Eric Adams (Eduardo Verdugo-AP-FILE)
*50 Cent said he spoke with New York City Mayor Eric Adams regarding the city’s $53 million pilot program for illegal immigrants.
We reported earlier that Mayor Adams announced plans to distribute $53 million to city migrants on pre-paid credit cards.
The Daily Mail reports that recipients must sign an affidavit promising to use the card for food and baby supplies. The cards can only be used at bodegas, grocery stores, supermarkets, and convenience stores. A family of four will get a card loaded with $ 1,000 a month, The New York Post reports. Cards get refilled every 28 days.
A company called MoCaFi, founded by former Wall Street financier Wole Coaxum, is running the program.
According to reports, immigrants housed at The Roosevelt Hotel will be among the first to receive pre-paid cards.
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50 Cent hit up Instagram Saturday to blast the program, The Post reports.
“WTF mayor Adams call my phone, I don’t understand how this works 
somebody explain,” he wrote along with a screenshot of The Post’s report about the debit cards. “Can’t explain this I’m stuck maybe TRUMP is the answer.”
On Monday, the rapper said he spoke to Adams regarding the Immediate Response Card initiative.
“I talk to @NYCMayor Eric Adams he broke down why this pilot program was put in place. He appeared to be on point, and on top of things,” he wrote, Vibe reports.
“Now I want to talk to @GovKathyHochul about the laws preventing him from doing things to make the situation better in New York. and where the proposed 2.4 billion she’s planning on spending on migrants is coming from…NOT MY TAXES.“
“I told 50 Cent to hit me up,” Adams said during a press conference on Monday, per Vibe. “I would love to explain it to him, so that he can go out and do another tweet of saying, ‘You know what, Eric is just a smart manager and now we understand why he was elected by the people of this city of New York.”
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