Many were surprised when WorldStarHipHop.com unexpectedly disappeared from the net today. What’s more interesting is that rapper 50 Cent is taking credit for the shutdown on Twitter, saying in one tweet “I put worldstar to bed.” In November of 2009, 50 filed a lawsuit against the website for using his image without authorization.
There has been no official word from World Star Hip Hop, but (surprise, surprise) there is already a Twitition up to try and save the site. There may be no hope in this case though, and 50 seems to have already set his sights on at least two other targets, saying “I predict 2 more web sites will shut down this week. Take a guess who they are. I’m sick of the hate I’m to strong.”
50 claims to have shutdown the site in collaboration with “howard gordon and the good folks over at homeland.” This could imply that 50 worked with homeland security as some kind of informant. If you were looking to advertise on Worldstar, no worries. 50 recommends contacting thisis50.com. In true 50 Cent style, he is still going in on Worldstar on his Twitter. 50 is well-known for taking beef to a whole new level and is even calling out “Q” of Worldstar directly, who named ThisIs50.com a top competitor when we interviewed him in 2009.
UPDATE: Rap Radar has audio from Q of WSHH responding to 50′s claims on Hot 97. He says the site is down due to server issues, not 50 Cent. Apparently, this has nothing to do with Homeland Security either. It looks like 50 Cent just used this as an opportunity to promote himself and World Star gets some shine as a trending topic on Google and Twitter.
