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50 Cent slammed for insensitive post on late Michael K Williams: ‘Piece of garbage’

50 Cent shared a screengrab from an article of a publication on Instagram talking about the actor dying from a suspected drug overdose

 
Hip-hop heavyweight 50 Cent has time and again courted controversies with his cheesy remarks but in the latest, he might have crossed the line. The rap icon took a dig at Michael K. Williams only a few hours after he was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment on Monday, September 6.

The ‘Candy Shop’ hitmaker took to his Instagram account with more than 20 million followers and shared a screengrab from an article of the New York Post talking about the actor dying from a suspected drug overdose. The award-winning rapper posted an insensitive caption on Williams’ death with an intention to promote his popular TV series ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan.’ This, of course, did not go down well with the social media users as they labeled him a piece of garbage. 50 Cent later deleted the screenshot only to share another derogatory post on the actor which was also deleted later. For the unversed, 50 Cent and late Williams had beef in 2018, the reason why the hip-hop artist posted these inconsiderate posts.
 
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The New York Post article that was shared by 50 Cent revealed how the actor apparently died from a drug overdose and speaking on similar lines, he captioned the post as, “Damn if you didn’t see Raising Kanan check it out. That fentanyl is no joke, killing the clientele. RIP michael k. williams.” The 46-year-old hip-hop artist soon received flak as he ended up deleting the post. Despite catching heat, 50 Cent shared another post where he shared a screenshot of an article that spoke about their 2018 beef. He then captioned the post as, “Don’t ever try to understand me I’m different” adding, “I don’t do all the fake love shit.” The second post was too deleted later.

The two locked horns in 2018 after 50 claimed that music executive James Rosemond, Jr., a.k.a. Jimmy Henchman, was assaulted while in prison serving his life sentence after being found guilty of a murder-for-hire plot against G-Unit affiliate Lowell “Lodi Mack” Fletcher. Reverting to the same, the actor had then posted an Instagram video saying the rapper’s claims were “completely false” without taking his name. This angered the rapper as he then ended up sharing a series of posts while also reminding of a gay sex scene involving the actor’s character from ‘The Wire.’

‘50 cent really is the biggest a**hole to exist’, says Twitter

Social media users thronged to Twitter to cancel 50 Cent for his disparaging remarks. While slamming the rap veteran, one user said, “50 cent is a nasty man and he's going to hell.” Whereas, another posted, “50 cent really is the biggest a**hole to exist.” The next one tweeted, “50 cent this is the dumbest thing Ever. Using Michael K. Williams’ death to promote your own show, this is so insensitive and stupid.” One user added, “Michael K. Williams is more man, more talented, more loved and more respected in death than 50 Cent has ever been!”
 
Meanwhile, one shared, “Why was 50 cent trying to start beef with Michael k Williams right after he died though? He’s weird af.” Another posted, “Mute 50 Cent always and forever for his comments in the wake of Michael K. Williams' death.” One furious individual shared, “50 Cent is a piece of garbage. He is a horrible and nasty human being. His post about Michael K. Williams was so offensive and gross.” And, another concluded, “50 cent says a lot of dumb s**t but this is the dumbest. Ever. Using Michael K. Williams’ death to promote your own show is so insensitive and stupid.. this wasn’t about “bringing awareness” smh”