50 Cent affirmed his dedication to Shreveport, Louisiana on Friday (Might 3). The G-Unit boss responded to a Shreveport-Bossier Journal article questioning if 50 Cent was one other individual or enterprise providing false hope to town.
“Not solely am I gonna do what I stated Tony however the title wave of curiosity is gonna ship folks to speculate,” 50 Cent wrote in an Instagram put up directed on the story’s author. “I’m not in search of capital simply assist. the plan is to create a group that thrives by way of creativity and innovation. I discuss to Tyler expertise is altering movie and tv manufacturing quick so we’ve to alter sooner to remain forward of the curve.”
The article talked about golf legend Jack Nicklaus and nation star Kix Brooks as two celebrities who by no means lived as much as their guarantees to carry enterprise to the Shreveport space. Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux believed 50 Cent’s scenario was a lot completely different.
“I believe what occurred with lots of these different issues is that folks had nice concepts of what to do with different folks’s cash, and different folks’s cash by no means confirmed up,” Mayor Arceneaux instructed the Journal. “The issues he’s doing, he’s doing together with his personal cash. And he has the sources, He’s a really profitable businessman.”
50 Cent signed a 30-year lease for the previous Millennium Studios, a property owned by the Metropolis of Shreveport. The power turned the brand new residence of G-Unit Studios.
G-Unit Studios was just the start of fifty Cent’s imaginative and prescient for Shreveport. He purchased a number of buildings with plans to bolster town’s nightlife. The diamond-selling rapper additionally sought a facility generally known as Stageworks of Louisiana with hopes of constructing it a sports activities and leisure venue.
50 Cent needed to host skilled boxing and MMA, amongst different occasions, on the venue. Authorities officers launched an ordinance proposing one other 30-year lease to him in April.