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50 Cent Writes Book To Inspire CHILDREN
50 Cent’s son has inspired his new anti-bullying book ‘Playground’.
50 Cent said “I was inspired to write this project based on a conversation with my son”
The ‘In Da Club’ hitmaker – whose real name is Curtis Jackson – got the idea to write the tome after talking to 14-year-old Marquise Jackson about incidents he was aware of at his school between fellow pupils.
He said: “I was inspired to write this project based on a conversation with my son.
“He was telling me about someone else who was experiencing being bullied around him, and in order to explain the scenario, I had to explain it from the actual bully’s perspective and say that he’s dealing with his emotions the wrong way.”
50 Cent and His Son
The hip-hop star’s novel tells the story of 13-year-old Butterball, who has separated parents and weight issues – but one day he takes his frustrations out on a classmate by lashing out at him, which gets him in trouble.
50 explained to MTV News: “The actual character, Butterball, he’s dealing with multiple issues.
“He’s dealing with weight issues: He’s overweight, and you know how common childhood obesity is right now.”
The ‘Candy Shop’ rapper also took some inspiration from Jeff Kinney’s “amazing” book ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’, which explores the hurtful side to bullying from the subject’s perspective.
He added: “When you think about it — because the book is amazing — but it’s about a kid being bullied, and we’re laughing at the character being bullied throughout the project.
“It’s kind of negative when you think about it, because you are laughing at the kid being taken advantage of. But it was an interesting perspective to write it from, and it kept my interest the entire time I was going through the book, so at the end of it, you get the message.”
Posted by Editor
on November 17, 2011. Filed under INTERNATIONAL SHOWBIZ.
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Francis
November 17, 2011 at 5:45 pm
Whats 50cents bullying book got to do with us.
sex lover
November 17, 2011 at 6:15 pm
Francis its saposed 2b an inspiration 2 our zambian artist 2 start writing too and not only spend most of their time inda studio n only 2cum up with songs such as “kamukulu wale” by j.k n “ndine chikali” by our famous j.o.b!
Jemmy
November 17, 2011 at 6:19 pm
it’s people like Francis,who need to read this book.Don’t judge before you get to read the book and the effort Curtis put in this.He’s inspiring young people out there and you say what……come on man,you have to be serious with your life and your sons life too,if you have one.
Nedlog1
November 17, 2011 at 7:17 pm
@frances u a fool,read da book b4 u tok,i pity u.
stv
November 17, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Curtis is a good writer dnt luk @ him frm 50Cent perspective only. He’s written ’50th Law’ its stunning, dd t with Robert Greene.
I’m assure this one z also nice even for fathers who r cowards.
Francis grab urself one
spin
November 18, 2011 at 8:26 am
anuva way to creatively make a buck and inspire children lyk francis instead of drawing yo inspiration from munyaule.francis get a grip
djsweat
November 18, 2011 at 8:58 am
the written by 50cent is very inspiring, I just urge the Zambia not to only focus on writing songs but also write books, there ur so many things to write about. A musician should have different colours.
SEGULA GIGO!!!!
November 18, 2011 at 10:33 am
Fif is that nigger G G G G Unit!!
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