50 Cent hit Taco Bell with a $4 million trademark infringement lawsuit in July 2008 after the fast food chain's president, Greg Creed, released an open letter to the media in which he suggested that 50 Cent change his name to 79 Cent, 89 Cent, or 99 Cent for one day. Additionally, if the rapper went through a Taco Bell drive through and rapped his order, Creed vowed to make a $10,000 donation to his favorite charity.
•50 Cent didn't think the open letter was funny and quickly sued the the restaurant for using his name to generate publicity and for allegedly causing a backlash from fans who thought the rap mogul was "selling out."
•Meanwhile, the rapper born Curtis Jackson has also filed suit against the website World Star Hip Hop (WSHH.com) for using his image. "I gotta lawsuit against World Star for utilizing my likeness," he told Six Shot in an interview. "A lot of people felt like that was my site because they saw my face on the cover of [the website] for a long time."Thisis50.com
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