NY Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rapper 50 Cent is suing Taco Bell in New York, claiming the fast-food chain is using his name without permission in advertising that asks him to call himself 99 Cent.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
NEW YORK -- 50 Cent has sued Taco Bell, claiming the fast-food restaurant chain is using his name without permission in advertising that asks him to call himself 99 Cent.
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
This afternoon, as we pored over a complaint, filed in New York federal court by rapper 50 Cent, our new editor, Jennifer Forsyth, asked a fair question: What does “50 Cent” mean? Not surprisingly, this exposed a gap in our admittedly shoddy knowledge of things hip-hop. We’ve seen “Get Rich or Die Tryin’,” the 2005 [...]
Entertainment Base! Fun! Daily! (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
50 Cent filed a lawsuit against Taco Bell on Wednesday. What’s the beef? The rapper claims the fast food chain made him the star of its hip-hop themed ad campaign without his permission and (more importantly) without paying him a fee. 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, accuses the Mexican-style fast food chain of “diluting the [...]
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
50 Cent has sued Taco Bell, claiming the fast-food restaurant chain is using his name without permission in advertising that asks him to call himself 99 Cent.
MTV News (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
50 Cent sued Taco Bell on Wednesday over a promotional letter that asked the rapper to change his name.
VH1 (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
50 Cent sued Taco Bell on Wednesday over a promotional letter that asked the rapper to change his name.
Popstarshow.com (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
E! Online - 50 Cent has made a run for the court order. The Get Rich or Die Tryin’ rapper sued Taco Bell Corp. Online - 50 Cent has made a run for the court order. The Get Rich or Die Tryin’ rapper sued Taco Bell Corp.
Popstarshow.com (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Reuters - U.S. rapper and hip-hop mogul 50 Cent sued Taco Bell on Wednesday, saying the restaurant chain made him the star of its hip-hop themed ad campaign without his permission and without paying him a fee.
Nah Right (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Who pissed in Boo Boo’s nachos? He filed a lawsuit today against Taco Bell for having the gaul to challenge him to change his name from 50 Cent to either “79 Cent,” “89 Cent” or “99 Cent.” Reuters reports: “As Taco Bell intended, many customers believed that 50 Cent had agreed to endorse Taco Bell’s products. Indeed, [...]
E! Online (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
50 Cent has made a run for the court order. The Get Rich or Die Tryin' rapper sued Taco Bell Corp. Wednesday for "diluting the value of his good name" with a guerilla ad...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Taco Bell's "79-89-99 Cent Why Pay More" ad campaign did not have the endorsement of rapper 50 Cent, but his lawsuit against the chain claims fans might have thought so.
Idolator (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
"50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, accuses the Mexican-style fast food chain of 'diluting the value of his good name' and employing a guerrilla advertising campaign to fool consumers into thinking he had endorsed the chain, said the lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court. ... 'As Taco Bell intended, many customers believed that 50 Cent had agreed to endorse Taco Bell's products. Indeed,...
Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. rapper and hip-hop mogul 50 Cent sued Taco Bell on Wednesday, saying the restaurant chain made him the star of its hip-hop themed ad campaign without his permission and without paying him a fee.
Guidons, Guidons, Guidons! (Free subscription) | yesterday
And I thought I was a smart ass. Check out this story about UAVs Seems pretty cushy...if blowing terrorists up doesn't make you lose your appetite for the cheesy gordita crunch, that is Nice snark, a-hole. And as a matter of fact, I don't loose my appetite, at the end of a mission I was usually pretty hungry. But I didn't fly UAVs...so their experience may vary. Is that John Cusack at the controls...
The last article published by a user on Taco Bell :
icelebz | 06/19/2008
50 Cent has been asked to change his name to 79 Cent by a fast food chain. The 'In Da Club' rapper was challenged by Taco Bell to consider calling himself 79, 89 or 99 Cent to promote the restaurant's new value menu. Taco Bell have promised to donate $10,000 to a charity of the rapper's choice if he also agrees to stop at one of their outlets and rap his order at the drive-thru. Read Full Story
