An insurance company for rapper 50 Cent is reportedly refusing to cover up to $10 million in damages he could face with the loss of a lawsuit brought by a Washington D.C. area disc jockey.
National Fire Insurance says its famous client waited over a year before reporting the incident in which one of his G-Unit posse members assaulted WKYS-FM’s Richard "DJ Zxulu, the Big-Lipped Bandit" Dunkerson. The length of time reportedly gives the company an out to invalidate the rapper's coverage. As a result, the insurance firm is no longer required to underwrite 50 should he lose the civil suit.
The assault at WKYS’ studios – located in the Washington suburb of Lanham, Maryland – was sparked in January 2005 when Zxulu made light-hearted comments about a wireless cell phone headset being worn by a member of 50’s crew, saying it made him look like a Vulcan on Star Trek.
Zxulu then reportedly threw the Spock hand salute and said, "Greetings, my Vulcan brother."
Once the interview was over, police say members of G-Unit's posse jumped Zxulu, punching and kicking him and allegedly stealing his phone. Dunkerson also claims that the G-Unit track "Hate It Or Love It" ridiculed him and boasted of the radio station incident.
National Fire Insurance says its famous client waited over a year before reporting the incident in which one of his G-Unit posse members assaulted WKYS-FM’s Richard "DJ Zxulu, the Big-Lipped Bandit" Dunkerson. The length of time reportedly gives the company an out to invalidate the rapper's coverage. As a result, the insurance firm is no longer required to underwrite 50 should he lose the civil suit.
The assault at WKYS’ studios – located in the Washington suburb of Lanham, Maryland – was sparked in January 2005 when Zxulu made light-hearted comments about a wireless cell phone headset being worn by a member of 50’s crew, saying it made him look like a Vulcan on Star Trek.
Zxulu then reportedly threw the Spock hand salute and said, "Greetings, my Vulcan brother."
Once the interview was over, police say members of G-Unit's posse jumped Zxulu, punching and kicking him and allegedly stealing his phone. Dunkerson also claims that the G-Unit track "Hate It Or Love It" ridiculed him and boasted of the radio station incident.
