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50 Cent Rushed To ER?!
What happened to hip hop artist 50 Cent? The 33-year-old rapper was reportedly rushed to the hospital after he collapsed.
From Long Island Press:
One the same day that his book, The 50th Law, co-written by 48 Laws of Power author Robert Greene, hit #9 on the bestseller list, rapper 50 Cent was reportedly rushed to the hospital.
Initial word of the event was noticed and quickly repeated throughout the social world of Twitter, and while in the past, such alerts have turned out to be false, similar tweets were seen from known friends and associates, such as Tony Yayo (@tonyyayo).
However, a posting on his highly-trafficked website www.thisis50.com explains:
…employees say that 50 Cent was listening to Fat Joe’s new album, “J.O.S.E. 2″ when all the sudden, he collapsed. Doctors say after performing a Cat Scan and EKG there seems to be some damage to his auditory cortex, which is the region of the brain that is responsible for processing sound.
The “news” was then followed by a link to download a pirated copy of Bronx rapper Fat Joe’s new album, with the toungue-in-cheek warning “DOWNLOAD AT YOUR OWN RISK!”. The twitter-fueled marketing ploy is an extension of past “beef” between the two artists.
Say what you will about 50 Cent, but using the proven by-product of Twitter to facilitate false rumors to his advantage is a shrewd move in a time when obtaining online buzz becomes more difficult as more entities master established methods.
Really? I mean, sure, promote the hell out of your hard work, but to promote yourself using false injured and/or death rumors? Not so cool. What if 50′s 11-year-old son Marquise Jackson wasn’t aware that his dad was doing that and he heard the rumors? Kind of upsetting for the boy!
Must be better ways to get the word out there that your music is good, right?
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Hip Hop Scandals: Rapper Fabolous Poisoned! 50 Cent Not Dead! | Famecrawler commented on Sep 28 09 at 7:22 pmjonas wolf commented on Mar 27 10 at 12:47 pmlololol, “if his son didn’t know”. it’s his son, of course he would know! stupid argument. i know everybody loves to hate fifty cent, but you gotta give him credit for this one. hilarious.
kelvinjeff20 commented on Apr 10 10 at 3:33 pmhi i m one of ur friend i love ur mu
sheena cooper commented on Feb 15 11 at 5:44 pmCan you please find out if this story is true. I believe he is fine.
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