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VISION PLANT PICTURES /
CZAR ENTERTAINMENT RELEASE
THE INFAMOUS TIMES –
VOLUME I: THE ORIGINAL 50 CENT
"THE TRUE STORY OF
THE LEGEND WHO INSPIRED THE BIGGEST NAME IN RAP"
 LOS
ANGELES, CA (February 8, 2005) – On MARCH 8, 2005, Vision
Plant Pictures, in association with Czar Entertainment, will release THE
INFAMOUS TIMES™ - VOLUME I: THE ORIGINAL 50 CENT
on DVD to eager home entertainment audiences everywhere. A powerful
music-driven video magazine chronicling the nation’s most reputed
street figures, notorious neighborhoods and the alluring frills of the
fast life, this explicit exposé goes behind the stereotypes typically
associated with legendary hustlers to uncover the true tales of pain
and betrayal that all too often destroys their lives and, most times,
finds them dead or in jail. Volume one of The Infamous Times™
has already shipped platinum to major retail outlets
throughout the U.S. and is on pace to quickly become one of the best
selling urban DVD’s to date.
Running 120 minutes,
the main feature of this landmark series tells the true story of
Kelvin "50 Cent" Martin, a cold-blooded crook who, armed
with an arsenal of weapons, robbed, killed and extorted many of
Brooklyn’s biggest hustlers at the height of New York’s brutal
crack cocaine epidemic and from whom the multi-platinum rap superstar,
Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, borrowed his moniker. This is
the true story of the legend who inspired the biggest name in rap.
Hosted by venerated
columnist, actor and convicted felon, Bonz Malone, the subject
matter echoes the insight, candid perspective and journalistic
intensity of esteemed investigative programs like Dateline NBC
and 20/20. Likewise, The Infamous Times™
is poised to be one of the preeminent urban DVD series of the decade,
revolutionizing the genre with its blend of in depth coverage
accompanied by a hard-driving soundtrack. Superbly helmed by
pioneering video director, Froi Cuesta and the brainchild of
acclaimed music impresario, Jimmy Henchmen, along with
entertainment industry veterans, Tone Boots and Griff,
the series aims to enlighten "at-risk" youth on the hazards
of street life as it contrasts the glamorization of criminal behavior
that is all too common in rap music and mainstream film and television
nowadays.
"We’re taking
them all to task…politicians, parents, the young generation,"
says series co-creator Tone Boots, who is also the Producer of MTV’s
Direct Effect. "This story is very dear and close to me
because I knew the original Fifty-Cent," adds Jimmy Henchmen, the
project’s Executive Producer and manager of platinum recording
artists such as The Game (Aftermath/G-Unit), Mario Winans (Bad Boy)
and Black Rob (Bad Boy). "I’m honored to tell a story like this
that influenced the biggest name in rap as we know it today."
In addition to the true
story of the original 50 Cent featured in THE "G" CHRONICLE
segment of the DVD, the DANGER ZONE profiles the Brownsville section
of Brooklyn and uncovers the influx of the LA-based ‘Bloods’
street gang that has besieged the neighborhood’s housing projects.
In the PAPER DOLLS segment of The Infamous Times™ their
cameras go behind-the-scenes of one of the most popular gentlemen’s
clubs in the country, Sue’s Rendezvous – made famous in the
lyrics of many rap artists over the past few years. Also, the DVD’s
bonus content includes an exclusive interview with Jimmy Henchmen; a
profile on celebrity jewelers from Manhattan’s famed ‘Diamond
District;’ and a photo gallery featuring the work of award winning
photographer Jamel Shabazz – author of the celebrated photo
essay, Back in the Days.
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