As you probably know, 50 Cent lives in a very large home in Connecticut .

You need a lot of electricity to keep a 50,000 square foot mansion going.

But since he's gone bankrupt, 50 has to ask a judge when he wants to pay household expenses like electric, gas, trash removal, cable, Internet and phone.

His gas and electricity runs almost 11K a month, and apparently the judge was balking at allowing such an expense. So, according to TMZ, 50 had to make a special request of the judge to pay the utility company.

It's unclear what the judge ruled. But hopefully Fif bought himself some time. It's supposed to be in the 90s next week in the Northeast.