Poor Curtis Jackson. No matter how many spaghetti-strap D&G tank tops he wears, fiddy just can't run from those comments and rumors that portray him as, well, you know. Not so gay-friendly. But we think he really does like the gays, because while (painstakingly) reading our review copy of the new 50 Cent memoir—From Pieces to Weight: Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens—we've stumbled upon the occasional gay-friendly passage. As a public service to Rod 2.0 readers, we will present these in serial form.
This week: Our hero is on the lam, hiding from detectives who want to question him about a murder. What to do? As Martha Stewart says, when unexpected guests knock on your door, you improvise.
I snuck into my grandmother’s room and grabbed a wig, a sundress, and a few dollars in quarters. I put on the disguise and walked to Rockaway Boulevard where I grabbed a cab to the mall in Long Island. I was in the back of the cab, taking off the dress, when I saw my black Land Rover going in the other direction. Donna was driving and some guy I had never seen before was in the passenger seat. If it hadn’t been for the cops on my ass, I would have made the cab turn around and chase down the car. But I was on the run. (p149)
Ahh, the indignity. Running from the po-po with only a simple house dress, not even a DVF wrap or a spectacular pair of pumps to walk the mall. But don't think the wig and frock made fiddy lose his manhood; on the other hand, once safe from five-o, he handles his business in gangsta style. Curtis' confrontation with his girlfriend Donna reads part Shaft, part Now, Voyager.
"“Bitch, I told you not to have any one in my car.”
“I’m sorry,” she cried. “I won’t do it again.”
“I know you won’t, bitch. I’m coming to get my shit.”
“How can you be so mean?’ I hung up the phone. That was it for me and the chicks. Either I had bad luck or they were just no good. I was through with taking them seriously. Besides, I had bigger fish to fry. I called my parole officer again. (p150-151)
Next week: 50 Goes to the Big House.
Gay or Rapper? (Rod 2.0) Gay or Rapper? Parts 2, 3 and 4 (Rod 2.0) From Pieces to Weight: Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens (Amazon) Get
my own personal theory has always been; anybody who has been in jail for more than 60days has had a, atleast minor, homosexual experience.
Posted by: seanndc | 13 September 2005 at 21:46
who really wants to read about his life ? alot of it is made up by a ghost writer.
Posted by: naturalblkluv | 13 September 2005 at 23:20
If y'all are wonderin if 50 Cent was a punk in jail, check out his mug shot from when he was 19. it's on http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/50centmug1.html That one pretty thug that fo sho peeps was all over his azz in the clink.
Posted by: marcus | 14 September 2005 at 15:58
ya' know, looking at his mug shot...them eyebrows and them lips, if you ploped a wig on fiddy's head he make one cute 'ole drag queen!
Posted by: seanndc | 15 September 2005 at 11:17
ya' know, looking at his mug shot...them eyebrows and them lips, if you ploped a wig on fiddy's head he make one cute 'ole drag queen!
Posted by: seanndc | 15 September 2005 at 11:18