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50 Cent out of hospital after car crash

Rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson speaks during a news conference on May 5, 2012, in Las Vegas. Getty

(CBS/AP) Updated 12:00 p.m. EDT

Rapper 50 Cent was hospitalized and released after being involved in an car crash in New York early Tuesday morning, according to his representative.

The rep said 50 Cent was taken to New York Hospital Queens where he was treated for "minor neck and back injuries" and is now "doing fine."

His driver, Bruce Miller, was also injured.

Photos of the 36-year-old on a stretcher are posted on the website www.ThisIs50.com. The Grammy winner, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, appears in a neck brace in two photos. According to the site, his SUV was rear-ended by a Mack truck on the Long Island Expressway after the driver of the truck lost control of the vehicle.

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