Rapper and businessman 50 Cent says New York City Mayor Eric Adams has helped clear up some of his confusion about the city’s plan to launch a $53 million pilot program aimed at assisting its migrant population.
On Monday, 50 Cent posted on social media that he had connected with Adams on the topic, saying, “I talk(ed) to @NYCMayor Eric Adams he broke down why this pilot program was put in place. He appeared to be on point, and on top of things.”
The rapper first raised his concerns days ago in a since-deleted Instagram Story on Saturday in which he shared a screenshot of the New York Post’s report detailing Adams’ latest plan to address the migrant crisis.
More than 173,000 migrants have gone through New York City’s intake system asking for shelter since the spring of 2022, according to the city’s mayor’s office.
“WTF mayor Adams call my phone, I don’t understand how this works somebody explain,” 50 Cent wrote in the deleted post. “Can’t explain this I’m stuck maybe TRUMP is the answer.”
Along with his comments that he’d since spoken with Mayor Adams, the rapper shared a news conference video clip on social media showing Adams stating he had told 50 Cent to hit him up.
“I would love to explain it to him so that he can go out and do another tweet of saying, ‘you know what, Eric is just a smart manager, and now we understand why he was elected by the people of this city of New York to be the mayor,” Adam said, adding, “He may even write a song about me.”
In that same clip, Adams describes the initial pilot program for 500 migrant families with children as a “smart policy shift” that the city will expand to include additional people if successful.
The program is expected to save the city more than $600,000 per month, or more than $7.2 million annually, the New York City Mayor’s Office told Atlanta Black Star in an email.
The mayor’s office says the pilot tech program was…
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