Rapper 50 Cent made a brief video appearance Wednesday evening on MSNBC’s “The Beat With Ari Melber,” giving his analysis of Michael Cohen’s growing legal troubles.

“He like Trump. Michael like Trump. But he don’t like him enough to go through that for him,” said the rapper in a video, speaking of whether Cohen would be prepared to do time for the president. “He ain’t from the neighborhood.”

The video from 50 is old and the footage that Melber played on set comes from this YouTube video, which not the first time the MSNBC host has referred to the rapper for legal wisdom.

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Melber surprised his guest, former Trump attorney Jay Goldberg, with the analysis from the rapper.

“I don’t know if you’re familiar with Curtis Jackson, the musician 50 Cent, have you heard of him,” said Melber. “He’s a pretty prominent musician and when we were covering this he spoke about this and he agreed with you, that the nature of Michael Cohen, that who he is would lead to him cutting a deal.”

Goldberg, who served as Trump’s attorney for 15 years, said he was not familiar with 50 Cent’s work.

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After the rapper’s cameo, Melber continued to discuss Cohen’s ongoing legal issues.

“No greater legal authority than Curtis Jackson has said ‘when feds come in the game, loyalty is limited,” said Melber in a “Morning Joe” appearance which was also recorded in the original video — but was not played on air Wednesday.

The MSNBC host is a longtime fan of rap music and occasionally freestyles for fans on Instagram. Rapper Fat Joe and Bill Kristol showed up to Melber’s one-year anniversary party last month in New York City — which made for some interesting photo pairings at the event.

tfw you’re at a party with bill kristol and fat joe

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Mike Cernovich, a Timeline: From Choking Advice to Pizzagate to Firings (Photos)

Maybe you'd never heard of right-wing provocateur Mike Cernovich before last week, when he helped get James Gunn fired from the next "Guardians of the Galaxy" film by highlighting Gunn's old Twitter jokes about rape and pedophilia. But Cernovich himself has a long history online, filled with both successes and statements he has since distanced himself from -- for reasons that will be obvious.
Advice on Choking Women

Before gaining fame as a Trump superfan, Cernovich got his start in the men's rights and pick-up artist community. His advice column, published on his blog "Danger and Play," included suggestions on the proper way to "choke" women during sex. This entry from December 2011 has since been deleted: "Choking works because it’s a show of dominance. Women only want to have consensual sex with men they know could rape them."
Pizzagate

Cernovich first came to wide public attention over his promotion of a conspiracy theory during the 2016 election that suggested that a pedophile ring was being run out of the basement of a Washington, D.C. pizzeria. The story was bunk, and Cernovich has moved to distance himself from Pizzagate.
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John Conyers

Cernovich's biggest score of all probably wasn't James Gunn, but John Conyers. A tip provided by Cernovich to BuzzFeed about accusations of sexual misconduct forced the Democrat to resign his seat in disgrace in December 2017.
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Sam Seder

Mike Cernovich targeted the MSNBC contributor over a years-old joke about his daughter being raped. MSNBC dropped Seder in December 2017, but reinstated him after a public backlash.
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Sopan Deb

Cernovich went after New York Times reporter Sopan Deb in March 2017 over a tweeted pun about the rapper Bow Wow. The incident earned Deb an official rebuke from the Times' then-public editor, Liz Spayd.
Josh Barro

In November 2017, Cernovich demanded an apology from Josh Barro after the Business Insider Senior Editor made fun of his lisp. Barro swiftly retreated.
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Perry Fein

In June 2018, Los Angeles Times freelancer Perry Fein slipped into Cernovich's DMs and wished harm upon him. His relationship with the newspaper was over just hours later.
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James Gunn

Last week, Cernovich helped lead an online campaign highlighting old tweets in which Gunn joked about rape about pedophilia. Gunn offered an apology, but was dropped by Disney from the "Guardians of the Galaxy" franchise.
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Cheri Jacobus

Before the James Gunn situation, Cernovich also led a brief and successful campaign to pressure USA Today to drop columnist Cheri Jacobus. The decision from the paper came after Jacobus' bizarre comments about convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Michael Ian Black

Cernovich has trained his fire on comedian Michael Ian Black, who has said several times on Twitter that his tweets about pedophilia were only jokes.
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Dan Harmon

Fresh off his victory in ousting Gunn from "Guardians of the Galaxy," Cernovich forced "Rick and Morty" co-creator Dan Harmon and his employers at Adult Swim to apologize over an old sketch that featured Harmon graphically simulating the rape of a baby. (The sketch used a doll, not an actual baby.)
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The right-wing provocateur has become a thorn to liberals online

Maybe you'd never heard of right-wing provocateur Mike Cernovich before last week, when he helped get James Gunn fired from the next "Guardians of the Galaxy" film by highlighting Gunn's old Twitter jokes about rape and pedophilia. But Cernovich himself has a long history online, filled with both successes and statements he has since distanced himself from -- for reasons that will be obvious.

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