After Louisiana Legal professional Normal Liz Murrill stated she was gearing as much as sue rapper Boosie Badazzfor allegedly utilizing the identify, picture, and likeness of Caleb Wilson—the Southern College pupil who died at an off-campus hazing incident in February— for his scholarship fund and rap competition, the rapper responded.
“HOW THE F*** CAN I CAPITALIZE OFF SOMEONE DEATH FOR A CONCERT?” requested the Louisiana emcee.
Murrill Alleges That Boosie Did Not Inform Wilson’s Dad and mom That He Created A Caleb Wilson Scholarship
In line with The Advocate, Murrill stated Wilson’s dad and mom have been unaware that Boosie can be utilizing the scholar’s identify to advertise the Caleb Wilson Memorial Scholarship, alongside together with his sixth annual Boosie Bash, which came about March 22 and featured main hip-hop acts like GloRilla, Sexyy Crimson, DaBaby, and a number of other different artists on Southern College’s campus.
Murrill shared with The Advocate that Boosie reached out to Wilson’s household final week relating to the scholarship. Nevertheless, Murrill defined that the household believed Boosie was merely making an preliminary donation to a scholarship linked to Southern College, not establishing one in Wilson’s identify.
Moreover, the household claimed that Boosie didn’t reveal the scholarship’s connection to his upcoming competition. In line with Murrill, the Legal professional Normal said that she didn’t know of any concrete plans for proceeds from the competition to fund the scholarship, labeling the scenario as a “huge misrepresentation to the general public.”
She added, “I intend to take authorized motion resulting from their misappropriation of his identify and picture to advertise their for-profit occasion. This isn’t a charitable occasion.”
The Legal professional Normal additionally stated Boosie ought to supply an apology to Wilson’s household for utilizing the beloved pupil’s identify to advertise Boosie Bash.
“All of this apparently got here collectively in a really quick order, and I feel the promoters noticed a possibility to advertise the occasion on the backs of people that simply suffered an unimaginable loss,” Murrill informed WBRZ in an interview revealed March 22. “It’s simply disgusting, they owe the household an apology. In the event that they needed to do that, the primary folks they need to have requested was the household. No one has made any effort to place cash within the scholarship, Boosie hasn’t even funded any of it.”
Boosie, a local of Baton Rouge, sat down for an interview with WBRZ on March 21, the place he introduced each the Boosie Bash and his scholarship initiative. Through the interview, he said that he had acquired assist from Wilson’s father and The Human Jukebox Marching Band, of which Wilson had been a component, to make use of funds from the competition to assist the Caleb Wilson Memorial Scholarship.
“We’re gonna do one thing particular for him as a result of, , it’s a tragic loss. And as me being part of bringing this to Baton Rouge… I really feel like I’m part of it additionally, so I simply wish to make it proper,” he added.
Lil Boosie Responds To Louisiana Legal professional Normal
Boosie has since commented on Murrill’s remarks, and he’s fairly pissed over allegations that he was making an attempt to revenue off of Caleb Wilson’s demise.
“IT’S SAD FOR THIS LAWYER [and] FAMILY TO SAY I PROMOTED MY EVENT OFF SOMEONE’S PASSING MY EVENT WAS PROMOTED ON EVENTBRITE SINCE NOV. 14,” he wrote. “THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED A WEEK BEFORE MY EVENT WAS TO TAKE PLACE HOW THE F*** CAN I CAPITALIZE OFF SOMEONE DEATH FOR A CONCERT. THAT AINT ME .”
He continued,
“A DEATH OF A STUDENT WON’T HELP A CONCERT IT WOULD HURT A CONCERT I WAS [ASKED] TO HELP THE SITUATION [AND] THATS WHAT I WAS DOING ONCE I MADE IT HOME. BUT FOR Y’ALL TO SAY THAT Y’ALL ARE TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST SOMEONE WHO IS TRYING TO HELP Y’ALL IS A SLAP [IN] MY FACE [AND] COMPLETELY WRONG WHEN KEEPING IT REAL GOES WRONG SMH IM DONE. ANOTHER MONEY GRAB THIS IS The ULTIMATE BETRAYAL SMH.”
