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50 Cent covered his body in $100 bills to prove he's not broke

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After filing for bankruptcy this summer, 50 Cent wants you to know he is not broke.

The rapper had a little fun with his 6.5 million Instagram followers on Wednesday morning, posting two photos and one video of himself covered in $100 bills.

"I hustle so hard, I can't see me legs," the rapper captioned this first tongue-in-cheek video:

Cold in my eyes, ashy knuckles...I hustle so hard, I can't see me legs. LMAO SOUTHSIDE ALL DAY LETS GET IT!!! #EFFENVODKA #FRIGO #SMSAUDIO

A video posted by 50 Cent (@50cent) on Oct 13, 2015 at 11:45pm PDT on

"Ok I found my legs, but I can't find nothing to watch on TV. Power season 3 on the way," 50 Cent joked in the below photo, referring to his series on Starz.

Ok I found my legs, but I can't find nothing to watch on TV. Power season 3 on the way. #EFFENVODKA #FRIGO #SMSAUDIO

A photo posted by 50 Cent (@50cent) on Oct 14, 2015 at 12:17am PDT on

In true 50 form, he then set up a sarcastic photo shoot spelling out the word "BROKE" using $100 bills. "Man this lunch money, I gotta go to work I'm still up, no Sleep at all," he wrote.

Man this lunch money,I gotta go to work I'm still up, no Sleep at all. NEW MUSIC this week,Off The KANAN tape. #EFFENVODKA #FRIGO #SMSAUDIO

A photo posted by 50 Cent (@50cent) on Oct 14, 2015 at 3:17am PDT on

The rapper's series of money-flaunting posts comes after last week's news that he is suing his former lawyers for $75 million, accusing them of doing a terrible job representing him in a lawsuit against Sleek Audio, which ended with the rapper having to pay almost $20 million.

Bankruptcy 50 CentAdditionally, the price of 50 Cent's Connecticut mansion was slashed this week from $18.5 million down to $8.5 million.

In July, 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protectionjust days after he lost a messy $5 million lawsuitfor publishing a sex tape featuring his rival Rick Ross' ex-girlfriend without her consent.

"It's strategic," the rapper later told Larry King of why he filed for bankruptcy. "It's a move that was necessary for me to make at this point so I didn't allow myself to create that big red and white bull's-eye on my back, where I become the person that people consistently come to."

Despite 50 Cent's filing, he has continued to keep up appearances on Instagram:

50 Cent Instagram

50 Cent was previously one of the world's wealthiest rappers, largely thanks to his minority stake in Vitamin Water. In 2007, the Coca-Cola Company acquired Vitamin Water from Glacéau for $4.1 billion.

According to The Washington Post at the time, "50 Cent was thought to have walked away with a figure somewhere between $60 million and $100 million, putting his net worth at nearly a half billion dollars."

While the rapper no longer has an equity stake in the company, he continued to act as a spokesman for Vitamin Water, and he now promotes Effen Vodka all over his social-media accounts.

I'm on it EFFEN VODKA IS THE NEW WAVE. Turn up!!! #EFFENVODKA #FRIGO #SMSAUDIO

A photo posted by 50 Cent (@50cent) on Jul 22, 2015 at 8:32am PDT on

Additionally, the rapper's studio albums alone have sold more than 21 million units, and he has starred in a long list of film and TV projects, including Starz's new hit "Power."

In May, Forbes estimated 50 Cent's net worth at $155 million, ranking him No. 4 on the list of the wealthiest hip-hop artists.

SEE ALSO: 50 Cent is suing his old lawyers for $75 million

MORE: 50 Cent is still stuck with his sprawling Connecticut mansion after filing for bankruptcy Bankrupt

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