American Rapper 50 cent took on Social Media and rants about the decreasing ratings of the Fox's hip hop TV show Empire. The hit rapper pointed out the fault about having too much "gay stuff" on the said show. Because of the rapper's homophobic comments, social media users reacted on his post.
Curtis James Jackson also known as the rapper, 50 cent mocked the low viewership ratings of the hip hop drama show, "Empire" on Fox. On his Instagram post, the American rapper wrote, "There are 3 million less viewers who tuned into last night's 'Empire' episode," "Did you watch it? We could not take the extra gay stuff or celebrity stuff last night.", the Design & Trend reported. The posts enraged many social media users which he was branded as "Homophobic".
According to the Cinema Blend, the "the gay stuff" likely 50 cent was talking about was the popular gay singer Jamal who appeared to have a guy lover on the drama storyline.
50 cent who was also a producer thinks the show had giving too much air time on gay characters of the show that is why the ratings are dropping.
The Independent also reported, the 40 year-old rapper had been a big critic of the said show and it might be because he's also producing the same show concept which he titled, "Power".
The Fox's hip hop drama Empire was certainly not huge hit on the viewers since the show takes course on their second season compared to its first season premiere.
The creator of the Empire show, Lee Daniels expressed he was saddened about how many viewers averts storylines about gays. 'With our first test screening, the audience loved everything, but when we showed Jamal kissing his boyfriend they hated it."I was hoping the message would be that it is cool to be gay, but I guess we've still got a long way to go."
The "Candy shop" hit rapper had deleted the said "gay stuff" Instagram post after receiving backlash on the internet. But this was not only the time the famed rapper mocked the show. He called the Empire as "some sh*t you get for free," while he consider his own show, Power as "worth paying for."
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