Rapper 50 Cent, former friend of world champion
lightweight boxer, Floyd Mayweather, constantly attacks the pugilist
on social networking and in interviews out of pure jealousy. 50 Cent
has been lusting after Mayweather's fiancée, turned ex-fiancée,
Shantel Jackson, for years. 50 Cent, not a boxing expert, even
started a boxing promotions company modeled after Floyd's successful,
multi-million dollar grossing Mayweather Promotions.
50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather
Mayweather, the highest grossing athlete in the
world, with an estimated fortune of $400,000,000, has largely
ignored 50 Cent's attacks, but they've become quite personal,
provoking a response (see Mayweather's tweet below stating "Read
this. God bless" and a copy of two of his checks totaling
$72,000,000). 50 Cent went on the radio and aided radio
personality Charlemagne in mocking Mayweather's reading abilities.
Nelly and Shantel Jackson
It was cruel and inappropriate. The thing that's
most harmful about the taunting is it will discourage others with
reading difficulties from getting tutoring or going back to school.
I have friends and family who've tutored people who've struggled
with reading and mathematics. The tutoring makes a difference. Going
back to school has also proven helpful to many who cannot read or do
mathematics.
Floyd Mayweather's tweet addressing 50 Cent's insults
Months prior to this incident, the Judiciary Report
sincerely stated Mayweather's protégé, Adrien Broner, should spend
some of his winnings on education. No matter who you are in life,
you can always learn something new. Let it be an ongoing process.
