UPDATE: 50 Cent has more to say about his shout-out on Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl, posting a new Instagram message that reads: “I’m low key a swiftie over here … I like this album check it out !” He posted the caption alongside a meme of himself superimposed over the album cover with the message “wait i’m the only shout out on the whole album.”
PREVIOUSLY: 50 Cent is now in da club of musicians Taylor Swift has shouted out in her lyrics, and he couldn’t be happier about it.
After the pop star’s The Life of a Showgirl album dropped on Friday (Oct. 3), the rapper celebrated the fact that Swift gave him a nod on “Ruin the Friendship” with a post on Instagram. Midway through the song, she sings, “And it was not an invitation/ But as the 50 Cеnt song played/ Should’ve kissed you anyway.”
“@taylorswift s–t is popping right now,” Fiddy wrote, sharing the Life of a Showgirl cover art. “she shout me out, she don’t shout you out. LOL.”
“THIS IS FOR BIG TIMERS ONLY!” the G-Unit alum added. “I’m the only shout out on the whole album.”
The post comes just hours after The Life of a Showgirl dropped, marking Swift’s 12th studio album and the first she’s released since 17-week Billboard 200-topper The Tortured Poets Department. As 50 Cent pointed out, he has joined an exclusive club by getting a shout-out from Swift; on Midnights‘ “Snow on the Beach,” she name-checked Janet Jackson, and The Tortured Poets Department‘s title track featured a glowing Charlie Puth endorsement, to name a few examples.
In fact, Swift’s penchant for singling out A-list artists dates back to her debut single. On 2006’s “Tim McGraw,” she repeats in the chorus, “When you think Tim McGraw, I hope you think of me.”
In other Showgirl news, 50 Cent isn’t the only major hip-hop star who’s loving the new album. On Friday, Nicki Minaj shared a number of posts on X praising the LP, gushing, “The writing is always so intentional & always resonates with the AUTHENTIC lone wolves.”
Added the Queen of Rap, “GO IN FOR THE KILL, TAYLOR.”
