50 Cent, the executive producer of the Starz network program Power, compares rival program Empire to a third program.
“It’s like Glee,” 50 Cent says during an interview with MTV. “It’s like Glee with a little Hip Hop music in it.”
On Power, the G-Unit honcho portrays Kanan, a convict who first appeared in the series’ fourth episode. On Empire, Taraji P. Henson portrays Cookie Lyon, a convict who appeared in the first episode after being incarcerated for 17 years.
“I was like, ‘Damn. What happened? What happened to the rest of the story?’” 50 Cent says of Cookie’s character’s emergence. “I don’t know what’s going on. It started moving real fast.”
Despite his criticism of Empire, 50 Cent says that he salutes the program’s success because several of his friends, including Timbaland and Terrence Howard, appear on the program.
“I think it’s good,” he says, “and I’m happy the show’s successful.”
In December, the Queens, New York rapper took a shot at Empire, which airs on Fox, claiming the show’s advertising is too similar to that of Power.
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Waitin for all the haters commenting how 50 is old news and isnt relevant anymore – even though they’re saying the shit every other day cuz Fif is always makin the headlines
Nah we really just want him to get over it. Clearly the nigga nervous Empire might take over n shit on Power. Just shut the fuck up, no one cares how you feel about Power, Fif… Your show is doing great, ride the wave homie.
Glee is miles above this shit. And Glee sucked too.
Dear MRL:
How can you say nobody cares what 50cent feels about Power, if this whole headline is about MTV asking how he feels about it. Cant you read?! Some of you niggas are just plain idiots.
Love him or hate him, 50’s opinions are usually well thought out and articulate. Rap needs its own news channel and 50 could be an anchor. Charlemagne and Vlad could be one too, since they always like to start problems lol.
LOL! 50’s such a clown.
Hahaha what a clown for promoting his tv show and clowning this ridiculous Fox program that promotes homosexuality and the feminization of the black man.
My ole lady watches empire, I watch Power.
I had a longer comment which got deleted as usual, so I will just agree with this one
just to clarify I dont think anyone is deleting my comments, you just have a really really shitty comment plugin that loses comments all the time.
naw they were definitely censoring comments that contained certain words, it was super random
I guess when no one is talking about your show, you need to get publicity some how.
his show aint on so of course no one is talking about it..and mtv asked him for his opinion,c
Nobody is pulling 50’s card by asking him, “You watch/watched GLEE?”
I never watched Glee but I still know its one of the gayest shows out and primarily involves singing pop sings in the style of a showtime musical.
he cant cause Timbaland got them SMS audio clips in there but this show is definitely gay
Word!!! lol
50 only wishes his show Power could do numbers like Empire. #RespectTheGame
Me and my pals like to joke around and call this show FEMPIRE. Hehehe.
No one is laughing.
That response cracked me up.
fuck, why not watch both
Why not watch gay porno and hetero porno too
My boyfriend and I love to watch this show. We call it Fempire because we support gay rights.
“Fempire” is derogatory and offensive. Don’t do that.
That response was on point.
Empire rulez bro. Hakeem is a hottie. Me and my BF luv it.
50 ain’t happy about the shows success lmao, 50 is bitter cause Empire getting 16 million viewers an episode and his shitty show getting 400k lmaooo
Glee is miles above empire’s shit. And glee sucked too.
You got it backwards. Empire is miles above gay ass Glee.
WHAT AN IDIOT. SO MAYWEATHER HAS TAKEN THE FIGHT WITH PAC MAN THIS FOOL HAS NOTHING ELSE TO DO NOW HE IS DISSIN A TV SHOW?
WHAT A DAMN FOOL.
So 50 watches Glee? This dude’s a lost cause.
50 watches Glee? This dude is a lost cause.
50 watches glee? fkn clown. he’s lost it.
50 your show is wack, empire is better get over it nigga, god damn
only people who think empire is better are teenage girls and closet homos
cosign on pop
Can someone please name another rapper as rich as 50 that hates as much as he does?? You?…You?…How about you over there?..Smh
50 sucks
Empire Haters come put and play!