50 Cent Says Black Men Are ‘Identifying With Trump’ Over Biden

The Queens-born rap mogul was also asked who he would support in the 2024 presidential election.

Rapper Curtis Jackson, once one of hip-hop’s biggest names, believes black voters are more likely to identify with former President Donald Trump than President Joe Biden in the wake of his unprecedented conviction.

The 48-year-old Grammy Award-winning artist, better known as 50 Cent, made the remarks on Capitol Hill on June 5, where he met with lawmakers and the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) to advocate for black entrepreneurship and minority representation in the liquor industry.

Mr. Jackson, who predicted in a March 26 post on social media platform X that President Trump would win in November, was asked by a CBS News congressional correspondent whether he had already decided who he would support in the upcoming presidential election.

The Queens-born rap mogul responded that he had not decided yet.

The reporter followed up by asking him about the significance of African American men voting this election cycle.

“I see them identifying with Trump … because they’ve got RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) charges [too],” he said.

Last summer, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis charged President Trump under Georgia’s RICO Act for his efforts to challenge the 2020 presidential election results.

However, the Georgia Court of Appeals agreed on June 5 to pause all court proceedings in Ms. Willis’s case against the former commander-in-chief and eight codefendants as they review whether the district attorney should be disqualified.

Earlier this year, one of the defendants moved to disqualify Ms. Willis, alleging a conflict of interest and financial misconduct, and codefendants joined with additional allegations of prosecutorial misconduct.

The state’s Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear arguments on Oct. 4, making it unlikely that the case will go to trial before the November presidential election.

This wasn’t the first time Mr. Jackson stepped into the political arena.

In October 2020, he criticized President Biden’s proposed tax plan, stating in a post on Instagram to “VOTE For TRUMP.” In the post, he initially seemed to endorse President Trump, but recanted his support several days later in a post on X, writing that he never liked the former president.

Mr. Jackson endorsed Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Capitol Hill Visit

During his visit to Capitol Hill on June 5, Mr. Jackson met with both Democrat and Republican leadership.

He shared photos of himself with several members of Congress, including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), and Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.).

Recording artist Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson (L) and his lawyer Ben Crump pose for photographs with Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) while the two men are at the U.S. Capitol to advocate for black entrepreneurship in Washington on June 5, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) — Recording artist Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson (L) and his lawyer Ben Crump pose for photographs with Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) while the two men are at the U.S. Capitol to advocate for black entrepreneurship in Washington on June 5, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

“Lauren Boebert … making the White House look good,” he wrote on X, showing him standing next to the Republican.

Ms. Boebert also shared a photo of herself and Mr. Jackson on her own X account.

“I’d still love you if you flipped burgers at Burger King,” she wrote. “@50Cent, I used to do that myself! Thanks for the photo, great to meet you!”

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump accompanied Mr. Jackson to the U.S. Capitol, whom he described in a statement ahead of the visit as “one of the most successful” black entrepreneurs in the United States.

“Mr. Jackson’s journey has been a testament to how much a determined individual can succeed through hard work and vision, and yet he still must contend with the oppression that comes from being a minority business owner,” Mr. Crump said.