50 Cent talks BMF, Lil Meech, and the new STARZ series

Executive producer and director 50 Cent sat down to talk about making the new STARZ series, BMF, based on the lives of the Black Mafia Family crime group. 50 Cent chatted about getting Demetrius 'Lil Meech' Flenory into acting classes, to take on the role of playing his father, and working to make the show what he envisioned.
BMF premiers on STARZ starting September 26, and in Canada you can stream the series on Crave.
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[@nygamer5435]

Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson is one of the most creative and smartest men that has survived the streets of Queens New York. This man has shown the world no matter your back ground, talent comes from with in you. His projects highlight the people and the hard realities of "Street Life". It's not to be glorified but learned from.

[@aharonemanuel4010]

ya

[@brandanharris7551]

i love how 50 gave big meech son a shot and help the whole family out. respect

[@angieabbott2092]

Hey 50 Cent Bebe this is Angie I love your music keep up the good luck me and you will be together forever I really love you big things come from good people you are a good man

[@tookoolentertainment9451]

50 cent is a genius.I can't wait until he own his own movie network.

[@johngarcia223]

50 Cent is straight money🤑 Mad respect to 50 for looking for Lil Meech. 50 cent is a genius from the corner to be where he is today

[@carpediem4512]

He sure is! 💯

[@ryandunson5387]

I know that's right John...

[@adavtalib3230]

50 has certified his name as a street General with this BMF move…

[@marvynyae3959]

Lol this is not how one becomes a "Street" general 🙄

[@adavtalib3230]

ok school me…

[@bornc1619]

I believe that he was already a street General and that is what put him in position to get this project (B.M.F) story, because I think MEECH would not have trusted anyone else with this unless you are certified!

[@DocMatthews0311]

Newfound respect for Fifty. To hear him articulate the vision of his projects and the context underneath is admirable. It’s refreshing to see his amazing evolution. And to groom Lil Meech and even sponsor his acting classes is a nice chess move setup for the checkmate.

[@coralove5487]

I love fifty and just seeing the glow in his eyes on how he supported young Meech is beautiful

[@keithmoten8918]

Glad he did do it as a series.

[@larryedwards2602]

I dont think no one could have done this story better than 50

[@jimone732]

To make this a serie instead of a 2 hour movie was one of the best decision 50 made . He is 100% right the story had to be told in details from the begening of their journey till the end ..it's too much of a big story to only make a move..shout out to 50 and the while cast...big shout out to lil meech for gridibg on that 2 year acting classes before he started...dude fuking killing it..I can't even believe how good the lil nigga acting is...he like a season actors..the whole cast is incredibly but the fact he only acted for 2 years acting school for this result is unbelievable. ..like I said before whichever acting school that lil nigga went through the price to register on their classes has now tripled since the first show drop...fuking amazing man

[@leonpressley7997]

He is such a nice guy compared to his alter ego ...he really is cool he is helping his people the best way he knows how through the arts

[@thewarrior.9156]

Respect to 50, all the way from ANGOLA. GOD in Control....

[@centrelledeshazer1398]

We love you for telling Meech story!!!50💜💜💋💋

[@user-px1dy2yc3c]

Amen

[@isisjustice5084]

“50 Cent” is a mad genius!!! He has the creative mind as a GOD, he can think outside the box he can adapt and he knows talent and he knows chances!!!…

[@Bumblebee-jl3ur]

50 cent is so good at business. I mean wow!!! Like also BMF IS MY FAVORITE SHOW RIGHT NOW

[@teojohnson2649]

50cent is official like a referee with a whistle

[@aharonemanuel4010]

ya

[@ericanelson1461]

50 cent just has that talent

[@StopPlanWitMe]

Great interview I can listen to 50 talk about his shows for hours so much behind the scenes stuff we never get to see

[@DaBolNi94oe]

Man is a genius…

[@user-px1dy2yc3c]

I agree

[@divinedestiny529]

I think Lil meech is doing a great job

[@lovesong4084]

I’m so excited for this show !

[@Naporche]

Good job 50 you ain’t playing with them 😬 keep your foot on they necks 🔥

[@playgirl8766]

I'm from Detroit, BMF is 🔥 Fire, good job everyone who worked on this project 👏

[@ryandunson5387]

50 is an impressive brother

[@FQdxbFinest]

Sheeit 50 u smart AF .. visionary! Nothing but love n respect

[@user-px1dy2yc3c]

I love it!! I can’t wait to see it Sunday

[@bearscapo1]

GREAT INTERVIEW 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@matthewsmith5527]

A yo 50 ...I'm still waiting on for life season 2.... 🐐 💯👊🕊️

[@billionairedreams3430]

50 cent is a very smart man. And a smart businessman. good choice in picking lil Meech!!! I know Big Meech is proud of him. Free Big Meech!!!

