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Archive for July 24th, 2008
50 Cent VS Taco Bell
Posted in 50 Cent, Rapper on the July 24, 2008
50 Cent wants money and he wants lots of it from Taco Bell for jacking his so-called good name for a low-budget promo. The rapper claims in a Federal lawsuit that the Mexican fast food chain stole his identity by encouraging him to change his name to 79 Cent, 89 Cent or 99 Cent as part of a less-than-a-dollar menu promo. He doesn’t address the complete stupidity of the campaign in the suit but 50 does claim that he wasn’t told about the ad until he heard about it in the news. Of course, once he did see the ad, he totally disavowed it.
DMC in the Hospital
Posted in DMC, News, Rapper on the July 24, 2008
DMX has gotten his name out so many times because of his numerous arrests that even he doesn’t want to be himself anymore. Earl ‘DMX’ Simmons was busted last week for allegedly giving a false name and Social Security number to Scottsdale’s Mayo Clinic back in April. The rapper supposedly used the name ‘Troy Jones’ to weasel out of paying for $7,500 in medical expenses. He was arrested just outside of a Phoenix, Arizona mall on a felony charge of taking the identity of another and booked in the Maricopa County Jail. DMX has already been arrested 6 times in the span of 3 months.