NYPD Investigating 50 Cent Over Threat To Cop, Report Says

SUNSET PARK, NY — The NYPD is investigating the rapper 50 Cent after an Instagram post that appeared to threaten the top police officer at a Sunset Park precinct. The cop had been accused of shaking down a local club owner, the New York Post reported.

The rapper, whose real name is Curtis James Jackson and who grew up in Queens, wrote "Get the strap" on an Instagram post to his millions of followers, referring to Emmanuel Gonzalez, the commanding officer of the 72nd Precinct. Strap is a slang term for a gun.

A local club owner had said Gonzalez demanded he give free plane tickets to Puerto Rico, the newspaper reported. The Instagram post had been deleted by Thursday afternoon.

Imran Jairam, the owner of Love & Lust Club at 225 47th St., filed a $125 million notice of claim against the city accusing Gonzalez of trying to get Jairam to buy about $80,000 worth of round-trip tickets to Puerto Rico.

Jairam also claims Gonzalez — who did aid work in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria — demanded the club owner send a generator to a doctor on the island, the New York Daily News reported.

Fifty Cent tagged Jairam in the post and commenters echoed his comments to "get the strap," the Post reported.

Despite the rapper ending most of his Instagram posts with the phrase, including one asking for an autographed copy of a book, Gonzalez felt threatened by them and filed a criminal complaint, the paper reported.

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