{"id":12586,"date":"2025-11-15T04:38:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T04:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=12586"},"modified":"2025-11-15T04:38:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T04:38:57","slug":"%f0%9f%8e%a4-50-cent-trolls-starz-after-53-million-loss-see-what-happens-when-i-stop-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=12586","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udfa4 50 Cent Trolls Starz After $53 Million Loss: ‘See What Happens When I Stop Working’"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOLLYWOOD, CA \u2013 November 15, 2025<\/b> \u2013 Hip-hop mogul Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson<\/b> is taking a celebratory victory lap on social media, publicly mocking Starz after the premium cable network reported a staggering financial downturn. The former executive producer of the network’s powerhouse “Power” universe<\/b> is pointing to the company’s woes as evidence of his indispensable value following a years-long, highly public breakdown of his working relationship with the network.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udcc9 Financial Woes: $52.6 Million Loss in Q3 2025<\/span><\/h3>\n

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According to its third-quarter 2025 earnings report, Starz posted a wider-than-expected net loss of $52.6 million<\/b>, a significant drop compared to the $30.6 million loss reported in Q3 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Revenue Decline:<\/b> The company’s total revenue fell to $320.9 million<\/b>, marking an approximate 7.5% drop<\/b> from the prior year’s quarterly revenue of $347 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Subscriber Dip:<\/b> The company reported a total U.S. subscriber decline of 130,000<\/b> sequentially, primarily due to continued pressure on linear (cable TV) subscribers, despite a modest gain in U.S. streaming (OTT) customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    In a brazen Instagram post reacting to the news, 50 Cent (who is also a celebrated rapper, known for hits like “In Da Club”<\/b> and “Candy Shop”<\/b>) took full credit for the crisis, coining a sarcastic new slogan: “See what happens when I stop working, let\u2019s make STARZ great again. MSGA.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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    The Power Universe & The Beef<\/span><\/h3>\n

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    50 Cent’s relationship with Starz, which began with the critically acclaimed original series “Power”<\/b> and expanded into a lucrative “universe” of spin-offs, has been notoriously volatile. His main contribution was serving as an Executive Producer<\/b> across the franchise and starring in the original series as the complex antagonist, Kanan Stark<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The ongoing rift traces back to at least 2022 and stems from a series of grievances, including what he publicly described as the network’s poor handling of his G-Unit Film & Television projects, scheduling conflicts, and alleged underpayment.<\/span><\/p>\n

    In an earlier episode of the financial drama, 50 Cent previously clowned the network when it reported a $42.5 million loss<\/b> in the second quarter of 2025. At that time, Starz CEO Jeffrey Hirsch reportedly blamed part of the struggle on the alleged “underperformance” of the latest season of the crime drama “BMF,”<\/b> another series produced under 50 Cent\u2019s banner.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    “It\u2019s not that hard to say good bye. bye,”<\/b> the mogul wrote on social media at the time, signaling his detachment and capitalizing on the network\u2019s self-inflicted wounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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    \ud83d\udcb0 Compensation Controversy<\/span><\/h3>\n

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    Adding fuel to the fire, 50 Cent has openly accused Starz of drastically underpaying him<\/b> during his tenure as a hands-on executive producer, actor, and the performer of the “Power”<\/b> universe theme songs, including the track “Big Rich Town”<\/b> for the original series. He claimed he only received $17,000 per episode<\/b>, a figure he viewed as “robbery” given his multiple roles and the massive success of the franchise.<\/span><\/p>\n

    As 50 Cent continues to transition his new projects to a multi-year deal with Fox Entertainment, the lingering success of the “Power” universe series like “Power Book II: Ghost,” “Power Book III: Raising Kanan,”<\/b> and “Power Book IV: Force”<\/b> remains one of the network’s few dependable assets. His current social media trolling ensures that the financial implications of their soured partnership will continue to make headlines.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    HOLLYWOOD, CA \u2013 November 15, 2025 \u2013 Hip-hop mogul Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is taking a celebratory victory lap on social media, publicly mocking Starz after the premium cable network reported a staggering financial downturn. The former executive producer of the network’s powerhouse “Power” universe is pointing to the company’s woes as evidence of his…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}