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Rapper due in court on domestic violence charge

FILE - This May 29, 2013, file photo, shows rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. Rapper and actor 50-Cent is scheduled to face arraignment Monday, Aug. 5, 2013, on charges that he attacked his ex-girlfriend and trashed her condo. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper and actor 50 Cent faces arraignment on charges that he attacked his ex-girlfriend and trashed her condo.

FILE – This May 29, 2013, file photo, shows rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. Rapper and actor 50-Cent is scheduled to face arraignment Monday, Aug. 5, 2013, on charges that he attacked his ex-girlfriend and trashed her condo. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

The hearing for the singer, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, was scheduled for Monday.

If convicted, the “In Da Club” singer faces up to five years in jail and $46,000 in fines.

The woman told police that during a June 23 argument, Jackson began destroying property at her Toluca Lake condo before she locked herself in a bedroom. She says Jackson kicked open the bedroom door and kicked her, causing injury.

Police estimated about $7,100 in damage to the home.

The woman told police she had been in a three-year relationship and has a baby with Jackson, who has referenced drug dealing and violence in many songs.

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