Fat Jokes Are Flying: Football Fans Fat-Shaming 50 Cent

This year’s Super Bowl halftime show featured 50 Cent hanging upside down, recreating the video scene from his 2002 smash “In Da Club”, but critics noted 50’s weight gain from his former 28-year-old self.

As he hung upside down rapping his verses, 50 Cent appeared to have put on a few pounds as he rapped a few bars from his 2003 mega-hit “In Da Club.”

50 Being Fat-Shamed!

50 Cent rocked a white tank top and black pants during his set. Twitter immediately started picking apart his appearance, regardless of the 46-year-old rap legend’s relatively fit appearance. True, he’s not the cut 28-year-old featured on the Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ album cover, but no one looks the way they did nearly 20 years ago.

Fans of 50 Cent Respond

Fans of 50 Cent and others who don’t care about him came to his defense as fat jokes flew. People didn’t like the idea that he was “fat.” However, some felt he deserved it.

In the words of one person, “Normally I would be against 50 Cent’s body-shaming but because of his misogynistic vitriol targeted at Black women and their bodies the majority of the time, this fat Black girl is gonna get some full belly laughs at his expense.”