When he is functioning on degree, rapper and entrepreneur 50 Cent steadily wears a Yankees cap. He could be buying and selling that one in completely for an Astros cap quickly. Like he did with the Texans and Rockets, the entertainer sometimes called Curtis Jackson signed a multi-year partnership deal with the Astros to have his top rate wine and spirits corporate, Sire Spirits LLC, and his charity, The G-Unity Foundation, be part of video games at Minute Maid Park.
Fans staring at house video games on TV will understand the partnership with Sire Spirits getting a place in the rotation in the promoting in the back of house plate. At the ballpark, Jackson’s Le Chemin du Roi will likely be the “Official Premium Champagne of the Houston Astros.” Next season, the stadium’s membership stage bar will likely be rebranded Sire Spirits Bar and 50 Cent may have a stadium suite so he can attend video games, in addition to make it to be had for charity. Jackson’s strong point craft cocktails additionally will likely be to be had in more than a few spots round Minute Maid Park.
This is Sire Spirits’ first partnership with a Major League Baseball franchise.
G-Unity Foundation additionally will paintings with the Astros Foundation, together with a formation of a Leadership Series Program for youths that can center of attention on persona construction, decision-making and management and communique talents. There additionally will likely be a G-Unity junior golfing match and a champagne and wine fund-raising dinner.
“I am especially proud and excited about our first Major League Baseball deal with the Astros,” Jackson mentioned in a observation launched through the workforce. “We share the same philosophy of conscious capitalism. I look forward to providing the opportunity for at-risk teens to experience the excitement of attending a baseball game in a luxury suite setting at Minute Maid Park.”
Jackson has woven himself into the cloth of the town since he moved to Houston in 2021 through contributing to native reasons — together with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo — putting in place after-school program’s for native youngsters, sitting courtside at Rockets video games and in a collection at Texans video games.
Besides the paintings he is finished in the neighborhood, the Queens local additionally has performed up his newfound Houston ties thru sports activities fandom. When the Knicks misplaced to the Hawks in the 2021 playoffs, he posted on Instagram, “I’m glad I’m from Houston. LOL.” He’s additionally posted pictures on social media of him wearing an Astros hat.The Astros and Yankees have the best possible data in the American League and might be on a collision path for his or her fourth postseason showdown in the previous 8 seasons. Jackson can have spotted the Astros have eradicated the Yankees every time they have squared off in the playoffs.