“I don’t look forward to working with her ever again” — 50 Cent names Power creator Courtney Kemp in Variety, Kemp answers, and the feud moves to Instagram.
By The Superfan — CelebnMusic247
“I don’t look forward to working with her ever again.” That is 50 Cent — Curtis Jackson — on Courtney Kemp, the creator and showrunner of Power, in a new interview with Variety conducted while he was promoting his role in Street Fighter, per Urban Hollywood 411 and Enstarz. Asked whether there was anyone he had clashed with on a project, Jackson named Kemp — then softened it only slightly, saying he does not think she is fundamentally a bad person, only that things “got out of control for her.”
His complaint, as reported by Urban Hollywood 411, is about credit and control at the birth of the franchise. Jackson says he helped pitch Power to then-Starz chief Chris Albrecht, alternating the pitch with music clips, and that he produced eight songs for the project, including the theme. He also criticised the show’s spending, claiming production costs rose to nearly $12 million an episode, and questioned why wardrobe was purchased rather than obtained through promotional exchanges. Those are his claims, reported as his account — Kemp disputes parts of them, below.
Kemp answers — in full, and once
Kemp responded to Variety in a statement carried by Urban Hollywood 411 and Enstarz: “While 50’s recollection of budgets and production requirements is uninformed, as he was rarely in a budget meeting, I have never once understated his importance in the genesis of ‘Power.’ While he did not write nor create the series, he was a large part of its birth.”
She went further on the pattern itself. “I am completely bewildered by his need to mention me in interviews or podcasts. I have completely moved on in my career, and I hope that the imminent success of Street Fighter allows him to do the same,” she said, per Urban Hollywood 411. A January 2014 MIPTV announcement identified Kemp as Power‘s creator and showrunner and Jackson as an executive producer and cast member, per Enstarz — the credit line itself is not in dispute; what each of them says it means clearly is.
Jackson then took the exchange to Instagram on October 18, posting a screenshot of Kemp’s response and adding an allegation about her personal relationships with people working on the show. Urban Hollywood 411 reports that he provided no evidence to support that allegation, and CelebnMusic247 is not repeating it as fact — it is an unverified claim from one side of a feud, and Kemp’s reported statements do not include a separate response to it.
Why this feud still matters
Power ended in 2020, but the universe Jackson built around it — Ghost, Raising Kanan and Force — is still the spine of his TV empire, and credit for its origin is worth real money and real leverage in every deal that follows. That is why a six-year-old partnership keeps resurfacing in premiere-week interviews: whoever history credits with creating Power shapes how the next franchise gets sold. Kemp, for her part, has said her piece through one statement and, by her own words, moved on.
The 247 Take — Kemp gave one measured statement and stopped; Jackson kept posting — and in a credit fight, the side that keeps reopening it usually tells you who still thinks the record needs correcting.
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Sources: Urban Hollywood 411; Enstarz
