More 50 Cent Gun Posters Are Removed

More posters for 50 Cent’s movie ‘Get Rich or Die Tryin’ featuring the rapper holding a gun have been taken down.

As reported last week, posters were taken down in Los Angeles, including one outside a school, after a protest was made against the controversial image.

The poster features Fiddy holding a gun in one hand and a microphone in the other.

Now, promoters Clear Channel have agreed to take down 21 posters in Philadelphia after public outcries there.

As the BBC reports, Bilal Qayyum a leader of the anti-violence group Men United for a Better Philadelphia said: “The message could be 'rob to get rich' ... It's a very offensive message that is part of a mind-set that says you can solve problems with violence.”

A spokesman for Philadelphia Clear Channel outdoor, George Kauker, said: "Based on clear and vocal negative response from local Philadelphia community groups, we agreed to remove this particular advertisement."