50 Cent Settles Taco Bell Suit

It was a year ago that 50 Cent filed a lawsuit against Taco Bell for using his name without permission. The company's president, Greg Creed, had asked the rapper in an open letter to press outlets "to change his name to 79 Cent, 89 Cent or 99 Cent for a day, and noted if he rapped his order at a drive-thru it would result in $10,000 being given to his favorite charity." Not informed of this, 50 Cent didn't hear about it until he was being called a sell-out.

Now the NY Post reports that the two parties have settled the lawsuit in a confidential deal (50 was originally asking for $4 million). His lawyer said, "As is often the case in these situations, the parties have agreed not to discuss anything about the settlement except to say both sides are satisfied." And we're guessing this is the kind of satisfaction one can't get from a simple Gordita Supreme.

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By Jen Carlson in News on November 24, 2009 1:37 PM

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Clarice City

Things like tacos and charities have no street cred- Fiddy not interested.

grandzu

For someone who stole a dead thug's rap name to inherit his cred, this guys been selling out for years.

Blake

Right, because a guy who still has lead shot lodged in his jaw needs to steal someone else's name to inherit his cred. :rolleyes:

NannyState

I'd never order anything from the 50 Cent value menu: all you get is a wrapper with cheese.

jibbly

instantrimshot.com

Dirk

So the guy who does ads for Vitamin Water is worried about being called a sellout?

valeriob

He was also at the Twilight Premier. No joke.

jibbly

The Soup also made fun of him for being on a mall tour, a la Debbie Gibson and Tiffany.

But hell, I'm not the one who netted $400 million from selling shares of Vitamin Water. What do I know?