Yesterday saw Curtis Jackson II, better known as 50 Cent or Fiddy to us gangsters, file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in what he has called a ‘strategic business move’. With his net worth estimated at around the $155 million mark many believe he filed to avoid having to pay a hefty pay-out to a woman whose sex tape he posted online without permission.
Of course anyone familiar with Fiddy’s rags-to-riches story knows he made around $100 million off his involvement with Vitamin Water and is not shy of flashing that cash around. As the news broke Twitter erupted with cheap jokes at the rapper’s expense. Below are some of the finest courtesy of TIME:
Even big news outlets couldn’t resist taking their pun machines for a spin:
As many pointed out, 50 could always turn to baseball in order to bolster the bank balance.
Oh, oh dear. I hope for his sake he has that Vitamin Water money tucked away somewhere safe then.
[source:time]
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