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50 Cent Sues Ryan Kavanaugh’s GenTV, Claims He Wasn’t Paid for Movie He Stars In

The lawsuit says Curtis Jackson shot scenes for 'Skillhouse' with the understanding that a final deal would be reached later. When that agreement never materialized, GenTV kept promoting the title using Jackson's name.

Jackson, in a lawsuit filed in California federal court on Thursday, accuses Kavanaugh of failing to pay him and illegally exploiting his name to promote the horror movie, the first in a series of influencer-driven films the company plans to release. The lawsuit also takes issue with the movie being used to promote GenTV, which Jackson says directly competes with his own streaming channel, 50 Cent Action, a partnership with Lionsgate that features titles hand-selected by him from the studio’s library. They’ll be distributed as short-form episodic films released on social media and traditional features available in theaters in a bid to merge short and long form content consumption.

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