Yesterday we reported that residents of LA were up in arms because there was a giant poster of 50 Cent holding a gun near a school in a high-crime section of the city.
Well, it looks like some high-ranking Paramount people are hecklerspray readers, because since our article was published, the offending poster – for forthcoming movie Get Rich Or Die Tryin‘ - has been removed. Another victory for hecklerspray!*
Activists were calling the poster for the new 50 Cent (CDs) movie Get Rich
Or Die Tryin’ "irresponsible," as it showed a large picture of the
rapper with his arms outstretched – a gun in one hand and a microphone
in the other. The posters were displayed near a school in a district of
the city that had recently mounted an anti-gang campaign.
In a letter
to Paramount studios, Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich
wrote:
"This billboard conveys to the students a disturbing message actively
promoting gun violence, criminal behaviour and gang affiliation."
50 Cent, meanwhile, can’t see what all the fuss is about:
"There are different standards in the music industry. I’ve seen pistols
pointed straight at people in movie posters before, but because it’s 50
Cent, it’s different.â€
*Or a victory for actual campaigners, at least – we didn’t really care if the posters stayed
or went.
Read more:
50 Cent’s billboards yanked after protests – ABC
[story by Stuart Heritage]
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YH SHADY AFTERMATH GG GG UNIT –i think that is a gr8 poster of 50
50CENT iz da man, is da gangsta, HAHAAHA G UNIT
YH SHADY AFTERMATH GG GG UNIT –i think that is a gr8 poster of 50
50CENT iz da man, is da gangsta, HAHAAHA G UNIT
once wasn’t enuf? you had to post your drivel twice?
poster2, in Fitim Pacolli’s defense, I had to read it twice to understand what the hell he was trying to say.
and I’m still not sure.