50 Cent Reacts To Winning $1 Billion Lawsuit After Drug Kingpin Accused Him Of Stealing Storyline For ‘Power’: ‘Fool Thought He Was Ghost’

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50 Cent Reacts To Winning $1 Billion Lawsuit After Drug Kingpin Accused Him Of Stealing Storyline For ‘Power’: ‘Fool Thought He Was Ghost’

50 Cent just keeps winning.

The rapper and TV star, 49, won a $1 billion lawsuit that was filed against him by Cory “Ghost” Holland, who claimed that 50 Cent stole his life story for the Starz hit Power. 

In response to the win, 50 Cent laughed off on the matter on Instagram and wrote,

“Fool thought he was GHOST? da fvck wrong wit these ??’s man ?LOL @bransoncognac @lecheminduroi“

Power premiered in 2014 and followed the life of drug dealer and club owner James St. Patrick, a.k.a. “Ghost.” Throughout the season, Ghost (Omari Hardwick) attempts to quit the drug life and go legit as he falls in love with his high school sweetheart Angela Valdes (Lela Loren), who also happens to be a federal agent.

Though the series wrapped in early 2020, a spinoff about Ghost’s son Tariq (Michael Rainey, Jr.), Power Book II: Ghost, premiered and is currently in its fourth and final season. Other successful shows in the Power-verse include Power Book III: Raising Kanan and Power Book IV: Force. 

Cory “Ghost” Holland sued 50 Cent in 2021, claiming that Power was his own story that he told via a CD called Blasphemy that was released in 2007. He said he sent the CD to the father of Courtney Kemp, who is the co-creator of Power, with hopes of leaving the drug lifestyle behind.

He alleged in his lawsuit that 50 Cent stole his story without permission for personal gain and money.

50 Cent denied the accusations and has since won the legal battle after Judge Analisa Torres ruled that the character “Ghost” in Power was not a direct reflection of Cory “Ghost” Holland. Instead, the judge said the similarities were nothing more than a coincidence, according to All Hip Hop. 

But Holland’s allegations didn’t end there. He also sued 50 Cent with claims that the “Many Men” rapper and a group of others popped up near his home in vans and SUVs on the hunt for a man who went by “Ghost.” Members of 50 Cent’s entourage also allegedly played threatening music near Holland’s home, a move Holland said was to warn him. Interestingly enough, Holland later threatened 50 Cent and his loved ones in retaliation. He seemingly accused 50 Cent and his friends of being the reason his mother suffered a stroke, which Holland said in a letter obtained by the outlet was “the last straw.”

Ultimately, Judge Torres also dismissed Holland’s second lawsuit, stating,

“There is no indication that this conduct constituted a threat, much less an ‘imminent threat of harmful contact’ as required for an assault claim.”

Meanwhile, Holland claimed in another lawsuit, his third against 50 Cent, that Lionsgate owed him $300 million for negligent supervision of 50 Cent. That was also dismissed because Holland didn’t show that Lionsgate owed him a duty of care.

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