Even wealthy celebrities are confused over this.
Rapper 50 Cent is once again calling out the extreme tax policies pushed by New York Democrats—and this time, he’s looking to President Donald Trump for help. The music icon exploded on social media after hearing a far-left mayoral candidate’s shocking plan to hike taxes on successful New Yorkers and wealthy business owners.
Democrat Zohran Mamdani, who’s running for mayor of New York City and just won, recently appeared on the liberal “Breakfast Club” podcast, where he detailed his plan to raise taxes on profitable corporations and high-earning residents. His goal? To “Trump-proof” the city with more government spending and a bigger tax burden on job creators.
“We’re talking about corporations that are making millions in profit,” Mamdani said. “And taxing the top 1%—those making a million dollars a year or more. Just a flat 2% increase.”
Mamdani even name-dropped 50 Cent during the interview, sarcastically noting, “If 50 Cent is listening, he’s not going to like this. But it’s just $20,000 more a year. A rounding error.”
That didn’t sit well with the rapper and businessman.
“Who is this guy and how did he even get here?” 50 Cent wrote on Instagram. “This plan is a joke. I’ll personally pay $258,750 and cover a first-class one-way ticket to get him out of New York. And yes, I’m letting Trump know exactly what he said!”
This isn’t the first time 50 Cent—real name Curtis Jackson—has blasted Democrat tax proposals. Back in 2020, he stunned Hollywood by endorsing President Trump after Joe Biden’s tax plan proposed crushing rates of up to 62% for high earners in New York City.
“WHAT THE F—! (VOTE for TRUMP) IM OUT,” he wrote then. “62%—are you out of your mind?”
Although Jackson later walked back that post after intense media pressure, his recent comments show that frustration with liberal tax-and-spend policies hasn’t gone away. And for many successful Americans and small business owners, his reaction reflects a growing trend: turning to Trump to protect what they’ve earned.
