When is 50 Cent worth Four million?

When taco Bell attempts to jack his image without his permission…

Does he look like he needs Taco Bell Money? He probably gave more than that to the dude who he paid to burn down his baby’s mamas house. (I know that is too soon, but I couldn’t help myself. For once, I really do not think that he did that. I think that the hatred of the mother to the riches he got and that he moved on without her caused his ex to irrationally burn the house down. I feel this is confirmed by looking at what she was playing for. 50 just told her and the court backed, that she had to get the hell out of his house. Spite caused that house to be burned down. Plain and simple.

50 Cent won’t change his name – not even for the sake of tacos. The rapper is suing fast-food chain Taco Bell, claiming the restaurant has used his name without permission in a new ad campaign. As part of their Why Pay More? adverts, Taco Bell cheekily suggested that 50 Cent, born Curtis Jackson, change his moniker to 79 Cent, 89 Cent or 99 Cent.

The Why Pay More? Advertising campaign promotes burritos, tacos and other Mexican food priced at under a dollar. In court papers filed on Wednesday, 50 Cent’s lawyers say their client was never approached about the campaign, only learning of it when news media began reporting on Taco Bell’s quirky suggestion.

“Without seeking or obtaining Jackson’s authorization, defendant Taco Bell made him the star and focus of its nationwide advertising campaign by using his name, persona and trademark to promote Taco Bell’s business and products,” the lawsuit says.

Though Taco Bell composed a humorous formal letter, appealing to 50 Cent to change his name, this correspondence was never sent to the rapper – only to journalists.

This is another attempt to utilize the brothers for free again. The idea that you can’t control your image and that they were able to make it SEEM like 50 is on board as another method to access the hip-hop community. Niggas already love Taco Bell and the cheap price hits the wallet proper. You don’t need the credibility of Fiddy to get more people to eat Taco Bell. Plus, the amount of people that would switch BECAUSE OF Fiddy is so small, that you wouldn’t want the negativity/shit storm that ensued because of the false pretenses.

“As Taco Bell intended, many customers believed that 50 Cent had agreed to endorse Taco Bell’s products. Indeed, postings on numerous internet ‘blogs’ castigated 50 Cent for ’selling out’ by his apparent endorsement of Taco Bell,” the lawsuit continues.

50 Cent is now seeking $4 million (£2 million) in damages from the Irvine, California-based company.

Taco Bell, meanwhile, won’t wipe the stupid grin off their face. Spokesman Rob Poetsch released a statement saying, “We made a good faith, charitable offer to 50 Cent to change his name to either 79, 89 or 99 Cent for one day by rapping his order at a Taco Bell, and we would have been very pleased to make the $10,000 donation to the charity of his choice.”

This part takes the cake. What is the good faith, charitable offer? Ten Stacks seems like a lot to us common folks, but to Fifty, 10K aint shit. I wouldn’t blame him for not selling himself for that. It would take a lot more before I would be willing to pimp myself for the large corporation, PepsiCo. Then PepsiCo attempts to portray Fiddy as greedy (Yes, he is, but c’mon, you would be too…) and still gets to make the insinuation about the original commercial. There is no way that Curtis can look good in this situation. Either, he is a sellout for taking Taco Bells money (and with only ten stacks, he would have gotten pimped for chump change) or people THINK he sold out and then jump on the internet to discuss such rumors.

Basically, this is another example of whitey taking anything good that minorities do and claim it for themselves. Paul Mooney and Dave Chappelle know the feeling…