Advertisements for 50 Cent’s upcoming movie, “Get Rich Or Die Tryin’,” have community leaders of Los Angeles fueling because he is holding a gun.

50 Cent is pictured in the billboards armed with a handgun in his left hand and a microphone in his right hand.

“We’re calling upon Paramount Pictures to remove these billboards out of our neighborhood and from this city,” organizer Najee Ali said Tuesday at a press conference condemning the ad campaign, reports E!.

Ali said, “Gun violence is one of the leading causes of death for young black males in south central Los Angeles and across urban America. It’s irresponsible for Paramount Pictures to promote and market a movie that glorifies carrying guns. Guns are weapons of mass destruction that are used to kill people. We demand that Paramount Pictures remove these negative images of death and destruction, images that our young children are influenced by,” reports Ireland Online.

There was no comment from Paramount Pictures.

“Get Rich Or Die Tryin’” is set to be released on Nov. 9.






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