Chris Lighty Says "Stop Hating On The Next Man" [& Check for 50 Cent's "I'll Stab Your Mother In Her One Good Eye"]

Chris Lighty offers an impassioned response to recent claims regarding an attack on him and his brother and to his client's legal troubles:

"I HAD A FRIEND CALL ME AND SAY THEY ARE TRYING TO DRAG ME BACK INTO THE DARK SIDE OF HIP HOP AGAIN. I SAID I WON'T LET IT HAPPEN... I WILL NOT CONDONE ANY VIOLENCE. I AM A BUSINESS MAN IN THE BUSINESS OF BRANDING MY MUSIC AND EXPANDING HIP HOP. THE CHAOS AND MAYHEM WILL DESTROY HIP HOP. WE HAVE A FORCE OF PEOPLE IN HIGH POSITIONS LOOKING TO BRING HIP HOP DOWN. I AM TRYING TO KEEP IT ALIVE. MAKE A DECISION PEOPLE TO DISCERN WHAT IS ENTERTAINMENT, WHAT IS REALITY AND WHAT IS FICTION. WE HAVE TO LIVE AND ABIDE BY RULES NOT THE CHAOS AND MAYHEM HIP HOP IS IN RIGHT NOW. STOP HATING ON THE NEXT MAN. I WILL BE BACK BUT HOPEFULLY ON A BETTER NOTE AS THIS ISN'T WORTH THE ENERGY."

If he's feeling so strongly that he has to type in all caps, I feel his pain.  But the obvious problem with Lighty's statement is that he represents artists like 50 Cent who market themselves on the fact that, though they are entertainers who simply use beef for marketing purposes, they're still willing to hire other people to kill for them.

50 Cent has no room for spin on this kind of thing and that means Chris Lighty doesn't either.

Ooh, I'm getting this creepy reminder of the Stones at Altamont.  They put out Sympathy for the Devil and got quite a Karmic ROI.

Those damn chickens!  Always coming home to roost.

Comments

[Jarrett Carter]

Yeah, it really is geeting old. But, the marketing principle for 50 has worked well for his transition into film, clothing and other commercial ventures.

For some, its clear beef sells like Burger King going out of biz.