50 Cent is reacting to his surprise inclusion in Taylor Swift‘s latest album The Life of a Showgirl.
In her new album, the Grammy winner, 35, mentioned the 50-year-old rapper in the lyrics for her song “Ruin the Friendship.”
Swift is best known to drop easter eggs and other surprise mentions in her music to help convey her emotions in each song. In the track, Swift sings “And it was not an invitation / But as the 50 Cеnt song played (Song played) / Should’ve kissed you anyway (Anyway).”
In response to the lyrics, 50 Cent took to Instagram on Oct. 3 to share his reaction to the name drop, where he shared a photo of Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl album cover with his 35 million followers.
“Taylor Swift’s s— is popping right now,” he wrote in his caption. “she shout me out, 🤫she don’t shout you out. LOL 😆 THIS IS FOR BIG TIMERS ONLY! I’m the only shout out on the whole album. 🔥”
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Fans also took to the rapper’s comments to also react to his post as well, with one fan writing “Fifty is a Swifty?” Another fan also wrote that they never thought “I’d see 50 post about T Swift. I’m here for it.”
One other fan praised 50 Cent’s post and added they “Love seeing so many rappers rock with Taylor Swift 😭😭😭.”
What is Taylor Swift’s “Ruin the Friendship” About?
At first listen, some fans online initially speculated that the track referenced a previous high school crush that never led to a relationship. However, Swift explained the true thought process behind the track in The Life of a Showgirl: Track-by-Track Edition on Amazon Music, where she said it’s “a beautiful story of taking chances when they present themselves and not letting them pass you by.”
“‘Ruin the Friendship’ is a song that kind of wistfully goes back in time to moments that you hesitated, moments that you were too scared or anxious to do something that you were really curious about,” she explained. “The idea of if you told this person you had feelings for them or if you kissed this person, you might ruin the friendship.”
She added that the track “goes back in time and explores what really would have been so bad about that. So it’s really kind of a beautiful story of taking chances when they present themselves and not letting them pass you by, not having to spend your lifе wondering what would have happenеd if you would have done it.”
