Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson is laughing off claims that his huge Power franchise was ripped off from a former drug kingpin’s life story.
After New York District Choose Hon. Analisa Torres dismissed Cory ‘Ghost’ Holland’s lawsuit towards the Grammy Award winner, Jackson shared the information on Instagram with a response referencing the Starz collection’ essential character James ‘Ghost’ St. Patrick.
“Idiot thought he was GHOST,” wrote Jackson on Instagram. “Da fvck mistaken wit these [ninja emoji]s man LOL”
His submit comes after AllHipHop reported that Choose Torres discovered the Ghost character didn’t straight seek advice from Holland, as a defamation declare requires. Holland first filed the grievance towards Jackson, present creator Courtney Kemp, Starz and Lionsgate in 2021, alleging that Kemp ripped off his 2007 autobiographical CD Blasphemy.
The choose additionally threw out a $300 million lawsuit towards Lionsgate, in addition to a grievance that Jackson confirmed up in his neighborhood with a fleet of vans and blasted a threatening music. The declare was previous the statute of limitations. After Holland reportedly despatched Jackson and his authorized workforce a threatening e-mail, the attorneys reported it to Choose Torres and native authorities.
Omari Hardwick and Joseph Sikora in Energy.
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Energy ran for six seasons on Starz from 2014 to 2020, following drug supplier Ghost (Omari Hardwick) as he makes an attempt to go away his prison life behind and open a nightclub. Along with serving as an govt producer and Kemp’s collaborator, Jackson seems on the present as fellow drug supplier Kanan Stark.
The collection has additionally been adopted by three spin-offs: Power Book II: Ghost, Power Book III: Raising Kanan and Power Book IV: Force.
