In Manhattan federal court yesterday, papers were filed against Taco Bell on behalf of 50 Cent which state "Without seeking or obtaining Jackson's authorization, defendant Taco Bell made him the star and focus of its nation-wide advertising campaign by using his name, persona and trademark to promote Taco Bell's business and products."
Last month, representatives for Taco Bell made what they call a "good faith, charitable offer to 50 Cent." They propositioned 50 to change his nickname to either 79, 89 or 99 Cent for a day while rapping his order at one of their restaurants. In return, the company would make a $10,000 donation to any charity the rapper chose. Their letter stated :
"Dear Mr. Jackson: We know that you adopted the name 50 Cent years ago as a metaphor for change. We at Taco Bell are also huge advocates of change. In fact, for just a few spare coins, we’re giving consumers more variety for less money with our new 79-89-99 Why Pay More value menu . . . So here’s our offer of change to you: For one day this summer, change your name either 79 Cent, 89 Cent or 99 Cent by showing up to one of our more than 5,600 locations nationwide and rapping your order in the drive thru with your new moniker."
This apparently didnt go over with 50 too well at all, as his representatives labeled the letter "a sleazy and ill-conceived publicity stunt by Taco Bell's president, Greg Creed."
The lawsuit also states that "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."
"When my legal team is finished with them, Taco Bell is going to have a new corporate slogan: 'We messed with the bull and got the horns," 50 said.
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haha 50 say I gotta get my cash any way I can...lol
do yo thang!! I remember him down playing this for ah min tho, now all of a sudden this, can't blame him tho, do wut you do.......... 79-89-99cent lol
THIS NIGGA IS A TRUE HUSTLER.. I GOTTA RESPECT HIS GRIND
yea hes gonna need every penny of that to make up for the TOS album sales lol
damnnn fif 150K sold to date in the U.S. Id sue to
ok t.o.s. was a flop but it also didnt kill fif... they shipped a limited amount of copies so not many were made and i didnt see tos posters anywere... no real promotion... so cost to make tos wasnt expensive at all... fif juss gets lucky by unlucky situations... he really makes a dolla out of 15cents
haha damn he really did that shit, what an asshole lol
well theres another 4 mil to add to his resume
like 50 needs more money. 4 million? thats chump change to him, why he even wastin his time.
wat r u talkin bout no promotion? t.o.s. had plenty of promotion, i saw posters, heard radio appearances, tv appearances. and it wasnt a shipping error cause its been on the shelves. they just trying to make excuses for it being the flop that it was. 50 gotta get money another way to make up for it, so thats where this is comin from. not gonna recoup recording costs on this one, the unit isnt gettin money right now.
50 makes that money.
G UNIT!!!!
shh hey,if they had a chance they would have done it to him in a heart beat,fif is really changin the game tho,nikkas should pay attention..and dammn i didnt kno t.o.s fukin flopped?that album was highly anticipated,droppin buck for yayo didnt help after all huh
hahahahahahahha
you know 50 about to get paid haha, anything dealing with 50-cent and money = positive....why would 50 change his name for [nasty ass] taco bell food? thats like fabolous getting a mc.donalds contract and having to change his name to "gorgeous or beautiful" wtf? .....that shit sounds stupid
yea it sounds stupid but hes suing a company that was gonna donate some of that money to charity thats fucked up 50
this nigga gonna be in court alot. i hope he wins this case and the one against his baby mama, especially his baby mama.
^^^this is true...
Yea Taco Bell needs some kinda publicity whether it be good or bad b/c that company is going down the drain after the "mad-cow" disease shit. That's why their using 50 for promo. Fuck nasty ass Taco Bell.
fuck 50
lol this some lunchin shit... Taco Bell has had the worse advertising committee for a while now... I cant stand their dumbass commercials...
Yea Whatever 50 you're not gonna win that case ...
yeah i'm pretty sure there isn't any legal precedent to follow this, and seeing as taco bell only proposed the idea and obviously never followed through with it he really can't win.
also he's CCCUUUURRRTTTTIIIISSSS
Well, I think he does
50 just tryin to get that T.O.S. money back...
