50 Cent one-ups the ALS ice water challenge, calls out Boxer Floyd Mayweather (NSFW)

by | Aug 22, 2014 | MUSIC

Rapper 50 Cent has a long history of beef with many different people – we’re not going to into that right now, but we did want to point out his interesting twist on the ALS ice-water challenge.

Rapper 50 Cent has a long history of beef with many different people – we’re not going to into that right now, but we did want to point out his interesting twist on the ALS ice-water challenge.

Watch the video below and be warned it’s NSFW:

Yes, Fiddy has called out boxer Floyd Mayweather in a challenge to read a page of a Harry Potter book. If he does, then the rapper will donate $750 K to the charity of the boxer’s choice.

But After Fiddy’s original video went viral, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel reached out to the rapper and one-uped the challenge:

So… will Mayweather go on Kimmel and read the Cat in the Hat? Can Mayweather read?

I don’t know, but this shit’s hilarious.

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner is the former editor of GayRVA and RVAMag from 2013 - 2017. He’s now the Richmond Bureau Chief for Radio IQ, a state-wide NPR outlet based in Roanoke. You can reach him at BradKutnerNPR@gmail.com




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