50 Cent Movie Ads Banned in New Zealand

Wednesday, January 4, 2006
By: Michael Ivey

50 Cent

"Get Rich or Die Trying" movie ads featuring Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson holding a child with a gun tucked in his own jeans were recently prohibited by New Zealand’s Advertising Standards Authority Inc. The company’s Advertising Standards Complaints Board reportedly received 17 complaints about the ad before deeming it a breach of "industry guidelines on social responsibility, decency, violence, anti-social behaviour and children."

According to NME.com ASA Inc. feels Jackson’s popularity and influence among kids make his "association with gang culture and criminal behaviour" appear to glamorize gun use. The film’s title also intimates the viability of using firearms to achieve success, according to the board.

Advertising Standards Authority Inc. (previously known as Committee of Advertising Practice) originated in 1973 and was incorporated in 1990. Its’ mission is to maintain "proper and generally acceptable" standards of honest advertising, form and promote an "effective system of voluntary self-regulation in respect to advertising standards", and "establish and fund an Advertising Standards Complaints Board". Members include: Association of New Zealand Advertisers (Inc), Newspaper Publishers' Association of New Zealand (Inc), New Zealand Cinema Advertising Council, New Zealand Television Broadcasters Council, and Pay TV group; for more information visit www.asa.co.nz.

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F*ck new zealand

Posted by fucblackwallstreet

^^ damn u a groupie.

Posted by 5thIncredible

I hate fifty but i do think this is bullsh*t and dude is a grupie for real a strait up lover for fifty probly is new doggie treat after he done with mase

Posted by bigrod

Yeah yall say yall hate fifty but the people dont thats why he's the highest selling recording artist out for the past 3 years those stats is undeniable,plus people are the ones that make him who he is .fifty might not be the best lyricist but he plays his cards right and comes out on top thats why he's the best

Posted by JAYXXX

Guess he's not world wide anymore

Posted by krazycee

Long time ago, dr dre was sitting in his recording studio, smoking his maria, and thinking how make more money.... Target: teenage! question: who can buy 49+1's sh*t? answer: who don't know the real hiphop lifestyle! their money is real money, so... Who cares? this site can work and make money if we talk about the assmonkey 50 advertising cent.... Stop hating 50. Ignore him is the solution. People without culture will die. People without culture but with a lot of money can live only for one reason... Makin'money. M

Posted by maskzn13

Dont hate on 50 because he's doin good, he deserve to be where he is at now, he worked hard for it

Posted by The Realness

New zealend needz to chill

Posted by naptown3176

Llmaoo..in d words of kanye "new zealand don't like black people"..rofl

Posted by Da ruckus

I respect new zealand's decision, but you can't hide the truth rather it's gun violence or natural causes, street thug related or in a corporate business, everyday people fight with gettin rich or die tryin, but ,cause it's "fifty" there's a problem. Damn who really has the problem, it's entertainment. Do you "fifty" i ain't knocking your hustle. Holla

Posted by chele05

^^^^ agreed

Posted by Da ruckus

New zealands got problems... Fifty ain't done sh*t wrong. Gun violence goes on everyday wit beef in the hood and everywhere. Just cuz they ain't got good a$$ thug rappers in they towns they got beef wit him. Get iight pp;pce

Posted by GunitShawty11087

That sh*t funny, gggg-unot

Posted by samthaman

Im from nz and it aint no racism or f*** 50 cent kinda stuff damn i mean yall act like my countys crazy its only damn advertizing not like were invading countrys our anythin :p peace g-unot

Posted by feijoa

Who cares this movies been out for like months already get over it.

Posted by King of Brooklyn

Lmao @ feijoa!!!

Posted by 1ShotP

I agree with,' the realness', he worked hard to get where he is, don't hate it's just a movie. If kids and people in general are that stupid to go out and do what they see on tv then they deserve what ever life throws back. . . . Peace out

Posted by LiL sHaUgHtIe

Samtheman...you sound like a retard..... Tha shi fonnnyy...geeegeeegeeee..u nawt" shut the F*ck up...its gggggg--unit

Posted by CEmejuru

Good for new zealand!!! the us should be as aware and selective of what children are exposed to. 50 cent is just trying to gain popularity and destroying the lives of a whole generation to do it. It's artists like him who are giving hip-hop a bad name and even setting the wrong "trend" with talk about running from the law and gang activities. And before you start to try to defend this "idol", think about all the kids who look up to him and are being affected by all of this talk and show about how guns are the answer. Get rich or die trying?

Posted by ASF Students

All these anti people are full of sh*t they look for excuses becuase they havnt got the money like fifty does..they're all just jelous...i love fifty cent...hes the man

Posted by stephen

Why should fifty cents ads be banned because of violence...everywhere else has it...there aint no place on the earth that hasnt got it...its only because he is famous and a target to these people that the would do this....keep fifty on top!!

Posted by Big Simmo

Im frm nz and at least 94% of ppl think that 50 cents fake... Yeah he got money but without fans he wouldnt be sh*t hahaha! f**k fiddy and g-unot

Posted by BLUE DEViL

Im from new zealand too and its bullsh*t that the poster got banned yet angelina jolie is holding a gat that shoots round corners on the movie poster for wanted. I reckon it is racism, but only from a few fckwits in the censor bureau, most people in nz are too busy living a happy life to care! but we are real hip hop heads all the way down here too, we have a sweet cultural mix unlike wack as australia for instance.

Posted by tolo