Rapper and businessman 50 Cent said he believes black men are identifying with President Trump ahead of the November election.
While on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, visiting with lawmakers alongside civil rights attorney Ben Crump, the musician, whose given name is Curtis Jackson III, told a reporter that he is seeing black men supporting former US President Donald Trump. because ‘they have RICO charges (too).’
The Republican presidential contender is currently facing a RICO violation charge in a case that is filtering through Georgia courts.
The charge, which was also brought against several alleged accomplices, is related to allegations of interference in the 2020 election.
RICO (Rangster Influenced and Corrupt Organization) charges are most often applied to large groups that carry out some type of alleged organized crime.
Ahead of the November election, 50 Cent says he’s seeing a lot of black men “identify” with former President Donald Trump. Trump and his team have been trying to court the black and Hispanic vote for years, with only moderate success.
After the law was enacted in 1970, it was applied to mafia families in New York City. More recently, it has been used in a handful of high-profile gang-related cases.
Last year in Minnesota, the state attorney used RICO charges to charge 45 gang members in the Twin Cities.
In addition to the pending case in Georgia, Trump was found guilty last week of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records by a Manhattan jury last week.
Trump supporters and MAGA allies have uniformly condemned the conviction as the “rigged” result of a politically motivated trial.
50 Cent was in the nation’s capital this week to discuss the representation of black entrepreneurs in the alcoholic beverage industry, where he participates with his company Sire Spirits, founded in 2014.
Jackson visited top Republican and Democratic lawmakers, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and controversial Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert.
Of his visit, the businessman told USA Today: ‘This is really exciting for me. I had the opportunity to meet with both parties today and I feel very good.
‘(Lawmakers) don’t agree on a lot of things, so getting them to agree to see me was an achievement in itself.
‘My experience here has been great. I went to talk to them about economic opportunities for all and it’s really exciting. The response I received makes me feel that bright days are ahead of us,” he stated.
50 Cent was in the nation’s capital this week to discuss the representation of black entrepreneurs in the alcoholic beverage industry, where he participates with his company Sire Spirits, founded in 2014.
Jackson visited top Republican and Democratic lawmakers, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (pictured), and controversial Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert.
Jackson also stopped to take a photo with House Speaker Mike Johnson, who survived an impeachment vote last month. Johnson is from Shreveport, Louisiana, where Jackson recently opened a new G-Unit studio.
Despite his separate mission on Wednesday, the musician briefly weighed in on the upcoming election with his comments, although they were not the first he made before November.
In March, he revealed in X who thinks “Trump will be president again,” before adding, “but I’m not going to say that.”
Weeks before that, he reacted with anger and confusion to a plan proposed by New York Mayor Eric Adams’ administration that would give families of illegal immigrants prepaid credit cards.
‘WTF Mayor Adams calls my phone. I don’t understand how this works, someone explain to me. I’m stuck, maybe TRUMP is the answer.’
Shortly after posting that sentiment on Instagram, someone from Adams’ office evidently called his phone to discuss the proposal, which was presented as a way to deal with the overwhelming number of newly arrived immigrants being deposited in the Big Apple. of the border.
In March, he revealed on X that he believes “Trump will be president again,” before adding, “but I’m not going to say that.”
A few days later, 50 Cent posted again: ‘I talk to @NYCMayor Eric Adams explained why this pilot program was launched. He seemed to be right and above it all.
‘Now I want to talk to @GovKathyHochul about the laws that prevent her from doing things to improve the situation in New York. and where the proposed 2.4 billion he plans to spend on immigrants comes from…NOT FROM MY TAXES,’ he added.
Although the rapper has not formally endorsed Trump this cycle, he did so in 2020 after learning of President Biden’s proposed tax plan.
‘WHAT THE FUCK! (VOTE FOR TRUMP) I’M OUT. F*** NEW YORK The KNICKS never win anyway. I don’t care that Trump doesn’t like black people, 62% are you crazy? he wrote in October 2020.
Although there is some evidence to suggest that parts of the black population are more positively engaged with the Trump campaign than in previous years, most black organizations, political and otherwise, we still identify trump as a significant threat to the country and its communities.
