American rapper 50 Cent claims he turned down an offer of $3 million from Donald Trump’s campaign to perform at a rally in Madison Square Garden.
Although 50 Cent has previously supported Trump, the rapper has not formally endorsed the former president and revealed he made this decision to stay away from ‘politics’, as per a Daily Mail report.
“I got a call on Sunday… they offered me $3 million,” 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, said Tuesday on “The Breakfast Club” on 105.1 FM in New York.
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However, whether the offer came on Sunday or earlier remains unknown. Asked by hosts if he was also offered money to perform at the Republican National Convention in July, 50 Cent nodded and replied, “Mmhmm.”
He revealed that none of the discussions reached an advanced stage, as he was not interested in appearing at any of the events.
“I’m afraid of politics… because when you do get involved in it, no matter how you feel, someone passionately disagrees with you,” he explained. “I stay away from religion, I stay away from politics.”
In the interview, Jackson referenced Kanye West, and suggested that West’s controversial statements on ‘religion’ and ‘politics’ had contributed to his “confusion.”
“That’s the formula for the confusion that sent Kanye to Japan. He said something about both of those things (religion and politics), and now he can only go to Japan. So I don’t want to get into that”, he said.
At one point on the show, the hosts joked that Vice President Kamala Harris was calling in, and asked if he’d like to say hello.
50 Cent rose from his seat and then laughed after he realized it was a prank. “Why you guys trying to put me into this stuff? I thought we were cool,” he joked.
The American rapper previously made positive remarks about Trump, and once said, “Maybe Trump is the answer” with regards to the migrant crisis.
In an X post in March, 50 Cent also predicted Trump could win the presidency again, and in June, he noted that some Black men identified with Trump because “they’ve got RICO charges [too].”
The rapper’s 2003 track “Many Men” became a favorite among Trump supporters after it played during his first rally following an assassination attempt.
The American actor commented that streaming of the track surged after the rally, stating: “He says fight. All right. And that’s exactly what I did after I got shot. I just went into fight mode. People identify with it that way.”
2020 was the closest Jackson came to endorsing Trump, when he shared a report which was later proven inaccurate. It claimed New Yorkers would face a 62 percent tax rate under Joe Biden’s plan. “WHAT THE FK! (VOTE ForTRUMP) IM OUT,” he posted on X. “I don’t wanna be 20 Cent.”
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50 Cent later withdrew his support after talking with his ex-girlfriend Chelsea Handler, and wrote, “F**k Donald Trump, I never liked him. For all I know he had me set up and had my friend Angel Fernandez killed but that’s history. LOL.”
