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I think it's weird how there hasn't been more press coverage of celebrities getting into business and tech. Ashton Kutcher, 50 Cent, Chamillionaire, and other actors and musicians could be a pretty big inspiration to a lot of the teenagers out there.


Why is it weird? All the 'piracy' or lack of quality content has led to decreased profits through traditional movie and music products.

Did you know 50 Cent publishes a series of ghostwritten fiction books available on Amazon.com(http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_p_n_feature_browse... )?

..or his Twitter pump-and-dump for OTC penny stocks?

These celebrities have a certain lifestyle to maintain and need to keep the cash-flow up.


I saw and brought attention to his OTC "pump-and-dump". It turned out that he was an active investor in and advisor to the company (I think it was Gunnar Optiks) and it seemed to be mostly an honest mistake.


mostly an honest mistake

What percentage was dishonest?


He was trying to encourage people to buy stock in the company, but it did not appear that he was attempting to pump and dump the stock, and it did not appear that he was aware of the potentially illegal nature of what he was doing.

Basically he was treating it just like he'd tweet and tell everyone about some new artist that signed to his label.




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