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50 Cent, Universal Sued for Pushing "Gangsta" Life
Is this a case of blaming the music or blaming the actual hip-hop gangsters that beat you up?
Hip hop mogul 50 Cent, Universal Music Group and several of its record labels were sued on Wednesday for promoting a "gangsta lifestyle" by a 14-year-old boy who says friends of the rapper assaulted him.The lawsuit filed by James Rosemond and his mother, Cynthia Reed, says Universal Music Group -- owned by Vivendi SA -- and its labels Interscope Records, G-Unit Records and Shady Records, bear responsibility for the assault because they encourage artists to pursue violent, criminal lifestyles.
The lawsuit also names 50 Cent -- whose real name is Curtis Jackson -- Violator Management, Violator CEO Chris Lighty, Tony Yayo, a rapper and a member of 50 Cent's G-Unit hip hop group, and Lowell Fletcher, an employee of Yayo.
All defendants declined to comment.
Rosemond says he was assaulted on a Manhattan sidewalk in March 2007 by four men including Yayo and Fletcher.
The lawsuit claims Rosemond was targeted because he was wearing a T-shirt by Czar Entertainment, a management company that represents The Game. The Game is a former G-Unit rapper who fell out with the group and had become a rival rapper.
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April 9, 2008 at 05:31 pm by Jarrett Martineau, 316 views, 3 comments



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at 19:39 on April 9th, 2008
50 cent ain't worth a plug nickel!
at 19:40 on April 9th, 2008
Ha!
at 04:18 on April 10th, 2008
This kid deserves to get a nobel peace prize award for having the balls to do what US Congress and the attorney generals have not been able to do. mscsrrr.com