Less than a week after busting it up at the Emmys and MPTF’s Evening Before party, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is busting loose from his long-term deal with Starz, opting not to renew his rich pact at the Lionsgate-owned premium cabler.
In a series of posts on social media over the last few hours, the hip-hop icon and Power franchise executive producer bid sayonara to Starz:
Throwing some celebrating Pittsburgh Pirates into the mix, the Get Rich or Die Tryin’ artist added there were “no hard feelings” in the goodbye:
Though there are no details yet on where the 50 Cent may land next, now that his four-year, big bucks Starz deal has come to an end, the performer did offer some love to Paramount Global-owned BET in an IG post on September 16
Deadline has confirmed with well-placed sources that the sometimes hyperbolic and feud friendly 50 has indeed seen his Starz deal lapse. Starz declined comment today on the state of their relationship with Jackson. The network and 50 Cent have had repeated dust-ups over the years to be polite.
Launched seven years ago, Power has been a cornerstone for Starz, spawning a big, multi-series franchise.
Set up with projects all over the industry from ABC to Ryan Kavanaugh’s Proxima Media to Peacock and Discovery+ (in conjunction with Lionsgate) via his G-Unit shingle, Jackson recently saw the second season of Power Book III: Raising Kanan premiere on Starz. Already deep in production, a second season of Power Book IV: Force is coming, as is a Season 2 of BMF, and a third season of Raising Kanan, all EP’d by Jackson. Keeping even more of the Power franchise burning bright, a third season of Power Book II: Ghost is set to hit Starz soon-ish.
Last year, Power creator Kemp decided not to re-up her deal with Lionsgate and head to Netflix. With 30 million albums sold under his belt and a slew of small and big screen offerings, actor, producer, director, executive and Grammy-winning rapper 50 Cent is also leaving the Lionsgate fold for a big new deal, wherever that may be.
