Rapper 50 Cent has begun legal proceedings against three video production companies over allegations they failed to make a promised charitable donation after he gave them a filmed interview for free. He also claims that the video producers misled him as to what the interview would be used for.
The dispute centres on an interview Fiddy gave to Czar Entertainment Inc about Kelvin Martin, a 1980s criminal who went by the street name 50 Cent. He alleges he was told the interview would be used on a video series called 'Infamous Times', and that the company would make a donation to Martin's family or to 50 Cent's charity, the G-Unity Foundation, in return for the rapper giving his time for free.
However, the footage was used on a DVD called 'The Original 50 Cent: The True Story of the Legend Who Inspired the Biggest Name in Rap', while the rapper claims no charitable donation has ever been made.
In the lawsuit issued on Tuesday 50 Cent is looking for an injunction to stop Czar Entertainment and co-defendants Vision Plant Pictures and Premo Pictures from selling the DVD. He is also looking to access any profits made from selling the DVD to date, in addition to unspecified damages.
Czar Entertainment are yet to comment.