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14-Year-Old Boy Sues 50 Cent

Posted Apr 10, 08 6:00 AM CDT in US,  Gossip,  Crime & Courts,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – 50 Cent and Universal Music Group were sued yesterday for promoting a "gangsta lifestyle" that encourages violence. The plaintiff: 14-year-old James Rosemond, who was assaulted on a Manhattan sidewalk by 50's fellow G-Unit member Tony Yayo. Rosemond is the son of a record exec whose label represents The Game, a former colleague of 50 Cent who has since become a rival rapper.

Rosemond was wearing a T-shirt promoting his father's record label when four men, including Yayo, assaulted him in March 2007. While Yayo has since pleaded guilty to that assault and performed community service, Rosemond and his family claim that 50 Cent's music, and Universal's promotion of it, created the conditions that led to the attack.

Sources Reuters, MTV

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50 Cent and his record label are being sued by a 14-year-old boy after he was assaulted one of the rapper's collaborators.   (AP Photo)
50 Cent and his record label are being sued by a 14-year-old boy after he was assaulted one of the rapper's collaborators.   (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian,File)
50 Cent and his record label are being sued by a 14-year-old boy after he was assaulted one of the rapper's collaborators.   (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Rapper Tony Yayo is photographed at the G-Unit Records office in New York, in this Aug. 18, 2005 file photo.   (AP Photo/Jim Cooper, File)
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