50 Cent has responded to actor and comedian DeRay Davis calling for him to host this year’s Emmy Awards.
Speaking to TMZ, the Blindspotting star said: “This is gonna sound crazy — and I don’t know if he’d do it — [but] I think 50 Cent should host the Emmys. He’s funny … and deserving. Why not?
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50 soon caught wind of Davis’ comments and made it clear that he would actually be interested in turning awards host for the night.
He wrote on Instagram: “@deraydavis this is so cool, you saying this made my day. 2025 is gonna be the year. Turn down for what!”
While 50 Cent has no presenting experience, he’s a veteran when it comes to performing and recently wrapped up his first concert residency in Las Vegas.
The six-show stint wasn’t well received by everyone, though, with a particularly harsh review from popular Sin City blogger Star Fish going viral.
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“I’ve seen 50 Cent perform in warehouses in Memphis, TN (where I’m from) decades ago and it was pure magic. His limited time residency in Las Vegas was the opposite of that,” she wrote on Instagram.
“The sound was balanced poorly making it impossible to hear the performance. His hypemen were unrelenting and overbearing making it difficult to hear anything but their echos. The stage design and graphics felt like they were organized 15 minutes before the show with a Chat GPT prompt for ’90’s hip hop images.’
“During the build up to this show, 50’s publicists suggested this would be an unforgettable night full of surprises and energy. The only surprise was the lack of energy. There was almost no crowd engagement, the calls for an ‘encore’ began 63 minutes into the performance and he returned to do another 15 minutes before unceremoniously leaving the stage without so much as a Thank You.”
50 later hit back at the criticism, saying he puts on a different type of show to the likes of Usher and Chris Brown.
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“They said the audio was bad,” he said with a smirk during the final date of his residency at PH Live, a venue inside of Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino.
“I said, ‘Bitch, you was supposed to say some shit like, ’50 be doing this shit’ [waves hand in the air repetively]. That’s what I’ma do! Don’t say the music was bad. Fuck all that, man.
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Fif added: “What you thought, I was gonna be out here rollerblading like Usher? I seen some shit, Chris Brown was flying in Africa. I don’t have records that require me to fly in Africa.”
