50 Cent is making good on his promise to take his grievances towards Beam Suntory to Congress, and he’s recruited famend civil rights and private harm lawyer Ben Crump to affix him in Washington D.C.
The leisure mogul is embroiled in a long-running battle with the spirits firm. After accusing workers of stealing hundreds of thousands of {dollars} from his manufacturers, the dispute snowballed right into a $6 million lawsuit.
50 Cent tapped Ben Crump to affix his authorized workforce within the struggle to extend minority illustration within the multibillion-dollar luxurious spirits business.
Crump will be a part of 50 Cent for a gathering with Congressional Leaders on Capitol Hill on Wednesday (June 5) at 10 a.m. ET. The G-Unit honcho stated they’ll meet with “the Congressional Black Caucus about how @suntoryglobalspirits has broken my enterprise.”
On Tuesday (June 4) 50 Cent posted an AI-generated picture of himself and Crump with a warning to Beam Suntory.
“You’ll be able to change your identify from @beamsuntory @suntoryglobalspirits however you continue to robbed him,” Fiddy wrote within the caption. “I simply need mines. Inform your pals in your discus assembly, you haven’t been underneath compliance in any respect.”
In an announcement, Ben Crump praised 50 Cent “as he is without doubt one of the most profitable Black entrepreneurs in America.” Nonetheless, he famous, “even he’s not resistant to the bias remedy that faces minority enterprise house owners on a regular basis.”
Crump stated 50 Cent has been “relentless in his struggle to hunt equity and justice.” Nonetheless, “he nonetheless should take care of the oppression that comes from being a minority enterprise proprietor.”
He additionally affirmed his dedication to serving to 50 Cent exhibit “the ability of the shoppers to make company America permit a seat on the desk for hard-working Black entrepreneurs.”