Is 50 Cent The Victim Or The Thief?
There is a lot of talk surrounding 50 Cent and his Starz series, Power. The trouble began earlier this month when 50 Cent accused Lee Daniels and his hit show on Fox, Empire, of using the promotional campaign that 50 Cent used for his own show.
According to the Wrap, 50 Cent posted the following on Instagram.
“POWER Season 2 is unbelievably good trust me. I have the best writers and show runner. I like Terrence Howard and Taraji Henson. I don’t like that they would copy the marketing.”
50 Cent later deleted the post.
Those are some pretty big accusations for anyone to make, let alone someone who is now being accused of the same thing.
According to AllHipHop News, 50 Cent is being accused of stealing the idea for his show from someone else.
Queens native, Curtis “The Snake Charmer” Scoon, was very vocal on Twitter about the theft of a show concept that Scoon had been developing since 2008. Scoon held nothing back on Twitter, openly accusing 50 Cent of stealing the “idea for Power from a script he developed for a potential project titled Dangerous.”
When 50 said Empire copied him I was having the identical thought about myself. Power turned the Record label to a club but Empire kept it.
— Curtis Scoon (@CurtisScoon) January 20, 2015
Scoon commented, at times cryptically, about the whole situation and the unfairness of it all.
You steal from a black writer and who’s going to represent you? Support you? Certainly not black media when they rely on the system for cash — Curtis Scoon (@CurtisScoon) January 20, 2015
These low brow, low intellect, no talented, minstrels have been elevated to a position of prominence by design. It is not happenstance.
— Curtis Scoon (@CurtisScoon) January 20, 2015
There was a time I wanted to work with 50. Later I understood he couldn’t work with me and why. I respected it but he can’t steal from me. — Curtis Scoon (@CurtisScoon) January 20, 2015
At the end of the day no one owes me anything but the respect I extend. Stealing from me is just asking for trouble.
— Curtis Scoon (@CurtisScoon) January 20, 2015
So http://t.co/puKTZdLxBT runs a story about my legal battle with Starz and 50 Cent but misspells my name and focuses on sensationalism. SMH
— Curtis Scoon (@CurtisScoon) January 20, 2015
My advice to all the usual suspects in urban media is keep my name out your mouth. I don’t need nor want your “help” in my legal battles.
— Curtis Scoon (@CurtisScoon) January 20, 2015
Scoon’s rant about 50 Cent and the theft of his idea has been continually updated since news first broke of his accusations. At this time, while he’s quick to accuse others, 50 Cent has not responded to Scoon’s accusations.
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