50 Cent autistic tweet leads to apology
Curtis James Jackson III aka 50 Cent
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Posted: 07/09/2012
Rapper 50 Cent says he's sorry.
He issued an apology Sunday to his nearly seven million Twitter followers for an offensive tweet about autism.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the rap star received a lot of backlash after he told an angry fan not to follow him because he looked autistic and didn't "want no special ed kids" on his timeline.
The apology reportedly came after actress and autism activist Holly Robinson Peete, who has an autistic son, wrote an open letter to the rapper.
Copyright 2012 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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