50 Cent Appears to Mock Diddy & Venezuelan President Maduro in Cartoon: ‘They Also Took My Oil’

Rapper and entrepreneur 50 Cent sparked attention on social media by sharing a cartoon that appears to poke fun at both Sean “Diddy” Combs and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro amid major global events. On Monday, 50 Cent posted an image to his Instagram account depicting a figure resembling Maduro and Diddy together in a jail cell, with the caption “They took my oil too,” referencing the large quantity of baby oil seized by federal authorities when they raided Diddy’s properties and alluding to Maduro’s country’s vast crude oil resources. The meme was accompanied by a message from 50 Cent wishing his followers a productive day and telling them to “make your enemies watch your progress repeatedly,” drawing commentary from fans who described the post as bold and humorous.

The timing of the post intersects with real-world headlines about the U.S. military apprehending Maduro and bringing him to New York to face federal charges, where he pleaded not guilty in court. Maduro’s detention at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn — the same facility that previously held Diddy before his transfer to a New Jersey prison — further tied the political and pop-culture narratives together and fueled viral internet reactions.
Reactions online have been mixed, with many users finding the cartoon and its wordplay on “oil” humorous while others criticized it as insensitive given the serious legal and geopolitical circumstances surrounding Maduro’s capture and Diddy’s legal issues. The meme trend has extended beyond 50 Cent’s post, with other public figures and social media users joining in on similar jokes and edited images related to the unusual pairing in pop-culture conversations.

