50 Cent Now Backs Obama Over Clinton

"During a recent interview with MTV at his Connecticut mansion, 50 Cent told reporters that he has switched from supporting Hillary Clinton for president to backing Barack Obama after hearing his speech on race," Hiphop-Elements.com notes.

"I heard Obama speak," said the rapper. "He hit me with that he-just-got-done-watching-'Malcolm X,' and I swear to God, I'm like, 'Yo, Obama!' "He threw his fist in the air. "I'm Obama to the end now, baby!"

But hold on, 50 also admitted that he's become bored with the overall race for the White House.

"To be honest, I haven't been following that anymore. I lost my interest," he said. "I listened to some of the debate and things that they were saying, and I just got lost in everything that was going on. ... Don't look for my vote, for me to determine nothing on that. Just say, '50 Cent, he don't know, so don't ask Fiddy.'

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Comments

[Seattlelite]

There are some endorsement not worth 50 cents and this is one of them.

[Duffs]

Ya he basically agrees with you in the interview. Did you watch it?

[mice]

For all the teasing people are doing here, you gotta give him credit for recognizing that he doesn't know much about the whole Obama vs. Clinton battle, and advising the interviewer to tell folks to look elsewhere for their political advice. It's easy for all of us who visit HuffPost and other political blogs to make fun of these type of people, but this is where the majority of Americans are on politics. One stance where he may be better than many of us Democrats is on the GE -- it sounds like he'll support either Obama or Clintin in the end.

[skepticalindenver]

Hey...Bill Maher was just asking about Hillary and the sniper lie saying "what is she 50 Cent, that she needs the street cred." Maybe that's it....no street cred since the truth about that came out....LOL

[BDunne]

can convicts vote? Someone pls stop giving this brother time on the mic. he's an idiot!

[NDUBB]

wtf? Mush mouth dropping his own fiddy cents....Just keep on making your dumb raps about your RIMS, TIMS, and women, ok dog....

[joeyp404]

But who is Nelly backing? Because as Nelly goes, so goes the Nation.

[OtayPanky]

E tu, Fiddy?

[UnknownSoldier]

He Can't Vote, he is a convicted Felon

[Cardhu]

Let's find the bright side here: he can contribute!

[UnknownSoldier]

What he can contribute, outside of , his own ignorance is beyond me.

[standforpeace]

If only 50 was a Super Delegate. Since he's not, I wish that MTV had taken his advice and not asked Fiddy.

[JJI]

Is he a superdelegate?

[JJI]

Now here's a guy that really has been UNDER FIRE.

[SDgirl]

HA! :)

[BDunne]

nice!

[mawrm]

I think he took offense to Hillary's Bosnia story... I mean here's a dude that's been shot _9_ times!! ;-)

[dogboy]

His english is impeccable.

[WFV]

I think I would have rather had him continue to support Hillary......

[BDunne]

ha! wittty!

[Whinger]

Should I laugh or should I cry?

[Denni]

Every voice in a Democracy matters, but I'm really not interested in who 50 cents was supporting. Someone might be, it's just not me...