Seasonal & Holidays
Rapper '50 Cent' And G-Unit Donate Over 500 Turkeys In Jamaica
50 Cent's charity, G-Unity, unloaded the turkeys and other Thanksgiving foods from a U-Haul in front of a South Jamaica church.
FOREST HILLS, QUEENS -- Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and his hip-hop group G-Unit gave away more than 500 free Thanksgiving turkeys in his hometown of South Jamaica, according to a Facebook post from the rapper.
On Nov. 17, South Jamaica residents lined up outside the Church of God in Christ Jesus of the Apostles Faith, located at 15722 Tuskegee Airmen Way, to receive a free turkey and other Thanksgiving food staples brought to the church in a U-Haul by G-Unity, the nonprofit run by 50 cent and G-Unit.
"There's a bunch of people out here coming to get turkeys, Thanksgiving food - it's all different kind of things - for a great cause," G-Unit's Jack Thriller said in a video of the annual Turkey Drive.
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50 Cent posted the video to his Facebook account on Tuesday, announcing the annual G-Unity turkey drive had donated more than 500 turkeys to Jamaica residents.
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