Rapper 50 Cent will contact President Trump to deter him from considering a pardon for disgraced hip-hop mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, according to a social media post.
Trump shockingly said Friday that he would be open to pardoning Combs if he is found guilty at his ongoing federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial.
“Nobody’s asked. But I know people are thinking about it. I know they’re thinking about it. I think some people have been very close to asking,” Trump, 78, said during an Oval Office press conference with Elon Musk.
“First of all, I’d look at what’s happening, and I haven’t been watching it too closely, although it’s certainly getting a lot of coverage,” Trump said of the blockbuster trial unfolding in Manhattan Federal Court.
50 Cent, who was named-dropped during Combs’ trial Tuesday over their longstanding beef, vowed not to let Trump issue a pardon in an Instagram post Friday.
“He said some really bad things about Trump, it’s not ok. I’m gonna reach out so he knows how I feel about this guy,” the “In Da Club” rapper wrote.
“Donald doesn’t take well to disrespect, and doesn’t forget who chooses to go against him,” he doubled down in a second post.
“While working tirelessly to make America great again, there is no room for distraction. He would consider pardoning anyone who was being mistreated, not Puffy Daddy,” he wrote.
Combs had griped to his former manager Chris Lighty about his feud with 50 Cent after the two rappers left an MTV press event, Combs’ ex-assistant Capricorn Clark told jurors in court Tuesday.
“I don’t like all the back and forth … I like guns,” Clark recalled Combs telling Lighty in an elevator leaving the event.
50 Cent – who famously took nine bullets during a 2000 shooting in Queens – responded to Combs’ alleged veiled threat with mocking faux fear.
“Wait a minute PUFFY’s got a gun, I can’t believe this I don’t feel safe,” the New York City native posted on Instagram later Tuesday. “LOL.”
The tale from Clark adds yet another wrinkle to the hip-hop stars’ beef, which began nearly 20 years ago.
50 Cent released a diss track — “The Bomb” — in 2006 that accused Combs of knowing who killed rapper Christopher Wallace, better known as the Notorious B.I.G.
He has since gleefully roasted Combs over the torrent of accusations that erupted after the “Mo Money Mo Problems” singer’s ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura dropped a bombshell lawsuit outlining alleged abuse and degrading “freak-off” sex parties.
The “Candy Shop” hip-hop legend — besides razzing his rival’s alleged love of lubricants — is producing an as-yet-unreleased Netflix documentary about the sexual assault accusations against Combs.
He has said the proceeds will go toward victims of sexual assault and rape.
Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty.
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