The 5 most cringe-worthy puns about 50 Cent filing for bankruptcy
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The rapper 50 Cent filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday, and if you spend any time on Twitter, you probably will believe what came next: a slew of cringe-worthy puns. Because, you know, the word "cent" is in his name and he apparently has no money left.
Hope everyone sees what they did here.
Points for relative creativity, maybe?
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Spin, on the other hand, didn't even try:
Looks like social media managers are going to get clicks or die tryin'.
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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.
