Washington, Sept 15 (ANI): Rapper 50 Cent has had to rename the title of his new movie, after Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe protested that it shares the same name as his 1958 novel.
The rapper was unaware that his new movie, 'Things Fall Apart,' shares the same name with Achebe's 1958 book, which is considered one of Africa's greatest English language novels selling over 8 million copies worldwide.
Directed by Mario Van Peebles the movie, which is the story of an American football player who is diagnosed with cancer shares, premiered at the Miami Film Festival in March this year and has been completely financed by the rapper.
"It's a project that I wrote, produced and financed myself," Contactmusic quoted the rapper as telling The Guardian.
The movie has now been renamed 'All Things Fall Apart' after Achebe refused a 1 million dollar offer to allow the movie to hold onto the title.
"The novel with the said title was initially produced in 1958, that is 17 years before [50 Cent] was born," Achebe added. (ANI)
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