HELL YA. G-UNIT WENT PLAT IN 50 EYES
man i thought 50 cent was just a jackass for doing this, but after reading this, taco bell is using 50 cent to promote more business, 50 cent is one smart business man, His the king at chess
man i ate at taco bell the other day and my stomach aint been right since. im filing suit tomorrow. lol
shit, i woulda done it. taco bell is fucking delicous
man i thought i was the only one here who liked taco bell too... i always skipped out of school to get some food there instead during lunch.
the cheesey gordita crunch is the shit.
TOS didnt sell a bunch of copies...but real talk, its a bangin album, especially if u got a good system in your whip. go cop TOS. u wont be dissapointed (and im not a g-unit stan). definetely better than carter 3.
co-sign. its too bad they didnt sell more then 100 its first week. the album is much better then the shit out right now including c3
better than tha carter 3? ^^Whatever yall are smoking where can i get some?^^
hahaha 50 strikes back!! Gota respect fifty for his hustle, the niggas smart when it comes to money (most of the time)
lol at 50 he all about the money i give him props for that and actually i did see posters of the t.o.s album here in brooklyn
50 is whack and so is this lawsuit. in what way did they steal his name or persona? by selling items for under a dollar and using the word cents at the end? dude is buggin he dont deserve a penny.
lol
your WACK NIGGA!
the massacre goes hard nigga!
thatz why NO RAPPER has ever sold as much as the massacre did in the first week!
TOS is bein bumped in the hood nigga
T.O.S is bangin? yeah they said the same thing about the sorry ass Massacre. Everything after Get Rich or Die Tryin sucks
don't this muthafucka gotta enough money? he could smoke crack 24/7 4 tha rest of his lyfe N still neva b broke!! LMAO
Respect his hustle? Some of you guys are severely retarded.........
The dude is trying to file suit against TACO BELL! What a loser. Seriously, this shit is just embarrassing......Eminem should smack the shit out of him.
suing taco bell, lol, TOS is better than c3? LOL, why when fans write about their favorite artist or band they start off with im not a stan, but than as they write u can tell they are stans bcuz they are bias with their statements, 50 need to slow his roll and quit trying to be so greedy, everybody talkin bout 50 a hustler but Master P a tru Hustler and he give charity, u can joke and say he dont sale records but if he only sale 500,000 copies $10 a piece he get more than a major artist who goes platnium because P still owns 85% not 20%, 30%,35%,40% like half of these dudes, thats a tru Hustler, he spends a few dollars on promotion thats why u never see him in the public eye than turn around a flip that money 2 or 3 times, the man own about half of N.o. Hospitals,Gyms,stores,restraunts,movie companies,record labels,speakers,rims,schools, Tru Hustler, its about taking .15 cents and turing it to a dollar, not taking a dollar and turing it into 1.25
and dont forget Cali P own alot in Cali also, just put it like this the dude was at 400 million in 2002 thats 6 years ago.
i dont think its embarrassing to be honest. I mean if you can get 4 MILL out of someone why the fuck wudnt u do it. 4 mill to taco bell is nothin.
i hope 50 win this case and teach these corporate blood suckers a lesson!! and i'm not even a 50 fan, but whats right is right you dig!! taco bell does f^ck with ya stomach for trill
T.O.S was horrible
TOS wasnt really a flop
if u listen 2 that shit. IT GOES HARD!! NIGGA!
thatz why itz bein bumped in the hood....
but yeah this nigga makin money every day...n im tlkin big money!
T.O.S = worst album of the year
bigpark87 = biggest hater/retard of the year
NIGGA TOS goes har....lmao
i swear to godnigga 50 n banks lyrics kill it!
n even on all the reviews n shit itz ranked better than waynes
thats stupid how they sayin he got his name as a metaphor for change, he took it off 50 cent the robber. but it's fair enough him suin. also they change the name of the album to trash on sight
dats a bytch move he did.....but he made 4 mill eaasy
Fuck Taco Bell and 50 Cent
Yeah......and fuck T.O.S. too
Fuck everything nigga!
