Lushsux' 50 Cent Murals

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Lushsux' 50 Cent Murals refers to a series of murals of rapper 50 Cent done by the Australian street artist Lushsux. The murals, based on photoshops by graphic designer Mister Morris and others, had 50 Cent crossed over with various celebrities, public figures and memes, prompting surprised responses from the rapper, with Lushsux proceeding to announce a "50 Cent month."

Origin

On September 2nd, 2018, the Australian street artist Lushsux posted a photograph of his first mural of rapper 50 Сent to his social media (shown below, left).^[1][2] The mural was based on a crossover photoshop of 50 Cent and 6ix9ine created by graphic designer Mister Morris.^[3] The post received over 40,000 views on Instagram and over 3,700 likes on Twitter. On September 3rd, 50 Cent reacted^[4] to the graffiti, writing "of all the shit you could have painted on the wall, you paint this shit. What the fuck you niggas play too much. get the strap" (shown below, right).

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Prior to April 2019, Lushsux^[5][6] posted two more murals of 50 Cent, one based on the Don't Care Didn't Ask meme, and the other on a crossover photoshop with Oprah Winfrey.

On April 19th, 2020, lushsux posted a photograph of mural of 50 Cent crossed over with Donald Trump, with the post gaining over 37,400 likes on Instagram^[7] and over 700 likes on Twitter (shown below, left).^[8] On April 19th, 50 Cent^[9] reacted to the mural, writing "Look at this shit man, 🤔The fuck is wrong with these people. LOL." (shown below, right).

On April 27th, 2020, Lushsux posted^[10] a mural of 50 Cent crossed over with Post Malone, writing "forget shark week its fiddy cent week on the lush channel in the comments" (shown below). In the following days, Lushsux posted photographs of four more murals of 50 Cent, including crossovers with Mao Zedong,^[11] Yankee With No Brim ^[12] meme and Taylor Swift. ^[13] At the same time, 50 Cent^[14] reacted to all of the murals.

On May 1st, 2020, Daily Mail^[15] posted an article about the murals, calling it a "feud" between 50 Cent and Lushsux. On the same day, Lushsux^[16] reacted to the article, clarifying that it was a "50 Cent month."

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