Privacy and Space
Mike Tyson’s former mansion is set back some distance from the main road, with a private drive and a thick ring of trees blocking it from view. If you’re looking for a nice private place to live, it doesn’t get much better than this!
The home is now reportedly owned by Casey Askar, a businessman from Florida who owns several restaurant chains. Looks like Mr. Askar was looking for some privacy, too!
Bell-Hop Service
When you pull up to the front door, you might feel more like you’re arriving at a hotel rather than a person’s home. The porte cochère, as it’s called, is a covered area that’s designed to keep people and their belongings from being exposed to harsh elements when they get out of their cars.
We can definitely imagine 50 Cent having a bell-hop on hand, as well as a valet, for people arriving to stay at his mansion or visiting for a glitzy party.
Gated Driveway
If you ever get the chance to drive by the property, you’ll be struck by the huge set of gates at the end of the driveway. There’s also a stone lion situated right inside the gates, just in case you forgot who you were visiting.
If you weren’t sure whose house you were driving by, you might just think they were another set of gates, albeit a bit more ornate than some other ones you might see in front of less expensive houses.
Bird’s Eye of the Front
The house is over 51,000 square feet, featuring 21 bedrooms and 35 bathrooms (with a mix of full baths and half-baths). It’s also set on 17 acres of land, so there’s plenty of room for almost any activity you can imagine. With such a huge house, you might not be surprised by this next fact.
50 Cent was reportedly spending upwards of $70,000 a month on maintenance, salaries for property caretakers, and other costs associated with property upkeep. That’s almost $850,000 a year!
Random Bathroom
We don’t have enough space to discuss each of the 30+ bathrooms spread throughout the property, but we can take a look into a couple of them. This bathroom is covered in tile and has — you guessed it — a jacuzzi-tub that’s overlooking the grounds.
It’s also got an old-school telephone for when you’re sitting in the tub (or on the toilet we guess), as well as a bidet! Now, we know this place is high class.
Here’s Another Bathroom
Since there are dozens of bathrooms in this mansion, we thought you’d feel a little cheated if we only showed you one. Therefore, we’ll show you this glitzy red one, which looks like something you’d expect to find in Buckingham Palace or something.
We feel like this one is a little over the top, what with the huge dragon sitting out on the counter. That would make it a lot harder to clean!
Yet Another Bathroom
Just kidding! This is the same bathroom as before, just from a different angle. You can tell from the bidet. As you can see here, it also features a beautiful glass shower, and also leads into one of those closets with glass doors!
We’re just really in love with this bathroom so we thought you might feel cheated again if we left out another picture of it from a different angle.
View of the Gardens
Here’s another image of some of the gardens and grounds at the place, where you can see the water fountain from the pond spraying in all its glory. Apart from all the fun activities, you can spend your day doing both inside and out, the 17 acres that the house is situated upon looks like it would be nice to just take a walk on.
Relaxing at this scenic location is — we’d imagine — pretty easy to do. It might not be very relaxing having to take care of all this space, however!
He Even Has His Own Mural
What would a successful rapper be without their own audacious mural? Yes, in 50 Cent’s old house, the “Candy Shop” man had his very own wall of illustrations, showing him in all of his glory alongside his fellow G-Unit members, including the likes of LLoyd Banks and Tony Yayo.
These images of the rappers were definitely lifted from some of their previous promo material. But there is no denying that this imagery is iconic.
Mike Tyson and 50 Cent
When Mike Tyson listed his Farmington, Connecticut mansion for sale in 2003, 50 Cent (whose real name is Curtis James Jackson III) swooped in and purchased it for $4.1 million. He turned around and listed it for sale in 2007, with the original asking price of $18.5 million.
Unfortunately for 50 Cent, that was a good deal higher than any other property in the area and he wasn’t able to sell it for 12 years. Finally, in 2019, he sold it for less at $2.9 million.