Did Crypto Scammers Hack 50 Cent’s X Account and Make Off With $300 Million?

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson always seems to have news. Last week he announced his X account was hacked and that in minutes scammers took $720,000. In all he claimed they made $300 million in 30 minutes. But how much of this is true? 50 Cent (Photo via Instagram, @50cent) Inside the Hack The scam involved a new meme coin called “GUNIT” that launched on Friday, June 21. The rapper quickly took to Instagram to explain to his 32.8 million followers that he had no association with this cryptocurrency. “My Twitter was hacked I have no association with this Crypto. Twitter worked quickly to lock my account back down. Whoever did this made $720,000 in 30 minutes,” he reportedly wrote. 50 Cent, who has about 13 million followers on X/Twitter, also shared screenshots of tweets from fans who had suspected a hack. “Twitter worked quickly to lock my account back down. Whoever did this made $300,000,000 in 30 minutes,” Jackson added. Reportedly, he later amended that figure to $3 million. 50 Cent said hackers used his X account pull off a multimillion-dollar memecoin rug pull. A rug pull is a type of exit scam where a team raises money from investors...