50 Cent Announces Pronoun Change: ‘I’m A Thing’
50 Cent is changing his pronouns as he no longer feels as though he identifies as a human. Instead of using he/him pronouns, he wants to be labeled as a thing/it.
“Please refer to me as the thing 50cent, I do not identify as a person anymore I’m a thing,” he wrote in an Instagram post. “Thank you in advance.”
“He done went full Prince,” one fan commented on the late musician’s infamous name change to a symbol in 1993.
“Thing 1 , thing 2 , thing 50,” one fan joked, referencing the Dr. Seuss book The Cat In the Hat.
Another fan compared him to Diddy, who has changed his name multiple times during his career, “He did waaaaay better then Diddy.”
His post made headlines and got a lot of comments from fans so he decided to clarify his initial post.
“Yes I identify as thing, my pronoun is THING/ IT,” he captioned a screenshot of an article about his first post. “Please refer to me as the thing 50cent,or you can say that thing 50cent is the s—!”
“He did get shot 9 times and survived lol I don’t think he’s human either,” one fan wrote bringing up his nearly fatal 2000 incident.
50 Cent Receives Diamond Record 20 Years After Release
In other 50 news, the rapper officially has a diamond record. The diamond status goes to his single “In Da Club.” The record was the lead single from his 2003 debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin’.
50 celebrated the accomplishment on Instagram. He posted a video montage of throwback clips of him performing the song, the music video, and more.
“In Da Club has officially reached Diamond 10,000,000 singles sold,” he wrote. “The 43rd Hip Hop song to go Diamond, 121 songs of all time to do it. I feel good, I’m that thing 50cent.”
“Diamonds [diamond emoji] are forever, [raised eyebrow emoji] yo that thing 50cent is no joke,” he added in a separate post.
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