A bottle of 50 Cent's champagne sold for a record-breaking $325,000 at an international wine competition
- A bottle of 50 Cent's champagne sold for a record $325,000 at a wine competition on Sunday.
- The rapper's Le Chemin du Roi Brut also won an award, beating out over 3,000 other entries.
A bottle of 50 Cent's champagne was purchased for a record-breaking fee at an international wine competition in Houston, Texas, on Sunday.
The rapper's Le Chemin du Roi Brut won the grand champion best of show award, beating out over 3,000 other entries, at the 2023 Rodeo Uncorked, before being put up for auction, where it fetched a huge $325,000.
The winning bid came from real estate firm J. Alan Kent Development.
50 also splashed some cash himself at the event. He paid $165,000 to purchase a bottle of 2020 Bernhardt Winery Antiquity Chardonnay Reserve, which had won the competition's reserve grand champion award.
"You think you know money until you make it to the Rodeo in Houston," 50 wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of him at the competition.
"You need a real bag to play over here," he added.
50 launched his Le Chemin du Roi — which is French for "The Path of the King" — champagne line in 2018.
Produced by Champagne Castelnau, each bottle is presented with a 14-karat rose gold-plated emblem shaped like a king chess piece.
The Le Chemin du Roi Brut retails at $159, while the Le Chemin du Roi Brut Rosé is priced at $350.
In an Instagram post announcing the range in April 2018, 50 said that the drink "is for winners only."
Dropping $165,000 on a single bottle of wine is no problem for 50, who last month revealed that he still gets paid up to $1 million to perform live, despite not having released an album in almost a decade.
"I'm getting like $900,000, $1 million," the 47-year-old star told Billboard. "The coolest thing we create in America is celebrities.
"If you see LeBron [James'] fan base internationally, you'll argue, 'Why is he staying here?' He's that big internationally. For the most part, I can't speak for everybody, but the international side of the game is different."