50 Cent 'defends Twitter sex joke'

50 Cent has defended an explicit joke that he made on his Twitter page about oral sex.

In the post, the rapper stated: "If you a man and your over 25 and you don't eat p***y just kill your self damn it. The world will be a better place (sic)."
The comments caused a stir from fans and media outlets, insinuating that 50 Cent had meant the remarks in a homophobic manner.

However, he defended himself on the social networking site on Friday, denying that he was making an "anti-gay statement".

"The other night I made a joke about a blow job. My male followers enjoyed it. So I then went on to joke about women receiving the same. Somehow they turned a simple joke about oral sex into an anti-gay statement. I have nothing against people who choose an alternative lifestyle, in fact I've publicly stated my mum loved women. It's funny how people think negative statements are newsworthy but positive statements are not worthy of coverage."

He added; "Access Hollywood forgot to put laughing out loud lol that was at the end of that statement."