Oct 5, 2010 09:21 GMT  ·  By

When he’s not feuding with his pet pooch Oprah The Dog, rapper 50 Cent has a busy social life which, as photos confirm, also includes going out on dates with none other than Chelsea Handler.

Reports of the two being more than just friends have made headlines before but, for one reason or another, no one seemed to pay that much attention to them.

Now, TMZ has photographic evidence – plus confirmation from an eyewitness – that the two are actually dating, as odd an item they may seem.

The two went out clubbing just recently and were on this occasion photographed together. Though they’re not kissing, the pic does seem to confirm they’re past the friends stage.

Moreover, before the photo was taken, 50 Cent freestyled with the local band, with his words seemingly directed to “a certain special lady friend.”

“50 Cent and Chelsea Handler went to a bar in New Orleans last night... and by the way they got up close and personal with each other, they gave some serious credibility to those dating rumors,” TMZ writes.

“TMZ has obtained a photo of the two of them at the Blue Nile jazz bar in New Orleans – and one spy inside the joint tells us they were getting very hot and heavy with each other,” the same e-zine reports.

“But before 50 got cozy with Chelsea, dude knocked out a live freestyle set with a local band at the club,” TMZ goes on to say.

Though speculation about his love life is running rampant, 50 Cent is not saying a word about it, though he’s been very vocal on Twitter about a lot of things these past weeks.

For instance, as we also reported, a short while ago, he set up an account for his dog, Oprah The Dog, and got into a very foul-mouthed dispute with her.

Eventually, the two kissed and made up, though not before the world got to see just how much time the rapper had to waste by imagining feuds with his pooch – and converting them into Twitter-talk.