50 Cent sponsors Welsh Under-14s team and Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney jokingly warned 'you've got competition

The American rap star and multimillionaire businessman is now followed in their footsteps by sponsoring a football team in Wales.

50 Cent, real name Curtis James Jackson III, is now sponsoring Cardiff-based AFC Rumney girls under-14s, with his name and collaborators G-Unit splashed on their away kit.

The 48-year-old also has his name on their tracksuit, with the team delighted with their new sponsor.

Manager Richie Brown revealed how the deal came about, stating one of the players' fathers worked with 50 Cent on a recent tour.

He was tasked with trying to get the famed rapper to sponsor the team by the rest of the parents.

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"He said he would ask the question - worst case scenario was [50 Cent] would have just said no. Thankfully he didn't, he agreed to it," Brown told the BBC.

"He sponsored our away kit first of all, and then we were a little bit cheeky. We asked for a little bit more, and he sponsored us again for our tracksuits."

The team will wear their new strip for their first away match of the campaign next week.

Brown continued: "We're going to get a few photos taken and sent over to him, then hopefully he can give us a good luck video or something to acknowledge it all.

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"We're massively appreciative of everything he's doing for us right now. We love the support.

50 Cent follows in the footsteps of Reynolds and McElhenney who bought Wrexham in 2021.

Under their ownership the Red Dragons clinched the National League title, losing just three out of their 46 matches to end their exile from the Football League and secure a place back in League Two.

"I think Ryan Reynolds has got a bit of competition now," Brown added.

"I'm sure the community up in Wrexham is absolutely buzzing with what Ryan Reynolds has done, and hopefully 50 Cent can have that same kind of impact with us down here."