You know how closely we follow hip hop. The news today, frankly, is just too good to be true. According to Forbes, rapper/actor/all-around good guy Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is in talks with everybody’s favorite fruit company to produce a line of affordable, branded home computers to sell to inner-city families.
I just want you all to know how hard I’m resisting jokes about how much this computer will cost. Ahem. Comments made to AllHipHop.com suggest 50 Cent feels a certain affinity with Apple CEO Steve Jobs:
“He [Jobs] is setting a new standard in the music business,” [50 Cent Manager Chris] Lighty added. “Let’s just say we get each other.”I’ve no doubt Steve gets you. In fact, I hear he’s thinking about cutting his annual salary in half because that’s just how much he gets you.
Well, we’ve seen Apple partner with U2 for an iPod, and there are still lingering rumors of an advertising deal with supermodel Gisele Bundchen (be still my beating heart). Hip hop is huge, and perhaps Apple wants to up their street cred. And I have to say, nothing would pep up Steve’s next Macworld Keynote like an appearance by a bling-laden Fiddy.
[Hat tip to Peter Cohen]
