Famous rapper goes on racist rant about Conor McGregor and Rocky

By Jonathan Pincus March 6, 2018 at 12:20pm

Rapper 50 Cent took to social media to continue his beef with Irish mixed martial artist Conor McGregor.

However, in doing so, the ended up exposing his racist thoughts about the abilities of white athletes.

Warning: The social media posts shown and described below contain language some readers will find offensive.

In a video posted to his Instagram, 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, called McGregor a “talented fighter,” however, he provided a caveat with his praise.

“Conor McGregor is a talented fighter and all that, he’s talented for a white boy,” Jackson said in the short clip.

“But you know n—–s have superior genes when it comes to that kind of s—,” he added.

Jackson then claimed that white people had to develop a fictional athlete that was capable of being successful because, naturally, caucasian competitors are incapable of being naturally gifted or putting in the work necessary to be successful in the world of sports.

“In order for white people to have a champion, they had to make ‘Rocky,’ because they can’t actually do that s—. It’s just too much work.”

As noted by MMA Mania, Jackson has since deleted the post — however, not before the video was preserved by multiple social media accounts.

Are you surprised 50 Cent would say something like this?

50 Cent says white people had to make “Rocky” to make a white fighter that’s better than a black fighter pic.twitter.com/N6Bp2jKHDK

— Brody (@BrodyTheBiz) March 6, 2018

According to TMZ, Jackson took another stab at McGregor in the video, implying that the UFC lightweight champion had left his longtime girlfriend Dee Devlin and their child Conor Jr. after being catapulted into superstardom.

Jackson claimed that fighters coming up through the ranks trying to emulate McGregor’s success will leave their family once they receive their “first big check.”

The back-and-forth between the brash martial artist and the outspoken rapper has been brewing since McGregor called Jackson a “b—-” in 2017 during the pre-fight buildup for his boxing contest with Floyd Mayweather, Jackson’s longtime friend.

McGregor’s comments led Jackson to respond, mocking the Irishman for his 2016 submission loss to UFC lightweight Nate Diaz.

Then, on Monday, McGregor referred to Jackson as a “50-year-old Instagram blocker” in a post that featured the mixed martial artist announcing his new endorsement deal with Burger King.

Making deals and TAKING deals! Kings recognise Kings! Congrats to @jayz on his number 1 takeover from @diddy in the highest paid Forbes list. What a take-over! Diddy hasn’t been number 2 in so long. Until now. Zoom into that two tone with the powder blue on my wrist mate. You might see 1st place again. I am also really interested to see this years Forbes highest paid athletes list. I have now surpassed @cristiano Ronaldo as I told him I would in 2016. Floyd as a retired fighter that makes ZERO substantial revenue outside of them ropes is not on the list, and in the long game, is already dead. Mixed Martial Arts is a glorious game, Floyd. You are going to love it hahaha Someone tag 50cent in this for me. He blocked me on this the mad 50 year old instagram blocker. Ahh don’t block me 50 kid, I still like some of your songs. The older ones hahah King bless you all! @burgerking

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“Someone tag 50cent in this for me. He blocked me on this the mad 50 year old instagram blocker,” McGregor wrote. “Ahh don’t block me 50 kid, I still like some of your songs. The older ones hahah King bless you all!”

It remains to be seen who will make the next move in this public feud. But both men are known for their creative way with words, so expect it to be nothing short of spectacular.

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