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50 Cent Rips “Dumb Sh*t” Starz, Threatens to Exit Overall Deal

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Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is not happy with Starz.

The prolific producer is threatening to walk away from his deal with the Lionsgate-backed premium cable network, for whom he exec produces the Power franchise and multiple other projects.


The rapper, actor and producer posted multiple images of bags being packed on his verified Instagram account, where he voiced frustration with the renewal for Starz’s Hightown but lack of decision on Power spinoff, Force.

“This is me packing my stuff, Starz. Sucks, my deal is up over here I’m out. They renewed Hightown and Force is the highest rated show they have sitting in limbo. If I told you how much dumb shit I deal with over here,” he wrote. Subsequent posts include images of bags being packed as Jackson posted he wants to “take that fvcking sign off the door no more G-unit film and television over here.”


Why does Starz keep trying to play this man? He puts up numbers for them and they try to screw him left and right.
 

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    They will end up losing him if they don’t start prioritizing him. I don’t have any idea regarding their internal workings but I bet they don’t want to give in too much to him and have him calling shots around the office.

    It’s a power game, they know they need 50 but they don’t want to treat him as such because they lose leverage.
     

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    They will end up losing him if they don’t start prioritizing him. I don’t have any idea regarding their internal workings but I bet they don’t want to give in too much to him and have him calling shots around the office.

    It’s a power game, they know they need 50 but they don’t want to treat him as such because they lose leverage.
    Depending on whose in there and if they have a working (historical) relationship with FOX or UPN I think they may want to Whitewash Power with Force, keep 50 as a figurehead and freeze him out of decisions.
     

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    What does Fox or UPN have to do with this?
    ComedyHype did a piece on how UPN (in the hyperlink above) dissolved after they used all black talent to get their money up, sold out to the highest bidder and cancelled all of the shows. The same can be said with Fox, 50cent is almost in the same shoes as Dave Chappelle was with ComedyCentral, in telling the stories of these "Black Gangster or Mafia", Genre.