50 Cent has had all types of celebrities show up to his Las Vegas residency, from 90s child stars to legendary actors – and he is loving it.
Following appearances from both Nickelodeon star Amanda Bynes and Boy Meets World star Danielle Fishel, 50 was joined by actor Ving Rhames over the weekend – who fans may know from the Mission: Impossible film series, Pulp Fiction, Baby Boy and many more classics.
“Ving Rhames came to see me I’m done, this is crazy . Ok 1 more show Vegas and I’m out ! @50centaction I’m lit,” 50 captioned a picture with Rhames on Instagram.
You can view the photo below.
Earlier this month, a video from popular Sin City influencer Vegas Star Fish went viral that finds her trashing 50 Cent’s six-show residency, describing it as possibly “the worst show that’s ever come to Vegas.”
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In the minute-long clip, which features footage of one of 50’s recent performances, Star Fish criticizes the rapper for his production and sound quality, seemingly robotic stage movements and overbearing hypemen.
“I’ve seen 50 Cent perform in warehouses in Memphis, TN (where I’m from) decades ago and it was pure magic. His limited time residency in Las Vegas was the opposite of that,” she wrote on Instagram.
“The sound was balanced poorly making it impossible to hear the performance. His hypemen were unrelenting and overbearing making it difficult to hear anything but their echos. The stage design and graphics felt like they were organized 15 minutes before the show with a Chat GPT prompt for ’90’s hip hop images.’
“During the build up to this show, 50’s publicists suggested this would be an unforgettable night full of surprises and energy. The only surprise was the lack of energy. There was almost no crowd engagement, the calls for an ‘encore’ began 63 minutes into the performance and he returned to do another 15 minutes before unceremoniously leaving the stage without so much as a Thank You.”
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Star Fish concluded: “This was the worst live performance, for any artist, I’ve ever attended. I understand that he’s successful and doesn’t need a residency, so why do it if he doesn’t want to put any effort into it?”
Ja Rule caught wind of the scathing post and didn’t hesitate in piling misery on 50 Cent, writing on X: “Not the worst… [crying face emojis] #ICONN.”
50 himself then hit back at critics, saying he puts on a different type of show to the likes of Usher and Chris Brown.
During the final date of his residency at PH Live, a venue inside of Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, 50 addressed some of the criticism aimed in his direction.
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“They said the audio was bad,” he said with a smirk. “I said, ‘Bitch, you was supposed to say some shit like, ’50 be doing this shit’ [waves hand in the air repetitively]. That’s what I’ma do! Don’t say the music was bad. Fuck all that, man.
“What you thought, I was gonna be out here rollerblading like Usher? I seen some shit, Chris Brown was flying in Africa. I don’t have records that require me to fly in Africa.”
50 then got back to the show at hand and said: “If y’all not tired, let me see y’all put your hands up one for me.”
The Power mogul also addressed the criticism on social media, taking issue with Hot 97 reporting on a particularly negative review of his residency on its website.
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In a since-deleted Instagram post, he wrote: “Wow. Hot 97 hate. I get it the station is falling apart but you can’t post the same shit world star post. This is just bad for Hip Hop.”
