LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – 50 Cent’s Erin Andrews kiss attempt failed at Daytona today. 50 Cent tried to kiss an unwilling Erin Andrews on the lips, on camera, while a news interview was being conducted. But Andrews quickly turned her head away to avoid the rapper. Video of the footage shows the rapper pulling Andrews unwilling toward his frame and moving in toward her lips. Andrews doesn’t stop reporting, but turns her head to the right to avoid the rapper’s move.

In recent days, 50 Cent has been the subject of bizarre claims. Recently he asserted that he got the Starter Wives canceled. “I want to apologize to cast of Starter Wives for having the show pulled off the net work. I sincerely hope you find work.”

TLC later told news that the show was cancelled because of low ratings, not because of 50 Cent. Tashera Simmons, DMX’s wife, took issue with 50 Cent’s false claims. “I am no stranger to television and what just happened was unheard of and completely unorthodox. There were millions of dollars and a lot of hard work put into this project by the producers, staff, and my co-stars. It’s hard to believe that there are still some fundamental issues in our society about women speaking up or having a voice.”

Before that, 50 claimed that Rick Ross staged his own shooting. “Fat boy hit the building? It looks staged to me. No hole in the car”.  An gif image of the 50 Cent Erin Andrews exchange can be seen HERE.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – 50 Cent is not dead. Rapper 50 Cent is the victim of a fake death story today, again, concerning a fictitious car crash. 50 Cent joins Eddie Murphy, Bill Nye the Science Guy, and Rihanna as the latest victims in a week of out of control, erroneous, old stories. In fact, the current 50 Cent fake death story is not just old, but has been used to trick fans since roughly 2010.

By now, the words “car crash” and “Route 80″ should sound familiar to celebrity fans. A template, pre-written fake death story about Route 80, authored by Global Associated aka Media Fetcher, has been used against countless celebrities. Today’s 50 Cent story is that same template tale. But many fans are irate that their favorite celebrity is being subjected to old, and still false, story.

50 Cent wasn’t driving on Route 80 today, he wasn’t in a car crash, and he didn’t flip his car. In fact, the same story has been used against David Guetta to Jersey Shore cast members. The story was even old in 2011. In fall of last year, LALATE reported news that “Global uses a series of template stories and just swaps in celebrities’ names” for these fake death stories. “Then, ironically, every few days, another one of [Global's] stories gets referenced repeatedly on Twitter or Facebook, during a heightened viral frenzy. 50 Cent is today’s victim”.

50, Eddie, and Bill are very much alive. Rihanna hasn’t died in a car crash, Miley Cyrus is very much alive. And Adam Sandler hasn’t been snowboarding.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – 50 Cent wasn’t dead in December and he isn’t dead today either. The same 50 Cent fabricated death story that angered fans in December, and then again in May, is resurfacing yet again online today. 50 Cent hasn’t died in a car crash, jet ski accident, or Swiss hiking expedition. But the same stories that erroneously claimed that 50 Cent died in 2011 are back striking the rapper this afternoon.

Since 2011, more fabricated 50 Cent death stories have surfaced online. The culprit is MediaFetcher aka Global Associated. In fall last year, 50 Cent battled a false report that he died in a car crash. Now he is battling one about a fake snowboarding accident, another about a sinking yacht in St Tropez, and a third about a jet-ski crash in Turks and Caicos. But the rapper with possibly the most fabricated death stories still remains Lil Wayne.

Global Associated is erroneously claiming today a handful of different fake death stories for 50 Cent. The first claims that he died in snowboarding accident. That same fake report angered fans last year when used most notably against Adam Sandler. The false report reads “The actor & novice snowboarder was vacationing at the Zermatt ski resort in Zermatt, Switzerland with family and friends.”

50 Cent is not on vacation in Switzerland, Parrot Cay, Route 80, nor St Tropez. Adam Sandler is alive, so is David Guetta and 50 Cent.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – 50 Cent is not dead but is the victim of a fake British death crash report online today. 50 Cent didn’t die in a car crash on Route 80 in 2011. But that same fake death story, and another false British death tale both surfacing online, are angering fans today.

In December 2011, 50 Cent battled a fabricated crash report. In it, the site Global Associated aka Media Fetcher claimed that the rapper had died in a vehicle crash on Route 80. The website went on to claim that “Local Team 9″ was at the crash scene and that the office of “Highway Safety Investigators” had been dispatched. Neither such organization exists, however.

At the time, fans were irate. The same fake Route 80 story had been used against countless music icons. In February this year, the same report was used to kill off David Guetta. Weeks later, it was used against singer Celine Dion. Even Clinton Portis was the victim of the same fabricated tale.

ST LOUIS (LALATE) – 50 Cent is not dead. But 50 Cent is the victim of three fake death reports 2012 surfacing online today. The rapper was the subject of erroneous claims that made news last December; those claimed that he died in a car crash. But today, the rapper is the victim of three fabricated reports, surfacing online, at the time same, from the same source. Fans are more skeptical this time around compared to last year’s false claims.

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If that sounds problematic, it should. Global is also claiming that the rapper today was in Zermatt, Switzerland. That second false report claims that he died during a snowboarding crash. The website claims “this is a totally fake article based on zero truth and is a complete work of fiction”.

Global’s third fake death report today is also confusing fans. In it, Global claims that the rapper died in a car crash today 2012. The infamous Route 80 crash story has been used for countless music celebrities. For today, Global claims “Highway Safety Investigators have told reporters that 50 Cent lost control while driving a friend’s vehicle on Interstate 80 and rolled the vehicle several times killing him instantly.”

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Since 2008, fake celebrity death reports have taken new form. Originating in false webpage creations, like Global, today fake death reports are sent via Twitter trick, Twitpic fabrications, and even false Facebook assertions. “RIP Beyonce” lead the biggest confusion in fall 2011. For it, one person set up an entire dedicated Facebook profile to falsely proclaim the singer had died.

Fake Twitpic attempts have also confused fans. Some took templates from news sites, and through the wonders of Photoshop, miraculously claimed a celebrity had died.

And finally, the false retweet option has consistently enraged fans. By typing “@RT”, dubious authors have claimed that someone else has proclaimed the celebrity has died, even though they haven’t.

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Whether you are Beyonce, or Lil Wayne, Adam Sandler or 50 Cent, the attempt to falsely claim you have died has taken new form this year. None of these celebrities died today, but fake death reports about them still spiral out of control.

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