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50 Cent Celebrates Getting a Shout-Out From Taylor Swift on ‘The Life of a Showgirl’: ‘I’m Low Key a Swiftie Over Here’

The G-Unit rapper joins an elite club of musicians who have been name-checked by the pop star.

50 Cent Celebrates Getting a Shout-Out From Taylor Swift on ‘The Life of a Showgirl’: ‘I’m Low Key a Swiftie Over Here’

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson attends the Grand Opening of the brand new Planet Hollywood NYC on March 11, 2025 in New York City.

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UPDATE: 50 Cent has more to say about his shout-out on Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl, posting a new Instagram message that reads: “I’m low key a swiftie over here … I like this album check it out !” He posted the caption alongside a meme of himself superimposed over the album cover with the message “wait i’m the only shout out on the whole album.”

PREVIOUSLY: 50 Cent is now in da club of musicians Taylor Swift has shouted out in her lyrics, and he couldn’t be happier about it.


After the pop star’s The Life of a Showgirl album dropped on Friday (Oct. 3), the rapper celebrated the fact that Swift gave him a nod on “Ruin the Friendship” with a post on Instagram. Midway through the song, she sings, “And it was not an invitation/ But as the 50 Cеnt song played/ Should’ve kissed you anyway.”

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“@taylorswift s–t is popping right now,” Fiddy wrote, sharing the Life of a Showgirl cover art. “she shout me out, she don’t shout you out. LOL.”

“THIS IS FOR BIG TIMERS ONLY!” the G-Unit alum added. “I’m the only shout out on the whole album.”

The post comes just hours after The Life of a Showgirl dropped, marking Swift’s 12th studio album and the first she’s released since 17-week Billboard 200-topper The Tortured Poets Department. As 50 Cent pointed out, he has joined an exclusive club by getting a shout-out from Swift; on Midnights‘ “Snow on the Beach,” she name-checked Janet Jackson, and The Tortured Poets Department‘s title track featured a glowing Charlie Puth endorsement, to name a few examples.

In fact, Swift’s penchant for singling out A-list artists dates back to her debut single. On 2006’s “Tim McGraw,” she repeats in the chorus, “When you think Tim McGraw, I hope you think of me.”

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In other Showgirl news, 50 Cent isn’t the only major hip-hop star who’s loving the new album. On Friday, Nicki Minaj shared a number of posts on X praising the LP, gushing, “The writing is always so intentional & always resonates with the AUTHENTIC lone wolves.”

Added the Queen of Rap, “GO IN FOR THE KILL, TAYLOR.”

This article was first published by Billboard U.S.

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Taylor Swift’s ‘The Fate of Ophelia’ Music Video Is Finally Up on YouTube: Watch
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Taylor Swift, "The Fate of Ophelia"

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Taylor Swift’s ‘The Fate of Ophelia’ Music Video Is Finally Up on YouTube: Watch

The first music video from Swift's new album premiered in movie theaters, but wasn't available to watch at home until Sunday night.

Taylor Swift‘s “The Fate of Ophelia” music video is now streaming on YouTube, following an exclusive early release to movie theaters only on Friday (Oct. 3).

Written and directed by Swift herself, the music video for “The Fate of Ophelia” made it online Sunday night (Oct. 5). The reference-filled visual has the pop star playing several parts, or showing several sides — among them the once ill-fated Ophelia of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the lead in a Golden Age Hollywood movie musical, a frontwoman to a 1960s girl group, and the modern Swift showgirl that audiences know and love.

This article was first published by Billboard U.S.

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