Rapper 50 Cent mentioned he would keep out of the election, however that did not cease him from admitting individuals like him establish with former President Trump together with his response after his first assassination try.
The rapper, whose actual title is Curtis James Jackson III, sat down for an interview Saturday morning to debate his new ebook “The Confederate” the place he was requested about his stance on the presidential election.
“I’d like to remain out of it. You already know, nicely, look, issues occur like Trump will get shot they usually begin taking part in ‘Many Males’ and it jumps 250% in streaming,” Jackson mentioned.
This referenced his 2003 hit “Many Males,” a track that Trump later walked out to throughout a livestream a number of days after the first assassination try towards him. The track included lyrics similar to “Many males want dying upon me. Blood in my eye, dawg, and I can’t see, I’m tryin’ to be what I’m destined to be.”
Jackson later remarked on regarding Trump after that second, notably after Trump raised his fist within the now iconic picture.
“He says battle. All proper. And that’s precisely what I did after I obtained shot. I simply went into battle mode,” he mentioned. “Folks establish with it that method.”
50 Cent has often flirted with the concept of supporting Trump previously. In June, he advised CBS Information congressional correspondent Nikole Killion that he believed Black males have been “figuring out with Trump” as a result of “they have RICO prices [too].”
Earlier this yr, he added, “I feel Trump’s gonna be president once more, however I’m not gonna say that.”
Most notably, in October 2020, Jackson advised his Instagram followers to vote for Trump after seeing a report suggesting New York Metropolis residents may very well be taxed at a fee of 62% below President Biden.
“WHAT THE F–Okay! (VOTE ForTRUMP) IM OUT,” Jackson wrote. “F–Okay NEW YORK The KNICKS by no means win anyway. I don’t care Trump doesn’t like black individuals 62% are you out of ya f–king thoughts.”
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He later recanted his assist in a Twitter publish one week later.
“One other spin F–k Donald Trump, I by no means favored him,” the rapper wrote. “For all I do know he had me arrange and had my good friend Angel Fernandez killed however that’s historical past. LOL.”
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