[@marcusmackerl6601]

You are a Giant 50! 💪🏿

[@matthewlee4697]

I like the fact 50 didnt turn it into a movie ,alot of filmmakers like to make movies because it collects more money but telling stories thrives from shows...it allows the material to breath and build along the way. 50 cent was passionate about the project and believed in lil meech and i respect him even more for that.

[@splashtv2338]

I’m tuning in tonight

[@gunnmask]

Great interview! Good job allowing your guest to have the floor

[@thegatemag]

Thanks! When the guest is 50 Cent, that's definitely the only way to go.

[@painelesstae5189]

50 a goat this show is 🔥🔥🔥

[@ericdukes3579]

50 is a beast

[@ramonecoleman5588]

Super hard 50 God bless

[@arringtoncane]

Dope ass background filter 50 had there

[@alwilzon7149]

50 I LOVE U!! 1thug 1LOVE!!

[@89gogators]

Around 15 yrs old meech and T was apart of the 50 boyz then did his own thang which is B.M.F.

[@traceytate3707]

50 , your the bomb!!

[@DsJ98]

50 cent a real one must protect at all costs

[@andrewgoosdy3814]

50 cent now it's a positive brother

[@dilanolebajoa]

I always admire Sir. Curtis, he's such an amazing human being.

[@naturereign5471]

She was and still is a STRONG phenomenal woman today .

[@barlowbrian521]

Proud of you 50 👋 💯✍️ Bro✌️💯👌

[@quezo36]

well spoken 50

[@iloveme567]

Sheer brilliance!!!

[@theideabank8797]

Shirts are the smile and suits are the tie

[@naturereign5471]

Straight out of Freeport Illinois .

[@lovision3504]

Your name shouldn’t be 50 cents anymore but 50 million or 50 billion cause your ideas & Hustle are one of a kind☝🏿

[@jayc5756]

True

[@northernking6610]

Smart. Realized his music wasnt going anywhere so he shifted to tv.

[@airforceones679]

BMF and Raising Kinan and the Godfather of Harlam are the to best shows on TV period Have to big up 50cent on this one his vision is truely out of the box.... From Jason in Islington north London England big up....

[@jesserentas7425]

50 cent is my greatest inspiration i listen to big rich Town & part of the game everyday to remind myself to never stop my rise % grind originally a welfare baby from bedstuy brevooit projects now a business minded individual collecting them checks by monday💯

[@JoshuaMiex]

They glorify Pablo Escobar, we definitely can glorify Big Meech!!!

[@beatituptvlive4148]

Right

[@Michelle-ez9hs]

Only ones who glorify pablo Escobar are us. They don’t like him In Latin America

[@Michelle-ez9hs]

@@aharonemanuel4010 they don’t know who that is. 😂

[@Michelle-ez9hs]

@@aharonemanuel4010 I know. But that’s nothing to be proud of when he sold out his son to the dea and raised him to be a snitch

[@Michelle-ez9hs]

@@aharonemanuel4010 😂 Te pasas bro those narcos are bad ass but we all know their faith when it’s their ending. Dead or prison.

[@denmark383]

50 is the shit.

[@stuckentony6621]

Keep doing ya thang big bro 👍

[@craigwoods910]

Yes do Warriors!!!!

[@craigwoods910]

Two people that have to be in the movie would be 50 and Eminem as Warriors and Teyana Taylor as the chick

[@craigwoods910]

But who would play Cyrus

[@StatikFresh4]

🐐

[@anniehorton1266]

I"ll be watching Fifty ,I no it will "Stellar performanced my friend 💅🏾⭐🌟💫🎬😪💦

[@lambcast]

Media Genius

[@elib9186]

I have that same glow thinking about the good I’m going to do

[@thatruthtae]

Bruh 50 cent a winner all the way around .

[@shericebrown4246]

♥️👀

[@davont1445]

50 don't blow money fast💯👌🏿🤜🏿🤛🏿💪🏿💰💰💰💰💰

[@bornc1619]

I guess IRV GOTTIES TALES made Fifty laugh🤣🤣 and said to him self haa this dude is a damn clown🤡 let me show u how its done!! Keep doing ur thing Fifty👍🏽✊🏾 I been rocking wit u since THE POWER OF A DOLLAR! 🔥🔥Which is a classic by the way!

