50 Cent might appear as a bit of a hard man but recently he showed his softer side when he forked out money for the funeral of a teenage girl who was shot in Queens.

After hearing that 14-year-old D’aja Robinson had been gunned down on a city bus, the rapper contacted her family and offered to contribute to the memorial service. He ended up covering the cost of the horse and carriage carrying her casket on Friday.

 

The funeral took place on Friday.

The In Da Club hit maker, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, also took to his Facebook page to pay his respects.

He wrote: “People always try and paint negative images about me I’m the most genuine down to earth person and I didn’t forget where I came from I came through for baby girl providing a horse and carriage for her… She was pretty, innocent and didn’t deserve to die like that R.I.P.”

 

The 14-year-old was gunned down on a city bus in New York.

According to the New York Daily News, D’aja was not thought to be the target of the shooting and the 16-year-old who was questioned about the case has been released with no charges.