50 Cent has zero tolerance for a jeweler allegedly utilizing his title and face to promote knockoffs of his well-known chain, insisting he is by no means purchased jewellery from TraxNYC, or allowed it to capitalize on his fame.
TMZ Hip Hop obtained docs Thursday … with Fif suing Maksud Agadjani and his TraxNYC Corp. for trademark infringement and violating his proper of publicity. The G-Unit rapper believes Trax’s string of TikTok posts about him are deceptive shoppers into considering he is affiliated with the imitation trinkets.
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Only a few days in the past, Trax posted a pic of fifty and Drake collectively and proceeded to indicate off an array of shiny crucifixes and captioned the publish, “Yo @50 Cent , you have to be a jeweler. Hit traxnyc.com or name 212 traxnyc.”
And, in an August TikTok publish, Trax supplied up a cross just like one 50 was sporting saying, “We just jocked your style, I know you watch my videos and now I’m watching your s**t and jocking your s**t just like you jocked my s**t.”
50 beforehand warned Trax on IG his antics would land him in scorching water, and now he needs a choose to cease Trax in his tracks, and make him pay up a minimum of $5 million in damages.
A rep for 50 tells TMZ Hip Hop, “Mr. Jackson takes the unauthorized use of his title and likeness for business functions severely.
The rep provides … when 50 made it clear he was not happy, Trax doubled down, replying, “Don’t you got better things to worry about.”
Properly, now it is TraxNYC that has a lawsuit to fret about.
