50 CENT LOOKING BACK TO NORMAL & FILMING NEW DOCUMENTARY

After the disgusting photos we showed you yesterday of acting-rapper 50 Cent, we can now be relieved to see a healthy 50 walking around.  The pics we showed yesterday was just his role for the movie Things Fall Apart in which he's co-writing.  In the film, he plays a football player turned cancer patient and the photos from yesterday showed him in his makeup and all for the film, which made the pics hard to look at.

Curtis is currently shooting a "50's Roots" documentary for VH1 in which he takes the time to trace his family history in the city of Aiken with his aunt.

He was spotted out there earlier this week where we can see he looks a lot more like the 50 Cent we know...except a few lbs. cut off.

Rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson waved and smiled to fans yelling out his name as he walked into the Edgefield County Archives on Wednesday.

The popular recording artist has been staying in and around Edgefield and Aiken counties this week researching his family genealogy for a documentary special on his roots, which can be traced directly to Edgefield and Johnston. A camera crew is traveling with the star and filming his progress for "50's Roots," an installment in VH1's series "Rock Docs."

Residents said 50 Cent was in Johnston on Tuesday and was open to talking with fans, signing autographs and having his picture taken. It was a different story in Edgefield on Wednesday.

Earlier that day, a large crowd of fans gathered in the parking lot of the Old Edgefield Grill, which had closed to customers around noon so 50 Cent could eat lunch with his aunt, Gladys Simpkins, who lives in Aiken. Several people who had spoken with the artist said he was tired and almost ordered lunch to go to avoid the crowds after spending Tuesday with his fans.

Mary Turner, front of the house manager at the Old Edgefield Grill, waited on the artist and said 50 Cent ordered a cheeseburger all the way and french fries for lunch. He brought with him a bottle of apple juice to drink. Turner saved the bottle.

He must have liked the meal, she said, because he cleaned his plate.

"He was a real gentleman," Turner said.