Rapper 50 Cent mentioned he would keep out of the election, however that did not cease him from admitting individuals like him determine with former President Trump along with his response after his first assassination try.
The rapper, whose actual identify is Curtis James Jackson III, sat down for an interview Saturday morning to debate his new e-book “The Confederate” the place he was requested about his stance on the presidential election.
“I’d like to remain out of it. , effectively, 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 tune that Trump later walked out to throughout a livestream a number of days after the primary assassination try towards him. The tune included lyrics equivalent to “Many males want loss of life upon me. Blood in my eye, dawg, and I can’t see, I’m tryin’ to be what I’m destined to be.”
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Jackson later remarked on regarding Trump after that second, notably after Trump raised his fist within the now iconic picture.
“He says struggle. All proper. And that’s precisely what I did after I bought shot. I simply went into struggle mode,” he mentioned. “Individuals determine with it that manner.”
50 Cent has often flirted with the thought of supporting Trump prior to now. In June, he instructed CBS Information congressional correspondent Nikole Killion that he believed Black males have been “figuring out with Trump” as a result of “they have RICO expenses [too].”
Earlier this 12 months, he added, “I feel Trump’s gonna be president once more, however I’m not gonna say that.”
Most notably, in October 2020, Jackson instructed his Instagram followers to vote for Trump after seeing a report suggesting New York Metropolis residents could possibly be taxed at a charge of 62% beneath 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 help 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 buddy Angel Fernandez killed however that’s historical past. LOL.”
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Fox Information’ Kristine Parks contributed to this report.