While 50 Cent might not be in favor of Floyd Mayweather, there are certain athletes he doesn't mind standing up for. In this hilarious video, 50 protects Carmelo Anthony from being bombarded with questions about Ray Rice's domestic violence scandal by a TMZ paparazzi.

Why were these two together? Melo and 50 are reportedly close friends and business partners with SMS Audio headphones.

Watch fif's heroics above.

[TMZ]

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