The game, "Shoot the Rapper," often seen in the banner ads on MySpace, offers up a decidedly 50 Cent-looking animated rapper for your shooting pleasure. It's gross, probably racist, and definitely inappropriate on a lot of levels, and I don't even like 50 Cent. He filed a lawsuit against the ad company for $1 million, which seems to be chump change. He'll probably give his winnings to Tony Yayo as a present.

The game, called "Shoot the Rapper," shows 50 Cent walking back and forth in an ad across the top of a Web page while the viewer is encouraged to shoot him by aiming and clicking with the mouse, court papers say.

A successful shot results in a misty cloud of red, and the viewer is then directed to another Web page where the ad firm's client sells goods and services, according to the lawsuit.

Note that 50 Cent is just suing because the ad uses his likeness without consent. That whole "shooting" thing is probably good for his rep.

[WP]