50 Cent’s Family Day at Six Flags
50 Cent with G-Unity charity bused children to a “Family Day” weekend at Six Flags Great Adventures in Jackson, New Jersey on August 29th. The rapper who plan to have his own Family Day in his old neighborhood had to postpone it due to the controversy surrounding it. 50 wasn’t able to obtain a permit from the city for the event.
The problem, according to 50, was that city officials didn’t want him to publicize the festivities, fearing an overly large turnout would be difficult to manage. But before he could assure Bloomberg that safety wouldn’t be a problem, the Post ran an article making the private negotiations public.
“They told me not to promote the event and then it got national coverage. Then the fear factor comes in,” 50 explained. “Can you control 100,000 people being in your neighborhood? ‘Cause you might not be sure of a turnout at an actual venue, but in the neighborhood, everyone is gonna show up.”
It would be easy to blame Bloomberg, 50 said, but ultimately, the mayor has to listen to his advisers. “He’s gonna look at the police commissioner and ask, ‘Is this gonna be a safe situation?’ ” 50 said. “And if they tell him no, then it’s not gonna happen.”
Source: MTV NEWS
admin on August 31st 2009 in PR