Gangsta ad rapped

RE “Has He Got Next?” by Patrick Goldstein, Nov. 8: No doubt Jimmy Iovine has been successful in mining the urban black culture for business success. However, he does seem to have a limited understanding of the reasons there is concern in these same communities with the “Get Rich or Die Tryin’ ” billboards that sport 50 Cent holding a gun and microphone. I think it accurate to say that movie billboards with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie or Matt Damon carrying guns don’t have the same impact on urban black youth as does one with 50 Cent.

PHILIP S. HART

Los Feliz