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50 Cent really made his mark on cable TV with the success of his Starz series, Power, and the spinoff shows that followed. Now the rapper from Queens is looking to continue to churn out new projects courtesy of his new film and TV studios in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Fiddy took to Instagram Wednesday (Dec. 13), to showcase his brand spanking new G-Unit Film & TV Inc. studios down in the South just after the Shreveport City Council gave him approval to takeover the gigantic space in Louisiana, according to KSLA12. Posting a few pics of his new working space, 50 wrote in the caption, “All Roads lead to Shreveport if you ready to work in 🎥film and television. G-unit studios Is officially in Louisiana. 💣BOOM💨 GLG🚦GREENLIGHTGANG.”
Now that he’s the new landlord for the premises, he’ll have to pay an annual rate of $2,400 for the next 30 years after which he can renew it for another 15 years if he so pleases. In other words, 50’s going to be in the film game for a while. So get ready ’cause that man is all about his hustle.
According to KSLA12, the city’s Mayor Tom Arceneaux couldn’t be more excited with the new venture saying, “We enjoyed for a period after 2005, we enjoyed a very robust television and film industry in the Shreveport area. This will bring back I think a lot of those people and will rejuvenate that industry in our area. So I think the film industry is about to blossom again in Shreveport.”
It’s going to be cinematically lit down South.
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Hurricane Chris was charged with second-degree murder in 2020 after shooting a man he believed was attempting to steal his vehicle. This past Wednesday (March 15), the artist born Christopher Dooley was formally acquitted on all counts during his murder trial.
Local outlet WBRZ reports that Hurricane Chris, 32, was initially indicted on second-degree murder charges for the shooting death of Danzeria Farris Jr. Farris was shot multiple times at a gas station in Shreveport, La., succumbing to his wounds. Hurricane Chris was also charged with illegal possession of a stolen vehicle.
According to the attorney for the “Ay Bay Bay” artist, Chris was acting in self-defense.
“He was simply trying not to be killed,” Dooley’s attorney, Alex J. Washington, told local outlet KTBS. “What we later learned is that this individual had concrete slabs in his pocket and it was a bulge in his pocket, so when Mr. Dooley faced off with him he believed that to be a weapon. When the guy put his hand in his pocket he was faced with a decision, ‘should I leave my life in this guys hands? Or, should I make a decision?’ And he made a decision to save his own life and he pulled the trigger.”
Washington added in his statement that Hurricane Chris was acquitted of the stolen car charge as well as he purchased the vehicle from an ex-girlfriend who later reported the car stolen.
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