Rapper 50 Cent recently claimed that he was hacked by a nefarious cryptocurrency schemer who ended up making millions of dollars in the process. The musician, whose legal name is Curtis James Jackson III, wrote about the pump-and-dump incident on Instagram Friday. The scammer used the rapper's X account to promote a crypto token called $GUNIT – a reference to G-Unit, a hip-hop group that 50 Cent was previously part of.
Whoever bought it without doing any research deserves their money stolen," a different user said. Other commentators were amused by the situation, taking the opportunity to reference rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs' recent legal issues. "It was Diddy!!! He needs to pay legal fees," one person joked. GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE "Diddy is it you?" another wrote.