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50 Cent negotiating deal with Apple

June 19th 2006 Posted to 50 Cent

Hip-hop star 50 Cent is joining forces with Apple to produce a new home computer, and he insists he intends to set up his own business empire after conquering the music industry. The In da club hitmaker is in negotiations with Apple boss STEVE JOBS to help produce a line of affordable home computers for inner-city residents. The business-minded musician is keen to seal his place in history with clever business dealings, because he is fully aware of the music industry’s fickle nature. 50 Cent - real name Curtis Jackson - tells AllHipHop.com, “I’m creating a foundation that will be around for a long time, because fame can come and go or get lost in the lifestyle and the splurging. “I never got into it for the music. I got into it for the business.”

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Hip-Hop star Ice Cube joins Ludacris and 50 Cent against the celebrity Oprah Winfrey

May 29th 2006 Posted to 50 Cent, Oprah Winfrey

Rappers Ludacris and 50 Cent have dissed Oprah Winfrey. Now, Ice Cube has a beef with the talk show queen.

“I’ve been involved in three projects pitched to her, but I’ve never been asked to participate,” the rapper-actor tells FHM magazine in its July issue, on newsstands June 6.

“For ‘Barbershop,’ she had Cedric the Entertainer and Eve on, but I wasn’t invited,” says the 36-year-old rapper, referring to his 2002 movie. “Maybe she’s got a problem with hip-hop.”

Cube adds: “She’s had damn rapists, child molesters and lying authors on her show. And if I’m not a rags-to-riches story for her, who is?”

A call by The Associated Press to Winfrey’s spokeswoman at her production company, Harpo, was not immediately returned Friday.

Last month, 50 complained that Winfrey rarely invites rappers on her talk show: “I think she caters to older white women.” Ludacris, whose real name is Chris Bridges, told GQ magazine that the media mogul was “unfair” to him during a show he appeared on last October with co- stars from best-picture Oscar winner “Crash.”

Earlier this month, Winfrey defended herself in a surprise appearance on New York City-based radio station Power 105.1.

“I listen to some hip-hop,” she told DJ Ed Lover. “You know, I’ve been accused of not liking hip-hop and that’s just not true. I got a little 50 (Cent) on my iPod. I really do. Love ‘In Da Club.’ … Love that, and you know, love Jay-Z, love Kanye (West), love Mary J. (Blige).”

Ice Cube, whose other films include “Friday” and “Three Kings,” will release his latest album, “Laugh Now, Cry Later,” on June 6.

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