50 Cent is breaking his silence after filing for bankruptcy – and he wasn’t afraid to shed light on the situation currently facing him.
“I’m not panicking. People love tragedy more than they love good news, no matter how you look at it. The news comes on, and it’s 90 percent tragedy,” the 40-year-old rapper and businessman told ET’s Kevin Frazier on Monday at the Southpaw press junket.
“I have faith in the court systems,” he continued. “I know at points you gotta just relax and go through the process.”
If anything, 50 Cent wants everyone to know that this isn’t a red flag.
“I make decisions to do things based on the position that I’m placed in at points and if I’m consistently being made out to be a target because of my financial situation …,” he told ET. “If [people] actually believe that I wouldn’t be conscious of who I am and protecting myself …”
50 Cent, whose legal name is Curtis James Jackson III, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Hartford, Connecticut earlier Monday, reporting assets and debts between $10 million and $50 million.
The bankruptcy filing comes days after he was ordered to pay $5 million to a woman who sued him after he allegedly acquired a sex tape of her and her boyfriend, sharing it without her consent, the Associated Press reported.
“The filing allows Mr. Jackson to reorganize his financial affairs, as he addresses various professional liabilities and takes steps to position the future of his various business interests,” 50 Cent’s attorney said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.
