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FIDDY’S SO POP GEAR...

Rapper wants TV job

- ■ EXCLUSIVE by ED GLEAVE TV Editor

RAPPER 50 Cent reckons he could be the man to save Top Gear.

The controvers­ial chart-topper urged BBC bosses to give him a job to revive the under-fire show.

Bosses hired Chris Evans to replace Jeremy Clarkson as host.

But Radio 2 host Evans was panned by critics and fans because of his shouty presenting style.

Ratings dropped to an all-time low of 1.9million per episode by the end of the series.

Evans quit and the hunt is now on for a new face for the flagship motoring show – and 50 Cent is up for it.

He said: “I would love to work on Top Gear, I could save that show for sure… but it would cost them.

“There ain’t a car I haven’t owned over the years. My car collection is as good as anybody’s.”

Down the years he has splashed out on a string of expensive motors, which he thinks makes him an expert.

Real name Curtis James Jackson III, 50 Cent is famous for hits including In Da Club.

But he’s also a regular on US TV shows thanks to his cheeky personalit­y.

The global star, 41, nicknamed Fiddy, watched the most recent series when it was shown on BBC America.

He said: “Top Gear was one of the world’s iconic shows and it’s a shame it came to this.

“The show since the old team left has been unrecognis­able and if it don’t get back to where it should be soon then it may never recover. “It’s a show you know you can watch in any country you are in. They got to get it right again for all the fans.”

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