune from private performances. The Rolling Stones charge an astonishing £4 million per show - making them the most expensive party music act in the world. American band The Eagles come a close second in the price per performance stakes, charging £3.75 million.

Canadian singer Celine Dion demands £3.3 million for a private show and Sir Elton John asked one British multi-millionaire to pay him £1 million to play at his wedding reception. Further down the scale, Beyonce Knowles offers her services for £650,000 while Aerosmith will entertain you for £550,000.