{"id":77320,"date":"2022-02-06T22:58:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/50-cent-vents-his-frustration-over-power-tv-universe-emmys-snubs\/"},"modified":"2022-02-06T22:58:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:28:56","slug":"50-cent-vents-his-frustration-over-power-tv-universe-emmys-snubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/50-cent-vents-his-frustration-over-power-tv-universe-emmys-snubs\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Cent Vents His Frustration Over ‘Power’ TV Universe Emmys Snubs"},"content":{"rendered":"
When the crime drama “Power Book IV: Force” debuts on February 6, it will be Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s eighth TV show to hit screens in under a decade.<\/p>\n
The show \u2014 which is the third spin-off in the “Power” universe \u2014 follows Joseph Sikora’s popular character Tommy Egan from the original “Power” series, which ended in 2019 after six seasons, as he leaves New York City behind for good to start a new life in Chicago. There, Tommy quickly sets about making a name for himself and building a new criminal enterprise.<\/p>\n
The first two spin-off series \u2014 “Power Book II: Ghost” and “Power Book III: Raising Kanan” \u2014 both registered record viewership figures for Starz,<\/a> the premium network that carries the series. A fourth spin-off, titled “Power Book V: Influence,” has also been slated, starring original series regular Larenz Tate.\u00a0<\/p>\n Yet, despite these successes, 50 Cent \u2014 who co-created and produced the series with Mark Canton (“Power,” “Den of Thieves”) and Courtney Kemp (“Power”) \u2014 told Insider that the popularity of the “Power” universe resembles the bittersweet awards response to his 2003 debut album.<\/p>\n “It feels like the success of ‘Get Rich or Die Tryin” when you can outperform the other projects and they still pick what’s acknowledged,” he told Insider.\u00a0<\/p>\n Despite six popular seasons of the original “Power” series and a star-studded spin-off, the “Power” universe has never been nominated for an Emmy. The show has been almost exclusively shut out of Hollywood’s mainstream awards circuit. 50 Cent has continually pushed back<\/a> against the Television Academy for the snubs.<\/p>\n “They picked Evanescence as best new artist over ‘Get Rich or Die Tryin” and it was the largest debuting hip hop album with 13 million records,” 50 Cent said in reference to the 2004 Grammy awards when the rock group Evanescence beat him to win best new artist.<\/p>\n “So when we came with ‘Power’ and it outperformed the other projects but they don’t acknowledge it, I just looked at it like I won’t get the trophies when I’m supposed to. I’ll get lifetime achievement awards. They’re gonna give it to me at the end when they look at everything. So you just keep working.”<\/p>\n