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Last Lap: Wednesday’s Odds And Ends In Music News

50 Cent Changes His Movie’s Name After Chinua Achebe Protests 50 Cent‘s new movie just got a namechange thanks to a critically lauded Nigerian novelist. Chinua Achebe, author of 1958′s English-language riposte to Joseph Conrad, Things Fall Apart, threatened legal action against 50 Cent, whose new film has the same name, and turned down a [...]

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10:15 on September 14 2011

Chinua Achebe forces 50 Cent to rename movie

Guardian Music — Things fall apart for rapper as Nigerian writer makes him change forthcoming film title to avoid conflict with 1958 novel50 Cent has been undone by one of Africa's greate... more info

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14:47 on September 14 2011

50 Cent - 50 Cent Forced To Rethink Movie Title

ContactMusic — 50 Cent has been forced to rethink the title of his new movie due to a protest from Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe The New York rapper is set to release new movie Things... more info

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23:29 on September 14 2011

Last Lap: Wednesday’s Odds And Ends In Music News

VH1 Blog — 50 Cent Changes His Movie’s Name After Chinua Achebe Protests 50 Cent‘s new movie just got a namechange thanks to a critically lauded Nigerian novelist. Chinua Achebe... more info

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