Rapper 50 Cent, whose original name is Curtis James Jackson, is firing back at a New York Police Department (NYPD) commander who is being investigated for allegedly telling officers to “shoot him (50 Cent) on sight” last year.
According to a report from New York Daily News, the In da Club rapper was scheduled to attend an NYPD-sanctioned boxing match in June 2018 when deputy inspector Emmanuel Gonzalez allegedly made the threatening remarks.
“Mr Jackson takes this threat very seriously and is consulting with his legal counsel regarding his options going forward,” a spokesman for 50 Cent said in a statement to People.com, adding, “He is concerned that he was not previously advised of this threat by the NYPD and even more concerned that Gonzalez continues to carry a badge and a gun.”
Gonzalez allegedly passed off the claim as a joke, but an NYPD spokesman reassured that the department is taking the threat seriously.
