50 Cent spent big over the weekend! The “In Da Club” rapper dropped $125,000 on a bottle of wine at Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, and he’s well pleased with his purchase.
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“So I finally won a bid at the win auction, your a nobody till you win a bid at the wine auction. now I have bottle of wine that cost more then Rolls Royce. I just got excited,” 50 Cent tweeted yesterday.
After a two-year hiatus, the Texas-based event returned this year. Part of the festivities included the 2022 Rodeo Uncorked! Champion Wine Auction & Dinner. 50 Cent and and Sire Spirits LLC nabbed the 2022 Top Texas Wine, a 2017 Hye Meadow Winery Boooom Red.
But this wasn't the rapper’s first time competing at the rodeo. In 2021, 50 Cent took the title of Reserve Grand Champion Best of Show for his Le Chemin du Roi, Champagne. Reportedly, he launched the $1000 brand of champagne in 2018. “When they told me I won, I almost fainted. I was really excited,” 50 Cent said previously regarding his 2021 win. “I am very proud of this.”
This year, the international wine competition featured 2,862 entries, 480 entries were from local Texas wineries. Other entries included France, Spain, Italy, Israel, Peru, Argentina, South Africa, and more. The top-selling wine at the auction went for $250,000.
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