50 Cent Must Be On That Oscar Run....COZ THIS SHIT IS SCARY AS FUCK!!

No, it's not a funhouse mirror effect.  It's 50 Cent and his shockingly new thin frame.  He slimmed down from 216lbs to 140 in 9 weeks by operating off a liquid diet and hitting the treadmill 3 hours a day.

But it was all for a reason: In his new film Things Fall Apart that he just wrapped up shooting, he plays a football player diagnosed with cancer.  Another pic when you read on...

He said on his Facebook page that he's now back to eating again and will be back in shape and on tour in no time.  Good to hear...this ish looks mad scary Fif.