50 cent album pushed back and Michael Jackson sued

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50 cent has decided to push his album back to early 2009. The move comes as 50 Cent was rushing to get his album finished for a December release, however it is not complete. With the deadline to secure advertising and retail placement for the album imminent, he decided to move to a date in early 2009. It will also include a DVD, of a 90-minute film, also titled Before I Self Destruct, a coming of age story about an inner city youth raised by a hardworking single mother.

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Nice move, it was about to get real heated with Luda, Kanye, and 50 all dropping their albums around the same time. Maybe we will pay 50 more attention once Kanye fever dies down after the holidays...

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and Wack-O-Jack-O is getting sued...again. According to Billboard.com,

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The son of an Arab monarch took the King of Pop to court today (Nov. 17) in London, charging that Michael Jackson took $7 million as an advance on an album and an autobiography that he never produced.Lawyers for Sheikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain say the money was given to Jackson as an advance on the book and joint recording project with the sheikh, who is an amateur songwriter. Jackson claims the money was a gift.Jackson and Al Khalifa were not at London's Royal Courts of Justice as the trial opened. Jackson's lawyers said he would seek permission to testify by a videolink from the United States.

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I think he may have a record for being the most sued music artist. Get it together Mike.