Black CEO Calls 50 Cent 'Opportunistic Puppet' After Trump Endorsement

50 Cent became the latest high-profile rapper to voice support of President Donald Trump, and the backlash arrived as quickly as it took for him to push the "tweet" button. Christopher Bouzy, a Black CEO and the founder of Bot Sentinel, was one of the first prominent names to voice his opposition to the entertainer, who was born Curtis Jackson.

The controversy began yesterday when 50 Cent shared an image taken from CNBC's Power Lunch program that broke down what Joe Biden's tax plan would mean for different states. The rate showed a tax rate of 62% for New York, just below the 62.6% estimate for California. The rapper captioned it the photo: "WHAT THE F*CK! (VOTE ForTRUMP) IM OUT, F*CK NEW YORK The KNICKS never win anyway. I don't care Trump doesn't like black people 62% are you out of ya fucking mind."

Bouzy was quick to condemn 50 Cent, as well as other rappers linked to the president. This morning, the CEO tweeted: "Men like Kanye West, Ice Cube, and 50 Cent aren't Black leaders, they are nothing more than opportunistic puppets who would sell their own people into slavery for a profit. They offer nothing tangible to society; these men should be ignored & discarded to the dustbin of history."

Bouzy founded Bot Sentinel in 2018 as a way of tracking inauthentic accounts on Twitter. You can either use the extension for your browser or check Twitter users on BotSentinel.com. In interviews, he has cited the misinformation spread by fake accounts about the 2016 election as an impetus for starting the business.

He continued his criticism, directing it toward any Black entertainers who support Trump. He followed up his original tweet with another reading, "Black men who would endorse a man who disparages Black people, repeatedly disrespects Black women, and does nothing for the Black community aren't 'free thinkers,' they are sellouts. In 1964, Malcolm X warned us about Black sellouts; they are not a new phenomenon."

And then another that summed up the previous post: "We have seen Black men like Kanye West, Ice Cube, and 50 Cent before; Malcolm X warned us about them."

Bouzy's comments found approval from many, while drawing wrath from others. One commenter, Rachel Goodstein, compared 50 Cent and other conservative-leaning rappers to Trump, who in her mind is little more than an entertainer. As she said, "Showmen create illusions for a living."

Meanwhile, another said that 50 Cent is no different than other entertainers who feel they are too harshly taxed. In this commenter's mind, he's only different for voicing an opinion shared by other celebrities who secretly want Biden to lose to avoid high taxes.

50 Cent isn't backing down from the critics, though. This morning he followed up with another tweet. Along with a video of Fox News covering his tweet from yesterday supporting Trump, he wrote: "Yeah, i don't want to be 20cent. 62% is a very, very,bad idea. [Worried face emoji] don't like it !"