- 50 Cent offered writer Chinua Achebe $1 million for using the title of his novel "Things Fall Apart" for his movie. Achebe's legal team replied, "the novel was initially produced in 1958, listed as the mostly read book in modern African literature, and won’t be sold for even 1 Billion Dollars” http://www.clashmusic.com/news/chinua-achebe-vs-50-cent 18 comments books