50 Cent Makes $8.7 Million Via Twitter

5:41 AM PST 1/11/2011 by Georg Szalai

The rapper promoted H&H Imports, which owns a marketing firm run by a reality star, on the microblogging site, boosting the value of his company stock.

NEW YORK - Rapper 50 Cent made $8.7 million in paper money on Monday thanks to some tweets, the New York Post reported.