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On July 16, a video of Donald Trump entering the venue of the RNC 2024 on the inaugural day, with New York rapper 50 Cent’s iconic 2003 song Many Men (Wish Death) playing in the background, emerged online. It came a couple of days after the assassination attempt on the former U.S. President.
50 Cent’s song was centered around him surviving being shot multiple times in 2000, with its chorus line “Many men wish death upon me” becoming an overnight sensation.
While Donald Trump’s entry in the now-viral video was authentic, the song playing in the background turned out to be computer-generated, reportedly by his supporters who probably wanted to show that the former President was still standing despite an attempt on his life.
Thus, Trump did not walk out to 50 Cent’s Many Men (Wish Death) but rather to country singer Lee Greenwood’s 1984 patriotic song God Bless the USA, as evident from several videos available online shared by verified sources.
50 Cent’s Many Men (Wish Death) started trending in the wake of Donald Trump’s assassination attempt
On July 13, Donald Trump was giving a speech at a Republican campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania when he was shot and wounded in his right ear, reportedly by 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was neutralized thereafter by the U.S. Secret Service counter-sniper team.
Two other rallygoers were critically injured while a 50-year-old man named Corey Comperatore was killed following eight rounds of fire from the alleged shooter’s AR-15-style rifle.
In the wake of Trump’s attempted assassination, rapper 50 Cent’s hit single Many Men (Wish Death) from his 2003 debut album Get Rich or Die Trying’ began trending on social media platforms and music charts. The legendary song was based on the shooting of 50 Cent in May 2000 when he was shot 9 times in Queens, New York but survived. Its popular lyrics include:
“Many men wish death upon me/ Blood in my eye, dawg, and I can’t see/ I’m tryin’ to be what I’m destined to be/ And n***as tryin’ to take my life away (C’mon).”
A day after the attack on Donald Trump, netizens created AI-generated images of him set to 50 Cent’s iconic song, comparing him to the rapper and marking the former President’s surviving the assassination attempt.
On the same day, i.e. July 14, 50 Cent caught wind of the matter and took to X to write:
“Trump gets shot and now I’m trending.”
His post was accompanied by the cover of his debut album, with the edited image of Trump’s face placed on top of his bare and tattooed body, the signature cross hanging down the neck against a backdrop of a broken mirror, symbolic of a shooting.
Later, he also reposted a video of Trump holding his fist up in the air following the shooting with his track playing in the backdrop. He wrote in the caption,
“I know the vibes we are all in trouble now!”
The multiple-time Grammy nominee even performed his legendary song in Boston on Sunday evening.
Meanwhile, Trump’s supporters made suggestions online that he had to come out to Many Men (Wish Death) at his next rally, while others wished that he pick the song as his re-election anthem.
So, when Trump made a surprise appearance on the opening day of RNC 2024 on Monday, July 15, two days after his brush with death, his supporters continued to celebrate him, including adding 50 Cent’s song to the entry video.
However, as aforementioned, Donald Trump entered the Milwaukee venue to Lee Greenwood’s 40-year-old song God Bless the USA playing in the background. He was seen walking out backstage towards the main arena followed by his band of security behind.
He wore his signature navy blue suit and red tie alongside a bandage over his right ear and walked up to the crowd with his supporters and delegates cheering alike and giving him a standing ovation.
The moment came hours after the Republican Party nominated Donald Trump as their presidential candidate for the upcoming November election, with Ohio senator JD Vance as his vice president.
