50 Cent has bragged about helping Mary J. Blige secure a major bag for acting — and now he’s looking to do the same for Taraji P. Henson.
The G-Unit head had previously reached out to Henson on social media after the Empire star revealed that she had fired her entire team for failing to take advantage of the show’s popularity.
At the time, 50 said: “They dropped the ball fvck em @tarajiphenson I’m ready to work let’s get it ! GLG GreenLightGang G-unit Film&Tv.”
Now, 50 is leveraging Blige’s salary as evidence that he is serious about working with the Oscar-nominee.
Taking to Instagram on Wednesday (January 10), the Power mogul said: “Someone called me today thinking I was bullsh!ting about working with @tarajiphenson till I told them what I made STARZ pay @therealmaryjblige to be on GHOST, I ain’t out here fvcking around.”
Mary J. Blige stars in Power Book II: Ghost as Monet Stewart Tejada in what is her first-ever regular TV role.
The R&B icon is reportedly paid $400,000 per episode, which makes her one of the highest-paid women in TV and is more than double what Taraji P. Henson was being paid to star in Empire, although that show had more episodes.
50 Cent also recently publicly reached out to Henson’s Empire co-star Terrence Howard after he also aired grievances over his pay on the hit show.
“Damn @theterrencehoward call my phone I will get you the money they was supposed to get for you,” he wrote on Instagram earlier this month. “Im not playing no games over here.”
Howard, who starred in 50’s Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ biopic, has been vocal in his displeasure with his Empire salary, even filing a lawsuit against his own agents CAA for not prioritizing his interests.
Howard has claimed he was paid $325,000 per episode at Empire’s peak, but said “racism” was the reason he was paid less than other leading men such as Jon Hamm and Kevin Spacey, who each bagged around $500,000 an episode for their shows Mad Men and House of Cards, respectively.
Howard also recently detailed his pay for other roles such as Hustle & Flow and Crash, saying he was only salaried for $12,000 for the former and half of that for the latter.
They definitely take advantage of black actors I can’t believe Terrance Howard got so little for crash and hustle and flow
They definitely take advantage of black actors I can’t believe Terrance Howard got so little for crash and hustle and flow
Black’s always get the lowest paid and are really great. I love taraji and Terrence Howard they are some excellent actors and actors
Black’s always get the lowest paid and are really great. I love taraji and Terrence Howard they are some excellent actors and actress
I never watched either show but I did think empire somehow was going to still be on the air. If Taraji gets on board with 50… whoa. I wonder if she’s entertaining it. This is a serious opportunity to not just act but also get into a position of… Power.
6k and 12k for movie roles. Absolutely fkn disgusting! How in the hell does one with prior screen credits accepts those peanuts?
400,000 an episode for a television show isn’t exactly chicken feed, are people that self involved and delusional???