Shadrach Winstead filed a lawsuit — obtained by EW — on Nov. 5 against Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, accusing the rapper of copyright infringement and unfair competition. Winstead says 50 stole the plot and theme of his 2008 book, The Preachers Son — But the Streets Turned Me Into a Gangster for his 2009 album Before I Self Destruct and its companion movie, directed by and starring 50. The case filings site several instances where portions of Winstead’s book had seemingly been lifted. For example, Winstead compared one line in his book: “My father and my mother were arguing a lot and sometimes she would leave and come stay with her mother and there would be just me, my father and my brother,” to 50′s movie dialogue: “It was just me, my mother and my brother. My father went looking for a job and never came back. Now it’s just me, my mother and my brother.”
There other alleged similarities between the the music and the book as well. Winstead’s book reads, “I used to go in the basement and stashed the coke. I had an uncle who used to go in the basement. He found my stash. He started smoking my s— up.” 50′s “Then Day Went By” features the lines, “My uncle smoked my stash up. I had 200 grams left under the porch. How much you going to smoke, man? How much you going to smoke, man?” Winstead is asking that sales of 50′s album be suspended and that he pay forward all the profits earned from the infringement.
Ok as I see it 50 got a lot on his plate right now so just pay the man! I read the book&look at the move & it got a lot from my mans book yo I talk to shadrach lest night he just won’t what his moreless u got pay off someone elses life not to say u was trying to say it was you but on the strenght of me knowing this man& it he’s book& how can u use that man work for your own! Wow 50!!!
Gee, I guess only one person can have a crappy life at a time now…
Its not like these guys their stories all that uncommon. I bet somebody else has the same story phrased the same way in another book.
damn 50 give dat man his money u know stole dat story I know you.I don’t know him though but i read the book
If you read the author’s book and then compare it to the movie, you will find that the movie, Before I self Destruct was based on the author’s book. Just read and compare. You might be surprised.
i dont get this stuff
f^$%%^# this s$%^
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a chef “accidentally” stabed her self with a knife how!