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When one thinks of pop star scandals involving drugs, one doesn't usually first think of the "performance enhancing" variety, but at least three musicians have now been "named in connection with an Albany-based steroid investigation." So who's ditching their Hip-Hop Abs workout videos to join the sports world's finest anabolic abusers?

The Times Union of Albany cited unnamed sources in a Sunday report that R&B music star Mary J. Blige, rap musicians 50 Cent, Timbaland and Wyclef Jean, and award-winning author and producer Tyler Perry may have received or used performance enhancing drugs.



Albany District Attorney P. David Soares launched a Albany-based investigation into steroid trafficking last year. Law enforcement officials have said evidence does not indicate that the celebrities broke the law. Officials are focusing on the doctors, pharmacists and clinics that provide the drugs.

50 Cent is understandable. (How often do you think he looked at the cover of The Massacre and wished he really had those inflatable pecs? Gangstas can have body image issues, too.) Even Wyclef we can maybe see. (Why should Lauryn have all the post-Fugees drug fun?) But Mary J? We know she kinda, uh, puts her all into her performances, but not like this! Thankfully all three have a chance to reform their quick-fix workout ways without the threat of a jail stint, as they are not part of the Albany D.A.'s "ongoing criminal probe" into Signature, an infamous Orlando-based online pharamcy handing out illegal 'roid scripts.

50 Cent, Mary J. Blige And Others Said To Be Named In Steroid Report [NY Daily News]