50 Cent promotes new fragrance at Lakewood Center

Miguel Raygoza said he waited in line more than eight and a half hours Wednesday to get his picture taken with rapper 50 Cent at Macy's. The rapper, born Curtis James Jackson III, was at Lakewood Center promoting his new fragrance, Power By 50 Cent.

[Question]

How fitting the PT puts "Fiddy Cent" on blast in their paper right after a gang member kills a high school student. The fact that they'd show pictures of little girls, who are buying his new album with such titles as "Crime Wave," that include the lyrics "I gotta itchy, itchy, itchy, itchy trigger finger *iggger.... I do away with *igggers...." etc.

Oh, let's listen to "Get it Hot..." the lyrics are "I'm a substitute teacher, Welcome to Sex Ed. She be a "A" student, time she git outta MY bed..."

Nice image for teen girls...

Ya'll git de idea. Don't forget to listen to "Psycho." That's really an inspiring motif for aspiring black gang psychopaths, as a gang member apparently on crack describes the many ways to kill somebody.

Any parent who let's their teenager listen to that ghetto gutter trash deserves to be put into the system.

Philip Zonkel... just wondering... how are you NOT a lowlife to perpetuate this insidious lowlife cheerleader for gang culture, PARTICULARLY right after a teen girl got SHOT by a GANG MEMBER who probably has a significant "Fiddy Cent" CD collection?

That goes for the PT editor's too. How can you allow the free advertising of a purveyor of what amounts to psycho porn? Because he's a millionaire?

Would you cover a porn actor signing DVD's of his video to teenagers, and hype his new perfume fragrance? How is Fiddy Cent any different, except a teen following a porn star's example might get VD, while a teen following Fiddy Cents rantings may wind up shooting a teen girl dead??

To Philip Zonkel, and the Editor's of the Press Telegram:

HOW do you SLEEP at night???

[aeromat]

50 Cent : bullets :: dog poop : flies

[question]

Is Fifty coming to the Melody memorial? Did anyone ask?

[Cynical One]

What next, Fitty brand tampons?

[too late]

Cynical One wrote:

What next, Fitty brand tampons?

Too late. Snoop's already anchored that market.
He calls them "Douchhe Baggy Bags."

[Love My Fitty]

Cooley McCool wrote:

50 is a gorilla with rabbit teeth. Nice to see him at the Lakewood mall, though.

He's the Mike Tyson of Rap. One of the last of the great black minstrel shows. The PT must have a soft place in it's heart for historic greats like Bo Jangles, and the late great Steppin' Fetchit.

But to so many of our youth, Fitty is just like Sammy Davis Jr., if Sammy had been hit in the head with a brick, many many many times. And then gang raped and left for dead in the LA river. And then hit by a boat. Then raped by some sewer dolphins. And a sea turtle. Then arrested for littering. And tazed for resisting arrest. And then hit with a brick again. That's our Fitty.

[LKWD]

Question,

Great job, well said.

Philip Zonkel and the Press Telegram are now in bed with the same scum that helped kill Melody.

I'll never shop at Macy's again. NEVER!!!

[LBJJ]

Having trouble finding Fiddy's fragrance in the Neiman Marcus catalog...

[Tom]

Question wrote:

How fitting the PT puts "Fiddy Cent" on blast in their paper right after a gang member kills a high school student. The fact that they'd show pictures of little girls, who are buying his new album with such titles as "Crime Wave," that include the lyrics "I gotta itchy, itchy, itchy, itchy trigger finger *iggger.... I do away with *igggers...." etc.
Oh, let's listen to "Get it Hot..." the lyrics are "I'm a substitute teacher, Welcome to Sex Ed. She be a "A" student, time she git outta MY bed..."
Nice image for teen girls...
Ya'll git de idea. Don't forget to listen to "Psycho." That's really an inspiring motif for aspiring black gang psychopaths, as a gang member apparently on crack describes the many ways to kill somebody.
Any parent who let's their teenager listen to that ghetto gutter trash deserves to be put into the system.
Philip Zonkel... just wondering... how are you NOT a lowlife to perpetuate this insidious lowlife cheerleader for gang culture, PARTICULARLY right after a teen girl got SHOT by a GANG MEMBER who probably has a significant "Fiddy Cent" CD collection?
That goes for the PT editor's too. How can you allow the free advertising of a purveyor of what amounts to psycho porn? Because he's a millionaire?
Would you cover a porn actor signing DVD's of his video to teenagers, and hype his new perfume fragrance? How is Fiddy Cent any different, except a teen following a porn star's example might get VD, while a teen following Fiddy Cents rantings may wind up shooting a teen girl dead??
To Philip Zonkel, and the Editor's of the Press Telegram:
HOW do you SLEEP at night???

