Mayor Eric Adams insists NYC migrant crisis has nothing to do with sanctuary city status
Mayor Eric Adams rejected a critique from Republican Nikki Haley about why his city is suffering from overwhelming numbers of migrants.
Famous rapper 50 Cent recently expressed his displeasure over news that New York City is planning to allocate millions of dollars to give migrant families prepaid credit cards to migrant families.
In a new Instagram post, the rapper even went so far as to say that the policy might even motivate him to vote for former President Donald Trump in 2024.
The "In Da Club" rapper reacted to a New York Post story published Friday reporting on a policy pushed by the Adams administration that will take $53 million and distribute it among asylum-seeking families in the city in the form of prepaid credit cards.
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50 Cent recently slammed New York City's proposal to give prepaid credit cards to migrants, saying he might vote Trump over the issue. (Shareif Ziyadat)
The Post reported that as the policy rolls out, "it’ll start with a group of 500 migrant families in short-term hotel stays and will replace the current food service offered there, according to City Hall."
It added, "The cards can only be used at bodegas, grocery stores, supermarkets and convenience stores — and migrants must sign an affidavit swearing they will only spend the funds on food and baby supplies or they will be kicked out of the program."
The amount of money on each card depends on the size of each family, and whether they have any income. The program might provide $1000 a month for a family of four, for example. The cards will reportedly be refilled every 28 days.
50 Cent – whose real name is Curtis James Jackson III – shared a screenshot of the Post’s headline to his Instagram page on Saturday. In his caption for the post, the rapper expressed bewilderment over the policy, calling on Adams to make sense of things on this issue.
He wrote, "WTF mayor Adams call my phone, I don’t understand how this works. Somebody explain."
50 Cent called out New York City Mayor Eric Adams for the policy in a new Instagram post. (Getty Images)
He also mentioned how MSNBC host Ari Melber "can’t explain this" to him, adding, "I’m stuck."
50 Cent then provided one last statement, revealing how frustrated this new policy makes him. He added, "Maybe Trump is the answer."
The rapper has mulled over voting for Trump in past elections when faced with a Democratic Party he hasn’t liked.
In 2020, 50 Cent ripped then-Presidential candidate Biden’s tax plan on Instagram, stating, "WHAT THE F---! (VOTE ForTRUMP) IM OUT. F--- NEW YORK The KNICKS never win anyway. I don’t care Trump doesn’t like black people 62% are you out of ya f------ mind."
Several days after that post, however, Jackson III recanted his support for Trump.
Fox News Digital reached out to the mayor’s office for comment. This article will be updated with any reply.
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