50 Cent Champagne Bottle Sells At Auction For Record-Breaking $325K
50 Cent‘s Le Chemin du Roi champagne just brought in a cool six figures at the 2023 Rodeo Uncorked! international wine competition in Houston.
The event went down on Sunday (February 26), where the champagne first took home the Grand Champion Best of Show award – beating out over 3,000 other entries. Following the competition, Chron reports the bottle was then auctioned off, with the winning bid of $325,000 coming from real estate firm J. Alan Kent Development.
50 also broke bread at the event as well, dropping a cool $165,000 on a bottle of Bernhardt Winery’s Antiquity Chardonnay Reserve.
“You think you know money until you make it to the Rodeo in houston,” 50 wrote on Instagram with a screenshot of an article about the Le Chemin du Roi sale. “I bought the lot 2 Reserve champion $165,000 you need a real bag to play over here lol.”
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When he’s not dominating the wine and spirits business, 50 Cent has been busy growing his TV and film empire as well. As he gears up for the third season of his popular STARZ show BMF, Fif just announced he’s added 2 Chainz and Ne-Yo to the cast.
Several big-name stars have already popped up in the show, including Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mo’nique, Kash Doll, Yung Miami and Serayah. Both 2 Chainz and Ne-Yo have acting credits on their extensive résumés. The Atlanta rapper starred on an episode of Law & Order SVU in 2013, and more recently appeared in the 2022 action flick The Enforcer alongside Antonio Banderas. As for Ne-Yo, the “So Sick” singer has been featured in several films, including Stomp The Yard, Red Tails and more.
50 also revealed there would be several BMF spin-offs while celebrating the news of the renewal on Instagram. According to the G-Unit mogul, there are three different shows on the way.
“MF is on fire season 3 here we go,” he wrote. “Spin offs on the way BMF IMMORTALS 1,2,and 3 BOOM GLGGreenLightGang I don’t miss!”
Deadline previously reported about the forthcoming spin-offs at the top of 2023. The first appears to be titled BMF Immortal, but the idea’s production is just in its beginning phases.
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