New GOP Spokesman: 50 Cent

Let's just say you can find him in da country club. New York's hardest, whose flow is bonkers (all the other hard rappers, they come from Yonkers) is quoted in our no. 32 link today bestowing high praise to President Bush — 50 Cent says Bush is like "a gangsta." The quote comes as opposition to remarks by the Chicago South Side enfant terrible Kanye West, who threw one of his trademark fits not long ago and said the federal government's slow response to Hurricane Katrina was proof that Bush "hates black people." Normally, when rappers feud, they argue over which one has rocked the most rhymes, cocked the most nines, etc., but these days you almost expect to see 50 Cent on Scarborough Country shouting down West, who because he's on a delayed satellite link, can't shout back. For his part, West writes — in an excerpt quoted here — that it was NBC's fault because they took his comments out of context, wah wah wah. The California Conservative was pleased with 50 throwing his support behindn the president: "Does this mean Republicans will finally get a good rap?" Well, no, probably not. And we ain't sayin' they're gold diggers...

Posted by Philip Ewing at November 30, 2005 10:24 AM

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