50cent sued Taco Bell for $4million after it asked him to change his name in 2008, 50 Cent filled a whopping $4 million suit against Taco Bell where he accused the fast food…
50 Cent sued Taco Bell for $4 million after it asked him to change his nameIn 2008, 50 Cent filed a whopping $4 million suit against Taco Bell where he accused the fast food…aco Bell released it’s ‘Why Pay More?’ campaign in 2008. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
“As Taco Bell intended, many customers believed that 50 Cent had agreed to endorse Taco Bell’s products. Indeed, postings on numerous internet ‘blogs’ castigated 50 Cent for ‘selling out’ by his apparent endorsement of Taco Bell,” the lawsuit continued.
But spokesman for Taco Bell at the time Rob Poetsch went on to say in the wake of the suit: “We made a good faith, charitable offer to 50 Cent to change his name to either 79, 89 or 99 Cent for one day by rapping his order at a Taco Bell, and we would have been very pleased to make the $10,000 donation to the charity of his choice.”
The following year it was revealed that the rapper won the lawsuit, but terms of the settlement were never revealed.