[@marthacarol9344]

God bless you 50 cent God did it choose this day who you will serve I have been watching you in Jesus name This is Ms Tiny in Houston Texas Sister Martha Carroll SOME APOSTLE PROPHETS PASTOR'S EVANGELIST AND TEACHERS BE BLESSED

[@papaslim5805]

🤔..reboot of the Warriors! Why ain't nobody jumped on that?

[@taltonrobinson7016]

Two Thumbs Up 50. Two Thumbs Up. 👌🏽

[@theideabank8797]

If I viewed the world, I'd show all my sons

[@naturereign5471]

You should help me produce a story about a child with drug addict parents , a girl who defied the odds , coming up in Juicland . It's called BENEATH THE SURFACE . Everything is so beautiful on the top , but beneath it all , what's the living like for 12 year old Karena ?

[@kimberlyirons807]

I don't understand!! It's a real story!!

[@OGGood-lb7bd]

wow didnt know Em played white boy rick

[@tranquilstaffing3727]

Ay 50 mane put me in a movie

[@biggirlmagic6409]

😂😂😂😂

[@ejsabcs2329]

At 4:07 look at 50 right hand. What happened to his ring finger. Its definitely half the size of all of his other fingers. I cant believe noone else noticed this

[@mrmcmillianmcmillian5944]

That's the finger he got shot in, when he got shot 9 times

[@sayeedshabazz5519]

On Break Snoop just hit me up lol Everything private

[@kakadots]

8:14 😂

[@shaiawo8738]

Just burped and carried on like it didn’t happen boss 😎 😂😂😂

[@petierican6079]

These rapper's want to do verses with 50 don't they see scared....Scared of what its a blew away he will smash the one's asking but 50 moved up to way bigger and better thing power , ghost., kane , & now BMF yo homie blessings to you 🙏 your on a whole other level and 50 is a good dude I can see were his heart lies always giving people whole new lives always 💯✌

[@crownmode1018]

I thought it was Drs. Appointment

[@jwettv8340]

👀👀

[@o.gyung-dwilliams8000]

MOGAL!!!!!!!!

[@p.phillips2129]

Whoops... a burp coming at 8:14. 50 Cent is human like the rest of us. 😉

[@mrdontplay4855]

50 the hood Martin Scorsese

[@j_toledo419]

What is this show on? Stars still?

[@dionnabarrett24]

It on STARZ

[@j_toledo419]

@@dionnabarrett24 thanks Dionna, and only one episode so far?

[@Paidinfull416]

Handle-BARZ419 McBridE just one episode right now I think it’s gonna be a new episode every Sunday

[@mywolfssin0fglutonygreedfr917]

I really hope and will prolly be lil disappointed if on the intro theme to snoops episode doesn’t end up actually being his part of the song wish me luck. Atleast the first episode he is in if not then major missed opportunity iMo

[@theideabank8797]

Visits In Virtual

[@theideabank8797]

Shay told BABY I was home

[@naturereign5471]

The measure of a girl to woman .

[@andretownsel2989]

50 Cent is a very smart black entrepreneur. But let's keep it all the way 1000 "NO CAP" 50 Cent $old his $oul to reach the level that you see before you right now. That's how it work in this realm that we are living in. Spiritual forces have to be at work for you in order for you to achieve success in this lifetime. The Most High Yahweh does not move like this. Yahweh will give you what you need to make a day to day living not millions of dollars. children of The Most High don't to experience lavish luxury lifestyle.

[@youplayyoulay2198]

BMF

[@Dieselkilla6.0]

Why his hand look so big ? 50 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@watchthis7529]

Getting old hair line gone back

[@tranquilstaffing3727]

Once again 50 you stole my idea of making a film bout BMF. But it's coo big homie if you eva run outta scripts I got a plethora for ya.

[@biggirlmagic6409]

50 had a fall out with his real son...who looks just like him.Anybody got the scoop on that current situation?

[@LIVELETLIVE04]

He’ll make it right and have his son play him in a movie in the future.

[@clarenceperkins9847]

Well the 💈 sayin in the hood that its wack

[@gqthebarber9336]

I have yet to hear someone say it’s wack! And if they do they’re hatin 💈

[@theideabank8797]

Davidson legs sweats and draw

[@theideabank8797]

Tight whiteys

[@theideabank8797]

Briefs or box

[@theideabank8797]

Black and white nude and green

[@thedona.r.kbnoah7334]

He could have put Olivia on BMF she fell off on G Unit