Former President Donald Trump was shot at in an obvious assassination try on Saturday (July 13), an incident that had 50 Cent trying again at Get Wealthy or Die Tryin’, the rapper’s debut album. 2003 album monitor “Many Males (Want Loss of life)” references 50 surviving somebody opening hearth on him; he’s beforehand talked about an incident wherein he was shot 9 occasions.
“Trump will get shot and now I’m trending,” 50 posted on his social media accounts Saturday night time. His comment, topped off with a shrugging emoji, was the caption to a Get Wealthy or Die Tryin’ cowl edit that includes Trump’s face on his physique.
Earlier than posting the altered album artwork, the rapper shared a nonetheless picture of Trump from Saturday’s Butler, Pennsylvania, rally, the place the Republican presidential candidate had a bloodied ear and face and his fist pumped up for the gang. Trump was surrounded by the Secret Service, who have been dashing him off the stage following gunshots.
Trump is “high-quality,” in keeping with an announcement from spokesman Steven Cheung obtained by The New York Instances. One rally attendee and the suspected shooter have been killed.
“Many males want demise upon me/ Blood in my eye, dawg, and I can’t see/ I’m tryin’ to be what I’m destined to be/ And n—– tryin’ to take my life away,” 50 Cent sings on the intro of “Many Males (Want Loss of life).”
His breakthrough album Get Wealthy or Die Tryin’ went to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in 2003 and was nominated for a Grammy for finest rap album.
“Many Males (Want Loss of life)” was by no means serviced as an official single, although it had a lifetime of its personal that included a music video launched in 2003. Apparently, 50 revealed twenty years later that “Many Males” is his least favourite from the debut set: “We was in that hard-hitting depth, the power on the data, and it’s the slowest music on Get Wealthy or Die Tryin’. And it’s now the tempo that the artists are rapping to. So the quick tempo, hard-hitting beats, that was that period, that point interval.”
In a 2013 interview with Howard Stern, 50 Cent stated of his shooter, “He was paid to do it … It’s my previous … It’s karma.” He advised Stern, “He was paid ’trigger somebody felt like I’d doubtlessly do one thing to them in the event that they stored going within the path that they have been stepping into.” He stated getting shot within the face was “not as painful as having to go to the dentist repeatedly for a root canal.”
“His road credit score simply went up a pair factors,” certainly one of 50’s followers wrote of Trump Saturday night time on the rapper’s submit, the place many others made mild of the previous president being shot at, with feedback like: “Get reelected or die attempting,” “Fif higher let Trump use ‘many males’ throughout his marketing campaign” and “He strolling out at his subsequent rally to this music.”
“Blood in my ear dawg and I can’t hear, Biden tryna take my votes away,” one particular person quipped, whereas one other wrote, “Bro combating costs and obtained shot… put him within the sales space rn.”
See 50 Cent’s posts about Trump from Saturday night time beneath.
