50 Cent posts Instagram photo surrounded by dollar bills amid ongoing bankruptcy case
The rapper said he doesn't make much from his record sales anymore but this would suggest otherwise
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Your support makes all the difference.50 Cent has been using Instagram to document his wealth, posing with stacks of money as his sort-of-bankrupt-but-clearly-not-that-bankrupt case continues.
The rapper, real name Curtis Jackson, made the decision to declare himself bankrupt earlier this year but it was met with a collectively raised eyebrow after it was revealed he was being ordered to pay $5 million in damages to a woman for distributing her sex tape over the internet.
Since then, he has tried to downplay his vast fortune, saying he’s only able to rent jewellery and expensive cars and most the extravagant purchases he shows off on social media get returned to the stores.
But now the rapper, who, despite a middling acting career has showed a surprisingly solid sense of humour, has begun posing with stacks of cash while insisting he is going through a frugal period.
A video posted by 50 Cent (@50cent) on
He posted a video where he woke up and, panicked, realising he couldn’t feel his legs, before revealing it was because his lower half was completely covered in money, something we can all relate to.
A photo posted by 50 Cent (@50cent) on
Elsewhere, he spelled out the word ‘BROKE’ with stacks of money. We’ve all been there!
His lawyer said earlier this year that Jackson was worth only - ‘only’ - $4.4m, despite Forbes estimating his value at $155m in May.
Jackson also said he only makes “10 cents a record”, which, given the pile of cash that’s restricting his movement, suggests a lot of people have purchased Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ recently.
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