50 Cent has found a new home in Hollywood for his production ideas after leaving STARZ.
According to Variety, 50 (real name Curtis Jackson) has inked a deal with Lusid Media on a three-project partnership.
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Details of the partnership and financial numbers have not yet been revealed but the first film project will be an unscripted crime drama coming to Peacock next year.
“I am excited by the kind of stories we’re going to be bringing to life together, and can’t wait for the first project to reach Peacock next year,” 50 Cent said. “G-Unit Film & Television continues to go from strength-to-strength, and this partnership with Lusid is another great collaboration for the team.”
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“50 Cent is a storytelling phenomenon, and we’re excited by the combination of our track record in the unscripted entertainment space, and the dynamism of 50 and the G-Unit team,” added Lusid Media President Zak Weisfeld. “There’s a whole different energy and a unique point of view that makes our joint projects really special.”
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50 will still serve as an executive producer in his Power universe as well as BMF, which is set to return for Season 2 in January.
In other 50 Cent news, the rapper recently said he’s at a point where he no longer feels the need to release a full album in order to connect with his core audience.
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The rapper told Ebro In The Morning that, at this stage in his career, if a smaller output of original music has the same impact on his fans, he’ll feel just as excited as he did with chart-topping albums like Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ or The Massacre.
“If I give [my fans] an EP and they feel is a monster;” Fif said, “if I call it a soundtrack and I put five or six songs of my material inside it and they love it, I’ll still have the same gratification. I’m on tour right now, I just did Prague last night, the O2 [Arena] sold out; I do it again tonight. You see what I’m saying?”
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He continued: “I’m on a world tour right now. What I need, a new CD to do it? We’re starting to enter that stage where Prince was at, where he could say, ‘Yo, Imma do a show tonight,’ and it sells out.”
