50 Cent might have found himself a fan in Taylor Swift after the pop star shouted him out on her new album.
On Friday (Oct. 3), Swift released her long-awaited 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl. On the track "Ruin the Friendship," she appears to show love to the G-Unit head honcho.
"And it was not an invitation / But as the 50 Cеnt song played (Song played) / Should've kissed you anyway (Anyway)," she sings on the song's second chorus.
A shout-out from Taylor Swift is something a lot of artists would be super hyped about, and 50 Cent appears to be no different. On the same day of the album's release, the hip-hop mogul took to X to share his reaction to the name-drop.
"🔥 @taylorswift13 shit is popping right now, 😏 she shout me out, 🤫 she don’t shout you out. LOL 😆," he wrote. "THIS IS FOR BIG TIMERS ONLY! wait I’m the only shout out on the whole album. http://gunitbrands.com."
Another rapper who has shown some love to Swift following the release of her new album is Nicki Minaj.
Just hours after the arrival of the highly anticipated record, Nicki fired off a series of X posts expressing her excitement as a fan. "And now… The sagittarius lashing spree culminates with The Life of a Showgirl. Oh Taylor #Wood was EXACTLY what I needed tonight. Thank You."
After offering praise for "Wood" — a raunchy love song about Taylor’s fiancé, Travis Kelce — she highlighted a particular portion of "Actually Romantic" that has got fans speculating she’s dissing Charli XCX.
"Taylor said 'I heard you called me boring Barbie when the coke’s got your brain,'" Nicki wrote. "Why all the SAG’s giving out lashings tonight? Oh wow. And #Cancelled is diabolical. Let’s go TAYLOR!!!!!! … GO IN FOR THE KILL, TAYLOR. LET’S GO!!!!"
In a follow-up post, she compared Taylor Swift’s penchant for calling out people who have seemingly dissed her to that of a battle rapper. "The fact that Taylor is a battle rapper is sending me," she wrote.
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