50 Explains why he didn’t attend the Inauguration

Via MTV:

While he says he’s pleased with Obama’s victory, 50 said he never thought to attend the festivities, unlike Diddy, Jay-Z, Nas, Young Jeezy and others. He even poked fun at Obama-mania, saying that since the president didn’t invite him to party, he’d stay home.

“I [might have] watched it from a really nice hotel room in D.C.,” the rapper told HollyScoop.com at the Sundance festival before Tuesday’s inauguration. “Because there’s gonna be a whole lot of people out there, for no reason, doing different things. If Obama didn’t invite you, you really shouldn’t be there. You really shouldn’t. That’s the way I feel about it. Because when I go places that people didn’t invite me [to], they look at me crazy, like, ‘Why is he out there?’ “ 

Fif wasn’t all jokes, however. He soberly admitted the difficulties the new president faces and the challenges that lie before him.

“I think he’s inheriting the country in a difficult state,” 50 said. “Actually the worst [state], right? So I think it will take time. I hope, for all of our sakes, that whatever his plans are work for us.

“People watch [Obama on] the monitor like God is speaking, like, ‘I hope he can get me a job,’ ” Fif added.

Mediaoutrage- 50 your prescence wasn’t needed or missed down there anyway.

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