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Published Friday, November 11, 2005 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN'

Very brave of Mr. Curtis Jackson (50 Cent) to do all the rapping and singing himself for the movie, don't you think? Nah, just kidding, fitty. We enjoy seeing Joy Bryant again -- girl, you've come a long way from the Milliken common room. Just saying. Also, tell your agent to get you a part where you can actually stretch yourself a bit and show everyone your chops. We'd like to see more of you than just these love interest/best friend supporting roles.

Silliest question on 50's press tour this week came this morning on The View (don't ask me how I happened to catch this), in which the women asked him how he can make sure his 9-year-old son doesn't follow in daddy's footsteps. Well, moving from NYC to a 50-room house in Farmington, Conn., might do it. I grew up in the Farmington Valley, and people, there ain't no trouble to found up in them thar hills. If anything, Mr. Curtis Jackson will have to worry about his son getting bored to death.