50 Cent is a rap artist. I hate his music every since he came out with his first CD. However, your ranting sounds like the ranting against Marilyn Manson after the Colombine massacre. Somehows celebrities are more to blame than parents. You can't censor free speech.

Do you know that the suspects who killed Melody Ross listen to 50 Cent the night of. DO YOU KNOW?

[LBres]

Don't these people have jobs?

[Wilson Teacher]

As long as people continue to buy excrement put out by these gang banger lowlifes, we will continue to watch our community suffer and our kids die. These thugs don't give a damn about us or our kids. All they care about is rakin' in the Benjamins. Stop buying what they're selling (rap cd's, cologne, clothes, jewelry, CRACK.) and they will move on. Money (or lack there of..) is a great motivator.
I agree w/ LKWD, boycott Macy's and all other store that sells Fifty's (and that is how it is pronounced, btw) music, stench, and anything else he endorses. Then, take it further, don't buy any product endorsed by anyone who promotes the gang life style.
As long as we feed these vermin, they will remain. Cut off they're support,and they'll go away. It's simple Economics.

[Wilson Teacher]

oops, should have said, "Cut off their support.."

[bjh]

I have a problem believing that a decades old dept store like Macy's would allow this piece of scum to even walk through the door, much less promote him.

[tax paying citizen]

WHAT DOES 50 CENT HAVE TO DO WITH THAT SENSELESS KILLING? OH YEAH NOTHING PEOPLE HAVE THE FREEDOM TO LISTEN TO WHATEVER KIND OF MUSIC THEY WANT THATS CALLED AMERICA. I DONT LIKE HIS MUSIC BUT I THINK PEOPLE LINKING HIS MUSIC TO THAT SENSELESS CRIME ARE IDIOTS...

[Anonymous]

Uhhh if you didnt read this article is about 50 cent promoting his fragrance...I listen to rap music and hip hop but that doesn't make me a bad person. Yeah his lyrics are inappropriate but thats why his cds have parental advisory on it. Maybe parents should stop looking to celebrities to be their kids' role models and be one themselves

[Medieval Pundit]

Rapper 50 Cent promoting a perfume? At Macy's? At a suburban mall?

That just seems wrong, on so many levels.

[Medieval Pundit]

I'd like to get a gig promoting my new brand of weed at one of those "medical marijuana" stores.

[bjh]

tax paying citizen wrote:

WHAT DOES 50 CENT HAVE TO DO WITH THAT SENSELESS KILLING? OH YEAH NOTHING PEOPLE HAVE THE FREEDOM TO LISTEN TO WHATEVER KIND OF MUSIC THEY WANT THATS CALLED AMERICA. I DONT LIKE HIS MUSIC BUT I THINK PEOPLE LINKING HIS MUSIC TO THAT SENSELESS CRIME ARE IDIOTS...

I disagree. Yes, they do have freedom to record or sell what they can to make
money for themselves. But if they are promoting the gang life style, which includes
senseless killings, they have to accept some of the responsibility for the success
of what they are promoting.

[LB Country Club Neighbor]

Wow, what reactions, does anybody out there understand that 50 aka Curtis Jackson, is a very generous man who donates tons of money to charities? Does he have anything to do with poor Melody? Not at all. Yes, he may have songs that some of you don't like, but we do have freedom of speech and we live in this beautiful country. There is NOTHING wrong with Macys working with him on his new fragrance. All of you complaining, might want to just try it out. Give the man a break, just because he is making money, doesn't mean you should all bag on him. Sorry, you didn't think of it first. He works hard. I didn't see him promoting any gang lifestyle last night. Clean cut, looks better than a lot of people I know.

[Medieval Pundit]

From an April 2003 Rolling Stone story:

Violence has been a constant in the life of twenty-six-year-old 50 Cent -- government name Curtis Jackson, nickname Boo-Boo. His mother, a drug dealer, was killed when he was eight. At twelve, he became a dealer, and was nearly shot to death at twenty-four. His first hip-hop mentor, Jam Master Jay, was killed execution-style last year. Just four days before this very evening, an empty SUV owned by Busta Rhymes was hit with six bullets while parked in front of 50 Cent's manager's office.