The under-14s girls football team AFC Rumney, based in Cardiff, Wales, has gained a celebrity sponsor in rapper 50 Cent. The team’s away kit now bears the name of the rapper and his hip-hop group G-Unit. Team manager Richie Brown explained that one of the player’s fathers had worked with 50 Cent on a recent tour. Mr. Brown said that the rapper agreed to sponsor the team’s kit and tracksuits. The kits, which will soon be worn by the team at their next away game, have been a massive boost for both the team and parents who are thrilled by the sponsorship.
50 Cent, born Curtis James Jackson III in Queens, New York, is a rapper, actor, television producer, and businessman. He has appeared in several films and television shows and has executive-produced and starred in the crime drama Power. G-Unit was an East Coast American hip-hop group that included 50 Cent and long-time friends Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks.
Mr. Brown said that the sponsorship has been a massive hit with the parents and that it is enormous for grassroots football teams to receive support from people and businesses. The team got promoted last season, and Mr. Brown hopes that the new kits will help the team’s performance, as they have had a bit of a slow start this season. Mr. Brown remarked that Ryan Reynolds, the Hollywood owner of Wrexham AFC, now has some competition after the team secured 50 Cent’s sponsorship.
The players are “buzzing” about the new kits and sponsorship, and Mr. Brown said that the team is massively appreciative of everything that 50 Cent is doing for them. He added that the team would be sending photos of the girls wearing the kits to the rapper, hoping to get a “good luck video” or some form of acknowledgement. Overall, the unlikely sponsorship deal has produced an enormous amount of excitement for the team, its supporters, and grassroots football in the area
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