Does 50 Cent Support Israel?

David Svetsky Feb 21, 2025 Updated Jul 27, 2026 3 min read

Short answer: 50 Cent has not made a direct public statement declaring support for or opposition to Israel. What the record shows is a rapper who has performed in Tel Aviv twice, run a business promotional tour there, proceeded with a sold-out concert despite BDS boycott pressure, and criticized the Biden administration's attention to the Israel-Hamas war without ever taking a side on the underlying conflict. As of July 2026, there is no confirmed statement from him addressing Israel's actions since October 7, 2023.

What 50 Cent has actually said and done

November 2013: 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) toured Israel to promote his SMS Audio headphone line, stopping at stores, radio stations, and a Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv basketball event, where he told the press, "I was here in 2006 to perform, and it's great to be back and be able to walk around and meet the people," according to Maccabi Tel Aviv's official site.
April 2022: 50 Cent announced two shows at Tel Aviv's Menora Mivtachim Arena, prompting calls for a cultural boycott from pro-Palestinian activists, as reported by The New Arab.
July 4-5, 2022: He performed both sold-out Tel Aviv shows as planned, his first Israeli concerts in 16 years, telling the crowd "Thanks for coming out for the show tonight; I appreciate you," per The Algemeiner. The Jerusalem Post covered the same run of shows.
October 23, 2023: Amid the early weeks of the Israel-Hamas war, 50 Cent posted on Instagram criticizing President Biden for vacationing at his Delaware beach home, writing "Hey Joe get the f--- up, we in trouble man!" and "We got some real s--- going on out here Joe," as reported by The National Desk and FOX LA. The comment was aimed at Biden's optics during a crisis, not at Israel's conduct, Hamas, or the war itself.

Beyond these, no further dated public statement, donation, or advocacy effort tied to Israel has surfaced through mid-2026. His public output in the years since has centered on his Power television franchise, his G-Unit and business ventures, and general commentary on U.S. politics and pop culture, not on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Why the record reads as mixed, not political

50 Cent is not Jewish and has never claimed any personal or religious connection to Israel. His two trips there, a 2013 business promotion and a 2022 concert run, are the kind of stops most touring entertainers and endorsement-driven brands make when the market and the money are there, not typically a political statement in either direction. Performing in Tel Aviv despite boycott calls is sometimes read by supporters as a rebuff of BDS pressure, since many artists cancel Israel dates when the pressure campaign ramps up and he did not. But he never framed the shows that way himself, and nothing in the record ties his Biden comment to Israel's policies, the hostages, or the war's conduct. The honest read is a performer who has shown up in Israel commercially and artistically, and who has been outspoken about U.S. domestic leadership, without ever weighing in on the conflict itself.

The bottom line

50 Cent has not taken a public political side on Israel. What is documented is a paying business relationship with the Israeli market going back to 2013, two sold-out Tel Aviv concerts in 2022 that went ahead despite a boycott push, and one Biden-focused remark made during the Israel-Hamas war that criticized the president's attentiveness rather than Israel's actions. That is a track record of showing up, not of advocacy.

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