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50 Cent Talks Lloyd Banks’ Star-Studded “HFM2″ Supporting Cast

G-Unit leader 50 Cent has revealed the menu for Lloyd Banks’ upcoming Hunger For More 2 album which includes guest features from Fabolous, Swizz Beatz and Eminem.

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too.’ She could have dissed me back. You know what I mean? Who knows, I could have took a dive but nah, she understood what time it was. I just felt like that was cool for me to do, being that it was said. You got family members, everybody that might remember that time, so why not make it right before we go into the future.” (Vlad TV)

Earlier this month, Banks opened up about apologizing to Ashanti for past remarks he made about her during their camps’ disputes.

“I had a chance to talk to Ashanti over the telephone,” Banks said in an interview. “I mean, my reasoning for apologizing, I just felt like I should. Even at the time when we were going back and forth in that feud with Murder Inc., she wasn’t speaking. She wasn’t throwing shots or anything. I think if you’re a part of the game then you should get played. At that time, she just was on the roster, so I just felt like it would be cool for me to just apologize for some of the things that were done in the past. Even though it was done in hip-hop, it wasn’t anything personal. It just felt that I should do that.” (BET)

Banks previously revealed making an apology to the songstress.

“Ashanti was in the mix over there, she was like the R&B one,” Banks said when briefly discussing G-Unit’s 2002 beef with Murder Inc. “Yeah, I actually spoke to her and apologized for some of the things I’ve said in the past before I even let the conversation go anywhere, first off. I was thinking about it, somebody brought it to my attention. We were groomed to go off like that at that point. Anybody would have got it. But we’re past that.” (Rap Fix)

Banks’ “What Goes Around,” which dropped around 2003, name checked Ashanti.

“I’m in the hood cause I’m hood/You in the hood cause you ain’t got no choice/Your top seller gettin’ sticked for his shine/Either I’m blind, or Ashanti’s sideburns is thicker than mine.” (“What Goes Around”)

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New York’s Rochester city school district has added 50 Cent’s “From Pieces to Weight” book to its recommended reading list for kids during the summer months, despite that the rapper is known for glorifying drugs, sex and violence.

“Our kids are already going through hell and already killing each other and killing us and the killing the community and we don’t need anymore of the violence,” said Reverend Marlowe Washington, chairman of the literacy movement. “If you don’t read that book to your kid then why would you tell my kid to read it?”

A group of librarians reviewed the titles and chose books that would interest students, stir debate and encourage conversation. But some parents feel the book promotes a lifestyle they are trying to keep their children away from.

“Some of the books that we cherish today were banned a few years ago. ’1984′ was banned, ‘Huckleberry Finn’ was banned,” added Washington. “Who is deciding what is or what is not appropriate reading for kids?”

Note: I realize that this is hardly movie news, since 50 Cent is hardly an actor.

Source: WHEC

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