G-Unit is pretty much everywhere right now. From theatres to videogames, it’s not hard to find 50. After releasing the book From Pieces to Weight based on the rapper’s life, readers found him in the bookstores as well. Seeing the success from such ventures, Fifty and his crew will be releasing a series of G-Unit books. The first of these street-based fiction novels will be written by author Nikki Turner.
Turner has been nicknamed “Queen of Hip-Hop Fiction,” and has written numerous novels about urban culture from a woman’s point of view. Some of her works include titles like A Hustler’s Wife, Girls From Da Hood, The Glamorous Life and A Project Chick.
According to the Richmond Times Dispatch, a film based on A Hustler’s Wife will be released in 2007. It will coincide with the first G-Unit books release.
In other news, a young rapper was expelled from school after posting various rap battles and songs on the internet. Anthony “Emcee Accident” Latour fought the expulsion feeling it was not just punishment for his rhymes. The American Civil Liberties Union sued the Riverside Beaver County School District claiming they violated Latour’s rights when they expelled him from school.
So, what got him expelled?
A sample of the fourteen year old’s battle rhymes given by the Associated Press shows various braggadocios rhymes about murder. “I’m everywhere son / And the word of mouth is that I’m carrying guns / Now that I’m comin’ for you — what the [—-] you gonna do / I come double with the pump tons of slugs that will punish you,” is one example of the young student’s rhymes.
School officials claimed Latour was a potential terrorist for lyrics in certain songs like these. U.S. District Judge Donetta Ambrose felt the school was wrong. She also said his speech, although violent, was protected under the First Amendment.
After being suspended, publicly humiliated and having equipment taken from his home, what does he get?
According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the school district will pay the young man and his family $90,000 and he has been allowed to re-enter the school.
Sources: TimesDispatch.com, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (PittsburghLive.com), Associated Press, ABC News
