Queens, New York rapper 50 Cent has found himself at the center of yet another lawsuit. This time, the G-Unit helmsman is being sued by a writer who believes 50 Cent stole the premise for his show “Power” from him.
According to TMZ, the writer, Larry Johnson claims there are several similarities between his “Tribulation of a Ghetto Kid” manuscript and “Power.”
He also claims that he once shopped the manuscript to an employee at G-Unit Books.
“Larry Johnson claims he wrote a manuscript, ‘Tribulation of a Ghetto Kid,’ and in 2005, sent it to Nikki Turner, who works for 50 at G-Unit Books,” TMZ reports. “He says the book was eventually published elsewhere, but believes Nikki showed the manuscript to 50. Johnson claims much to his horror, in 2014 Starz debuted ‘Power’ Fiddy’s show about a drug dealer who’s trying to go legit. Johnson says it’s a carbon copy of his manuscript. In his book, the primary character has a goatee … ditto ‘Ghost’ in ‘Power.’ In fact, Johnson says he even uses the nickname ‘Ghost’ as his pen name.”
Johnson is seeking $200 million from his lawsuit.
At the top of this year, 50 Cent was accused of stealing the idea for “Power” from another writer. In January, writer Curtis Scoon let loose a series of tweets accusing 50 of borrowing the concept for his show from a manuscript he penned, titled “Dangerous.”
“My experiences and some of the things I share on here to a writer is like striking it rich. They dream about this level of content. And in the case of people like 50 they will steal it, plagiarize it or try to diminish it as a matter of survival,” Scoon said in two separate tweets.
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another L for curly
Lol of course you’d back a fraud like Ross tho right. Pussy
Cracka kids worship Woodface so he can always throw a fundraiser. ….
@ BKs blah.blah .Rock and roll motherfucker
Empire > Power
Pimpin Curly stay losin..took another L again..Curly so broke he has to move to Africa
Shut the fuck up poor trailer trash weirdo
50 the clowning bully is finished…doubt if there is gonna be any recovery from these deathblows. career over
Yo yo it’s the snitch 50 cent,damn boy karmas a bitch 50, you keep loosing sucka
he never snitched…
yes he did fuckboy 50 stan. He dry snitched on preme after he was shot. The cops asked him for details of who wanted him killed and he told them listen to my music. Thats fuckin dry snitching.
Stop hating fucken haters
yall dumb 50 cent didnt even write it a woman did you would of known that, only thing he did was add himself as kanaan n help shop it nd bring it to life production wise ..yall pray on ppl down fall sad
It’s funny when a 50cent fan says praying on peoples’ downfall is bad cuz that’s 50’s favorite sport
I’m going to have a huge party when he loses this lawsuit. Who’s coming?
I’ll be there babe can’t wait . Should I bring the peanut butter again ?
Hey guy’s don’t forget me you no I like to party i’m the original dirty white whoe who just loves to get down and dirty 🙂
Ja rule army baby,destroyin this fool!!
ja rule army in this biaaaatch, we destroyed this foo,told yall!!!
wait a minute…yes I recognize it… I wrote this a long time ago in HS back in 2004. Fifty stole my concept and story… I want my money.
snitchy cent you finished fool,haven’t had a hot song in how long??¿????????????????????????¿???????????????????????????????????yawn!!!!!!!
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stop suing this nigga
I feel sorry 4 homie everytime beeing sued
I’m a fan of 50- not a die hard fan but I fuck with his shit. A women did infact write the script. And to be honest Even though he filed for chapter 11 protection bankruptcy- it wasn’t because he’s broke and trying to be ruthless and steal ideas and shit. Chapter 11 is to protect buisness assets from being accessed through a court order for withdrawal. And it’s to find out how much moneys accounted for and unaccounted for. Now guys imagine how much money 50 has unaccounted for wether you believe it or not. But what I just said is the truth and people don’t like to believe because they just like to see people put down and shit- 50 probably has more money than everyone commenting including me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KutbuPMRQ0U