50 Cent turning books into movies, dissing Ludacris

By: Yves Erwin Salomon

Last week 50 Cent launched his G-Unit Books with the release of three novels, The Ski Mask Way, Death Before Dishonor and Baby Brother. A screenplay for Ski Mask Way has already been written, and plans are in the works to shoot the movie next summer. 50 Cent told the New York Post, "The novels are the harsh realities in certain situations. And the actual honest content in the music and the books are a spin-off of that reality. That's what hip-hop about them is. In The Ski Mask Way particularly, there's a character named Seven that's based on me. And there's a portion where he's incarcerated and has to make decisions about his life and how things spin out of control. I've been in a similar space, but I was able to hold on and not spin out of control."

50 Cent is also working on another book project with author Robert Greene called 50 Laws of Power, an urban version of Greene's cult hit book The 48 Laws of Power.

In addition to all of the aforementioned projects, the rapper plans to launch his own line of condoms, with a portion of the proceeds to benefit HIV awareness.

In related news, 50 Cent is known for taking shots at fellow rappers, and recently dissed Ludacris for not standing up for himself on the Oprah Winfrey Show. The talk show host verbally attacked Ludacris when he visited her show last year to promote the movie Crash. During an interview with Howard Stern, 50 Cent said, "What's her name? Ludacris, he spent his time on the show in a fetal position."