Cincinnati teen with disability blasted by 50 Cent, accused of being high Curtis Jackson, known more commonly as 50 Cent, flew into CVG to do a promotion for a liquor company in Cincinnati. A selfie video he made quickly went viral. But now the family of the man wrongly accused of being on drugs wants the recording artist to set the record straight. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT ACCUSED OF BEING ON DRUGS, WANTSTHE RECORDING ARTIST, TO SET THERECORD STRAIGHT.>> THIS NEW GENERATION IS CRAZY,THEY'RE CRAZY.WHAT'S YOUR NAME.REPORTER: 50 CENT'S LATESTVIDEO, BERATING A CVG WORKERBETWEEN EXPLETIVES, BUT THEFAMILY OF THIS TEENAGER, SAYSTHE RAPPER'S RELEASE, HAS NORHYME OR REASON.>> JUST SICKENING, VERY HARD TOWATCH.BRIAN: KENT FARRELL IS THEFATHER OF THE 19-YEAR-OLD SEENIN THE VIDEO, ANDREW FARELL, HESAYS HIS SON IS NOT ON DRUGS,BUT HE HAS A DISABILITY ALONGWITH SOCIAL ANXIETY.>> TO PUT THIS OUT THERE SAYINGMY SON IS ON DRUGS OR WHATEVER,THAT IS PART OF HIS SOCIALANXIETY.HE'S NOT WANTING TO TALK, HE'SNOT WANTING TO COMMUNICATE, HE'SWALKING ON, HE'S DOING HIS JOB.BRIAN ANDREW'S PARENTS SAY HE: GRADUATED FROM CONNER HIGHSCHOOL AND WAS SO PROUD WHEN, ONHIS OWN, HE GOT THE JOB AS AJANITOR AT CVG.THEY'RE NOT SURE HOW THIS ISGOING TO AFFECT HIM.>> THE MORE I THOUGHT ABOUT IT,THE MORE UPSET I GOT, THE MOREMAD I GOT BECAUSE THIS COULDHURT HIM FOR THE FUTURBRIAN AMANDA KRAMER IS ANDREW'S: MOTHER, AND DOESN'T UNDERSTANDWHY 50 CENT WOULD POST THEVIDEO.>> I THINK HE NEEDS TO RETRACTIT AND I WOULD LIKE FOR HIM TOMAKE A PUBLIC APOLOGY.REPORTER: THE VIDEO DISAPPEAREDFROM 50 CENT'S TWITTER PAGE BUTNOT BEFORE IT WENT VIRAL, NOWSHOWING UP ON SITES ALL OVER THEWEB.A FEW YEARS AGO, 50 CENT DIDAPOLOGIZE FOR INSENSITIVE TWEETSABOUT AUTISIANDREW'S PARENTS SAY HE NEEDS TOLET PEOPLE KNOW, ANDREW IS NOTON DRUGS, AND WAS SIMPLY GIVEN ABAD RAWE TRIED TO REACH 50 CENT FORCOMMENT BUT SO FAR HAVE NOT

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