One of rapper 50 Cent's group G-Unit is an asylum seeker living in a UK hotel at the taxpayers' expense.

Bang Em Smurf, real name Daniel Calliste, was a short-lived member of the hip hop posse - even appearing in the video for the iconic 2003 chart topper In Da Club.

Calliste is now living in the Novotel hotel near Stevenage in Hertfordshire, which is being used to house asylum seekers, The Sun reported.

The 102-room, four-star property is currently closed to the public.

Calliste is believed to have fled to the UK at the end of 2024 after claiming he was under threat from gang members in his homeland of Trinidad.