50 Cent has called for the dismissal of a billion dollar lawsuit filed by a man who claims that ‘Power’ – the TV series which the rapper co-produced and appeared in – ripped off his actual life story.The plaintiff is Cory ‘Ghost’ Holland, who claims that he is the inspiration for the main character in ‘Power’, that being a drug lord known as Ghost who is trying to give up his criminal activities and run a legit business instead.The fictional Ghost’s life story is close enough to Holland’s actual life story, he alleges, that people will assume ‘Power’ is basically a biopic.But, he adds, the fictional Ghost’s life story is actually sufficiently different to his real life story to constitute defamation, because it includes crimes Holland did.
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