50 Cent vows to dissuade Trump from potential Diddy pardon

Rapper 50 Cent will contact President Trump to deter him from considering a pardon for disgraced hip-hop mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, according to a social media post.Trump shockingly said Friday that he would be open to pardoning Combs if he is found guilty at his ongoing federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial.“Nobody’s asked.But I know people are thinking about it.
I know they’re thinking about it.I think some people have been very close to asking,” Trump, 78, said during an Oval Office press conference with Elon Musk.“First of all, I’d look at what’s happening, and I haven’t been watching it too closely, although it’s certainly getting a lot of coverage,” Trump said of the blockbuster trial unfolding in Manhattan Federal Court.50 Cent, who was named-dropped during Combs’ trial Tuesday over their longstanding beef, vowed not to let Trump issue a pardon in an Instagram post Friday.“He said some really bad things about Trump, it’s not ok. I’m gonna reach out so he knows how I feel about this guy,” the “In Da Club” rapper wrote.“Donald doesn’t take well to disrespect, and doesn’t forget who chooses to go against him,” he doubled down in a second post.“While working tirelessly to make America great again, there is no room for distraction.
He would consider pardoning anyone who was being mistreated, not Puffy Daddy,” he wrote.Combs had griped to his former manager Chris Lighty about his feud with 50 Cent after the two rappers left an MTV press event, Combs’ ex-assistant Capricorn Clark told jurors in court Tuesday.“I don’t like all the back and forth … I like guns,” Clark recalled Combs telling Lighty in an elevator leaving the event.50 Cent – who famously took nine bullets during a 2000 shooting in Queens – responded to Combs’ alleged veiled threat with mocking faux fear.“Wait a minute PUFFY’s got a gun, I can’t believe this I don’t feel safe,” the New York City native posted on In...