50 Cent vs. Shreveport: The Red River Fallout
About this episode
The episode discusses the fallout from 50 Cent's involvement in the Red River project and the surrounding community's reactions and historical context.
That Ain’t My Business goes live with Nesto (Ness Dota Dunn), James Baines, PTB Ugly and the crew to unpack the citywide drama shaking up Shreveport and New Orleans. In this episode the hosts react to 50 Cent’s explosive post about pulling back from the Red River project, Hurricane Chris’s social-media response, and the flood of local opinion that followed. We feature a long-form breakdown from community activist Craig Lee to trace the Red River Entertainment District’s history: the HUD-108 loan controversy, John Elkington’s $25M buildout in the 1990s, stalled projects, structural and drainage problems at properties 50 Cent bought, and the contested Millennium Studio and Travis & Spring site issues (including buried gas tanks and costly remediation). Local entrepreneurs and investors—Anthony Montgomery, Cassandra Montgomery, Orville Hall, Phillip Price, Gerard Durden and Red River business owner Mike Banks—are referenced as stakeholders in the push to revive downtown and what’s getting in the way. The hosts debate who’s at fault—city leadership, corrupt contracting and nepotism, or unrealistic expectations—and whether 50 Cent should cut his losses, weather the problems, or…
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