I would prefer that Mayweather and 50 Cent’s trivial beef didn’t spill over into the real life tragedy of Mike Brown being executed on the street. It was inevitable that Mayweather would be asked about 50 Cent during his media workout, but this is something in my opinion he could have kept ot himself.
Besides taking a few jabs at 50 Cent’s music career while saying he wishes him nothing but the best, he had made a challenge of his own. Knockout Nation has the quote.
“I was thinking about something when you asked me about 50 Cent,” Mayweather said as if a light bulb appeared above his head. “If you really want to donate money, how about you donate money to Michael Brown’s family.”
The 37-year-old champion was directly addressing 50 Cent’s “ALS/ESL challenge” on Instagram in exchange for a $750,000 charity donation. While he took a brief shot at the rapper on his All Access reality show, Mayweather chose a more direct approach when speaking to the group of writers gathered at his gym.
“I shouldn’t stop you (from donating money to charitable organizations),” Mayweather continued. “Our company has been donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to different organizations for years without looking for the media attention. The best thing for 50 Cent to do is to donate the $750k to Michael Brown’s family.”
As I said before the Mike Brown’s tragedy shouldn’t be used as a prop for 50 Cent and Mayweather’s bickering. I am giving Mayweather the benefit of the doubt that his heart was in the right place, but this isn’t something that should be “challenged” as someone has lost their life in a situation that was totally avoidable.