50 Cent's San Francisco Gig Shut Down By Police

[Jome]

MTV.Com headline

50 Cent's San Francisco Gig Shut Down By Police
01.27.2003 4:55 PM EST

 
The enormous hype surrounding 50 Cent backfired on Friday after thousands of ticketless fans stranded outside a San Francisco club forced police to shut down the rapper's show inside.

A spokesperson for the San Francisco Police Department said between 3,000 and 4,000 people were blocking traffic outside Kelly's Mission Rock when authorities arrived around 10 p.m. to disperse the crowd.

While one person was arrested for inciting a riot, the spokesperson said the crowd was otherwise "very peaceful."

An employee at Kelly's said 50 Cent was never even able to get inside the venue because of the mob outside and that the 1,000 people who bought tickets for the sold-out show will have their money refunded.

A spokesperson for 50 Cent did not return phone calls.

The Eminem and Dr. Dre protégé is on a short tour to promote his major-label debut, Get Rich or Die Tryin', due February 11 (see "50 Cent Says He's Capitalizing On Arrest, Doesn't Mind Being Bootlegged"). He performed Saturday in Las Vegas and Sunday in San Diego at a Super Bowl party with Fabolous, and will wrap the outing February 16 in Baltimore.

50 Cent was arrested on December 31 in New York when police allegedly found two loaded guns in his rented SUV (see "50 Cent Appears In Court On Gun Charges").

—Corey Moss

[Trauma-san]

LOL notice the last paragraph, which proves everybody wants to see a man buried in the ground.  And why is this "backfiring" this is straight up AWESOME, lol that just means he's gonna be huge out the gate.  

[ZILLA THA GOODFELLA]

Yup.......this is tha shit I waz talkin bout.......

My man Arsen went to this and after we were suppose 2 meet 50 at chubby greens studios......but he left tha bay hella quick apparently......lol, got scared.......

but man, he is BIG now, he shouldnt do lil ass shows like this......Mission Rock is a pretty small venue......

[Trizz]

mad love to the westcoast heads who showin 50 love
cop that album even if u burn it still cop it he deserves
the money but to the haterz LMAO eat a dick
look in the bay area in the WEST who dem people fighting
about to see? Not no underground bay area artist
Not no Old played out sound but who??

50 AKA FERRARI F50 THAS 50 CENT

[S.G.V.]

^^^^

[HBKid_Jr]

^^^^

isnt u one of the people that said 50 would get shot or beat down,  or raped,  or killed if he stepped foot an cali an people are fighting to see him,  i could be wrong,  they could of been fighting to get in there gang rape him or every1 would go single file line an be allowed to shoot him once

[S.G.V.]

isnt u one of the people that said 50 would get shot or beat down,  or raped,  or killed if he stepped foot an cali an people are fighting to see him,  i could be wrong,  they could of been fighting to get in there gang rape him or every1 would go single file line an be allowed to shoot him once

i said had he popped shit about the west like he did on how to rob about the east...he wouldve got fucked up out here...someone else said if he came here hed get killed for no reason...

[Kain670]

I missed 50 in San Diego

 

[Trizz]

if yall can come to ny and jersey and scream
"Westcoast" we can go to fuckin cali and screa,"eastcoast"

[ZILLA THA GOODFELLA]

if yall can come to ny and jersey and scream
"Westcoast" we can go to fuckin cali and screa,"eastcoast"

NO, U can not.....It's just different.....

And someone like 50 Cent is respected in Northern Cali, he shown respect so he will be respected back.....People are really feeling him out here.....