50 Cent Sparks Outrage for Using Michael K. Williams’ Death to Promote His Series, Cognac Brand

Leia IdlibySep 7th, 2021, 1:07 pm
 
50 Cent at a Premiere and Michael K. Williams at SAG Awards

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50 Cent has come under fire for comments he made following the tragic death of Michael K. Williams. 

“Damn if you didn’t see Raising Kanan check it out that fentanyl is no joke, killing the clientele. RIP micheal k. williams,” 50 wrote in the now deleted post, misspelling Williams’ name.

Williams, known for his role as Omar Little on HBO’s The Wire, was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment on Monday, sources telling the New York Post that drug paraphernalia was present at the scene.

While the Post originally reported that Williams possibly overdosed on fentanyl or heroin, they later updated the article to remove fentanyl as a suspected cause of death.

While the official cause of death has not yet been determined, the New York Times reported that a spokesperson for the NYPD has confirmed the death is being investigated as a possible drug overdose.

In addition to telling his followers to watch his Starz series Raising Kanan, 50 used several hashtags to promote his line of wine and cognac:

While the rapper deleted the post, he attempted to explain his comments in another Instagram — which has also been deleted.

“Don’t ever try to understand me I’m different,” he captioned the post, which showed a screenshot of a 2018 New York Post article detailing his feud with Williams.

“I don’t do all the fake love shit.”

The history between the two stems from a disagreement regarding music executive James Rosemond, Jr., a.k.a. Jimmy Henchman.

50 claimed Rosemond was assaulted in prison while serving his life sentence — as he was found guilty of a murder-for-hire plot against Lowell “Lodi Mack” Fletcher, a friend of 50’s.

Williams posted a follow-up video on Instagram saying that the claims were false and that Rosemond was fine, which angered 50, who viewed Williams’ comments as proof that he was backing Rosemond.

50’s recent Instagram posts did not go over well, many blasting the comments as “disgusting” and “insensitive.”

Leon Rogers, host of the WGCI Morning Show, hit at 50 during his Tuesday show, awarding the rapper as winner of “Leon’s goofy ass person of the day.”

“I get it, you’re the king of trolling and you’re always looking for an opportunity to promote what you’re doing,” Rogers said, adding, “But you know you was wrong for this one.”

Twitter users were also quick to slam 50 for attempting to use someone’s death to his advantage:

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