Did Mike Tyson’s best friend shoot popular rapper 50 Cent? Learn the scary timeline of these events

50 cent identified the person who shot him as Darryl Baum. Mike Tyson once called Baum as his brother in his post-fight interview.

Did Mike Tyson’s best friend shoot popular rapper 50 Cent? Learn the scary timeline of these events

Mike Tyson's friend Darryl Baum shot 50 Cent (Image Courtesy: Youtube)

One of the most popular rappers and song-writers Cutis James Jackson, popularly known as 50 Cents, was at the top of his career during the early 2000s. However, 50 Cent got shot in 2000 in front of his grandmother’s house which is one of the most infamous incidents in hip-hop history. 

In May of 2000, 50 Cent was shot by a gunman in Queens with a 9mm handgun. The rapper took 9 shots in his hands, hips, legs, arms, chest, and also his left cheek. 50 Cent was immediately taken to the hospital and was in critical care for 13 days. Miraculously, he survived the assassination attempt and it took him five months to fully recover from the injuries. 

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In 2003, 50 Cent released his studio album Get Rich or Die Tryin. In this album, the top-grossing song was ‘Many Men’ in which the rapper described everything that happened when he got shot. 

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“Hommo shot me, three weeks later he got shot down,” 50 Cent rapped about how Darryl ‘Hommo’ Baum died after he attacked the rapper. Darryl Baum was like a brother and personal bodyguard of Mike Tyson, who himself was shot to death a month later. 

Mike Tyson gave tribute to Darryl Baum who shot 50 cent 

50 Cent identified the person who shot him and he was Darryl Baum and talked about it in various interviews such as Lil Wayne’s Young Money Radio program on Apple’s Beats 1 station. He also talked about how Mike Tyson dedicated one of his fight wins to Baum. It was Tyson’s fight against Lou Savarese in June 2000 which he won in 38 seconds via knockout. He then went on to dedicate that win to his dead friend. 

Mike Tyson and his friend Darryl Baum
Mike Tyson and his friend/bodyguard Darryl Baum (Image Courtesy: Metro UK)
I dedicate this fight to my brother Daren Bawn who died. I'll be there to see you, I love you with all my heart.
Mike Tyson after his win over Lou Savarese

However, It seems like over the years, the beef between Tyson and 50 Cent was dissolved and in 2007, he even bought the iconic Tyson’s Mansion for a whopping $4.3 million. However, the hip hop superstar revealed later that he regretted buying that mansion which he kept for 14 years, and paid $70000 every year for its management. 

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