50 Cent crime drama on Starz
The 50 Cent’s hugely popular crime drama on Starz is filled with more plot twists, deaths and amazing actors than you would expect.
Despite Power only officially arriving in the UK as a Netflix-exclusive in 2016, 50 Cent’s gritty New York crime drama is quickly becoming one of the most popular shows on TV.
The rapper’s first major TV show, depicting the life of drug kingpin Ghost (Omari Hardwick), is currently filming a highly-anticipated Season 5and fans can’t wait.
But in the meantime, we’ve compiled a list of all the interesting facts you didn’t know about the TV show everyone is talking about.
50 Cent doesn’t just appear as an actor in Power, he is also the show’s executive producer. The rapper is reportedly a very “hands on” producer. He uses personal experiences from his own life to help the show and his own character Kanan.
The Actors visited 50 Cent’s in the old New York neighbourhood for inspiration.
Ghost (Omari Hardwick) and Tommy (Joseph Sikora) hung out in 50 Cent’s old neighbourhood Jamaica, Queens for a few evenings to make sure their roles were portrayals were authentic. “Joe and I did Jamaica, Queens, two nights in a row. Late, late, 3 a.m. in the morning late,” Hardwick said.
Ghost actor Omari Hardwick attended the University Of Georgia on a football scholarship and played alongside former Pittsburgh Steelers player Hines Ward. Hardwick has also reportedly mentored NBA stars Kyrie Irving and Draymond Green.
Naturi Naughton, who plays Ghost’s wife Tasha, was actually an original member of R&B trio 3LW. She appeared on the group’s platinum-selling self-titled debut album.
Power represent the large Latino community in New York fairly and therefore decided to included lots of Spanish-speaking people. The show’s creator Courtney Kemp Agboh told to sources: “To have Dominican, Cuban, Mexican actors be from where they are from… that was my passion and Starz was totally behind me on that even though it’s detail work that people don’t usually do.”
Last year ‘Power’ was the most popular show on premium cable behind HBO’s Game Of Thrones.
So this Saturday, Schimanski presents a biggest event that 50 Cent will exclusively showing POWER the Official Episode 8 Screening Event, hosted by Le Chemin du Roi presents.
For details according tickets are sold by Schimanski, on sale Wednesday 8/22 at 12pm Eastern. Doors at 8pm, Screening starts at 9pm. The Le Chemin du Roi Launch Party kicks off at 10pm directly following the Power screening. 21+ to enter
Location
54 North 11th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11249
