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50 Cent Scolded for 'Autistic' and 'Special Ed' Jokes

50 Cent found himself in the middle of a crossfire with fans and celebrity mom Holly Robinson Peete.

When a Twitter follower told the "In Da Club" rapper to "release the album [5] or get shot again," the hip hop star responded by writing, "yeah just saw your picture fool you look autistic."

50 Cent continued the offensive rant by following up with the tweet, "i dont want no special ed kids on my time line follow some body else," then trying to make light of the situation by posting, "just kidding about da special ed kids man, i was in special ed day said i had anger issues lol."

However, the 36-year-old's comments didn't sit well with "21 Jump Street" actress Holly Robinson Peete, who has an autistic child - as she decided to write the rapper an open letter released by Autism File magazine.

In the penning, Holly stated, "When I read (the tweet) it my heart sank. I thought maybe your account had been hacked. No such luck. You went on to joke about not wanting “special ed kids” on your timeline. Seriously, THIS is how you use your platform of 8 million plus followers??"

The 47-year-old actress - whose son, Rodney Jr, was diagnosed with autism when he was 3-years-old - added, 'I’ve met you in passing over the years and I know you are a bright, astute businessman and legitimate philanthropist so it is with a bit of sincere confusion that I ask you… Do you even know what autism is?"

Offering a few facts for the rapper, the mother of four continued, "1 in 88 have it. That’s 1 in 54 boys. Families suffer a social stigma you will never know. It is a financial and emotional drain… I hope you can see how what you might see as a benign insult-or not- was so randomly hurtful, immature and misinformed. Maybe you are naive or indifferent as to how many of your fans might be deeply and personally offended by your insult. At the very least-can you please delete it?"

Holly finished by writing, "Finally, this is my son Rodney Peete. He has autism. So I guess this is what autistic looks like? He is in special ed. He loves rap music and is a HUGE fan of yours. He’s a tremendous kid. He has to deal with so much trying to fit in. This isn’t helping."

Before eventually deciding to delete the comments, 50 Cent sent out a couple tweets in response, including, "due to negative comments im not releasing music now listen to zero instead of 10 suckers LMAO," followed up by, "you think you dont care i really dont care im rich lol" and "its gonna be quiet tomorrow ain't gonna be no music blasting tomorrow fool."

When asked if he was hacked, the rapper retweeted his response, "no i aint get hacked fool how u get a name like lil murda boy?"

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50 Cent is not in a very good place. The rapper was hospitalized with possible injuries to his neck and back. The reason? He was involved in a car crash involving his SUV and a mack truck.

According to ThisIs50.com ( a website affiliated with the rapper), 50 Cent suffered the accident on Monday night, June 25 on the Long Island Expressway in New York City. The website reported that a red mack truck rear-ended 50′s car. It looks like he rapper’s SUV “almost flipped over.”

A photo of the rapper after the accident was unveiled. The image shows the singer as he lays on his back. He was having a neck support and he seemed to be in pain.

50 Cent was taken to the hospital and kept under observation. Doctors are running tests on his neck and back.

No other details on the accident were divulged.

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Rapper 50 Cent has a dog named Oprah Winfree with a popular Twitter account, and Friday on "The View" (weekdays on ABC) he explained the origin of her name after Sherri Shepherd put him on the spot. "I don't know if you're trying to say Oprah's a bitch or you love Oprah," she asked him.

"I thought Oprah didn't like hip-hop culture. Then I got the dog, and now I love Oprah," he explained.

50 seemed to be referring to a "beef" that emerged in 2006 when rappers Ludacris and Ice Cube each accused Oprah of harboring an anti-hip-hop bias. Ice Cube felt snubbed when he wasn't invited to be interviewed on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" when his fellow "Barbershop" stars were, and Ludacris claimed that the show selectively edited his answers about provocative rap lyrics when he appeared on her show promoting "Crash."

50 Cent joined the fray himself in a 2009 interview with the AP, in which he expressed antipathy towards her show. At the time, he said, "I think she caters to older white women ... Oprah's audience is my audience's parents. So, I could care less about Oprah or her show."

But between 50's love for his dog and his flirtatious friendship with Oprah's BFF Gayle King, it appears that he's warmed up to Oprah since then.

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