A lot of people saying that there are a few real rapper in the game, of all the rappers...And thats true, and fif is one of them...From hustlin crack, shooting people, beefing in the hood, to a bussines man (what he wanted to become, in a interview right after GRODT, he said he wanted to become a bussiness man) so that dream came true too...50 fighting for his dreams, 50 a real nigga! G-Unit! And all stop about that T.O.S shit, it sold crap, album was hard...
shootin people? you must be dreaming. but yeah, he did make a lot of money so i cant hate on his hustle. but if it was me i woulda done it, thats 10gs to a charity that didnt have it before, coulda done some good with that money.
No hate to the rescue!!!! Get 50 nuts out your mouth!!! Can't hate his hustle.
In your eyes 50 and G-Unit can do know wrong NoHate = Stan!!!
Yeah 79 cent dont fuck around when it comes to money...i respect him for that but im still not a fan of his music
this is some funny shit.. he said that on hot 97 earlier though.. he a thorough nigga ..that's fo sho
I woulda done that advertisment if i was 50 but they wudda had to gimmie a hella lot more than a $10,000 donation...thats some chump change
the money don't go to fif. it goes to a charity of his choice. by the way a real hustler is Eldrick Woods. he about to be at a "billi" just off golf and gatorade and buick and nike and.....the list goes on. a real hustler.
Taco Bell called me yesterday about a job opening lol
Though 50 isn't what you would consider hip hop's "10 top emcees of all time"...his money-making abilities CANNOT BE DENIED.
looks like taco bell really has BEEF now
lmao, this shit had me rolling
HHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. nigga dat shit is FUNNY!!!
50 is a lil bitch!!! why would u sue taco bell!!!! ur a fucken rap star! i guess they get rich and wont stop trying LOL
50 a bitch..fck his crew his albums and everything! nigga garbage! LAX IN STORES AUGUST 26TH! FCK G-UNIT!
Thank god for you for standing up for hip-hop.
Lol. Damn this dude know how to make money.
i cant stand Taco bell
i don't eat taco bell at all but those commercials be havin a nigga goin DAAAAAAMN! deffiently when you didn't eat all day that shit make you change your mind lol but taco bell would fuck your stomach up from friday to monday morning so you better not plan anything because you will have to shit about 30 times, trust me i had mexican the other day i was runnin around target tryin to find a bathroom and niggas thought i was excited from runnin but i really wasn't tryin to shit in my drawers.
He just suing them because G-Unit is going broke.
and because he's curtis and curtis loves to snitch n' bitch
NIGGA g-unit KANT go broke!!
lmao r u stupid or dum??
FOR ALL YALL NON HUSTLERS.....
let me tell you what 50 going do as far as this case goes, and why he dont care about that tos album....
for one, since TOS flopped, 50 is going to use that to his advatage in court, he can tell the judge that everysince that taco bell ancident, his business has been going bad as far as his record sells, trust me, thats how the business world works, and taco bell will have to reinburst 50 for his business and money losses, just watch and learn kiddies!!!! So dont knock 50 on the business side, because its like a nigga on the block, he got to re coop for bad business, and this is his option to get that paper, and get his money back from bad sells on TOS, its all politics people!!!!
5-0 is still a huge joke, this is why the public is against everything he has done in our name, including taping phone calls of young buck, that is despicable, disgraceful and it's also a felony.
It's time the fans of hip-hop stand up and kick this clown out of the game, if rappers don't stand up and stop this clown, then we the public will.
Albums flopping?
Sue Taco Bell!
Peace!
LMFAO! Taco Bell got pwned. I have even more respect for 50 now.
5o tryin 2 make up dat t.o.s money lmao
5o tryin 2 make up dat t.o.s money lmao
its crazy 2 be 50 man tht jus shows how high expectations r for him he sells 130,000 first week niggas sayin its a flop wen tht good to sell tht much if yung berg come out nd sell tht much niggas gon be like o shit home boy on the come up but 50 does it nd niggas say flop its all b/c everybody used to 50 setin the bar higher nd higher nd we he dont doit wen the nigga does the sae shit as everyone else theres a problem i aint tryin ride hime or nothin but 130000 records is never a bust
But the public knows that 5-0 and g-unit have become flawed and it's destroying the hip-hop community and music in general
I Knew that from the beginning that 50 is a piece of trash.
50CENT TRYIN 2 MAKE UP THAT TOS MONEY HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH LMAO