Nollywood Actors Plead To Audition For Role In 50 Cent “Hushpuppi” Upcoming Series

Nollywood actors has pleaded with American rapper 50 cent for roles and auditions following his recent revelation to drop a series based on the life of Nigerian notorious fraudster, Hushpuppi.

Some nollywood stars like Ini Edo, Deyemi and Uche Jombo took to the American actor’s Comment section to plead for Nigerian actors to get a role and audition in the TV series.

UcheJombo wrote; “Please Give a Nigerian actor the opportunity to play this character”.

Iniedo wrote; “You are welcome! Nigerian actors are your best bet🙌”

Deyemitheactor wrote; “Yo @50cent….. I will love to audition to play Hushpuppi🙌🙌🙌”

Meanwhile, American rapper and producer Curtis James Jackson III popularly known as 50 Cent, has announced plans to release a movie series based on notorious Nigerian internet fraudster, Ramon Abass.

Best known as Hushpuppi, Abass was arrested in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates in June 2020, for defrauding over 1.9 million people, majority of whom were Americans.

He was afterwards extradited to the United States for trial on July 3, the same year.

As earlier reported by The PUNCH, a United States District Court sitting at the Central District of California on Monday sentenced Hushpuppi to 11 years and three months’ after he was found guilty of laundering proceeds of a school financing scam, business email compromise and other fraudulent cyber schemes.

The 37 years old had earlier pleaded guilty to the charges filed against him during the trial.

Sharing pictures of the convict, 50 Cent made it known via his Instagram account on Wednesday that he was working on a movie project based on Hushpuppi’s story.

The G-Unit Records founder wrote in the caption, “For my scammers I gotta do this one. Hushpuppi series coming soon! GLG, Green Light Gang I don’t miss. #Bransoncognac #lecheminduroi #gunitfilmandtv.”