FOLKS, MY FIRST GUEST IS A GRAMMY AWARD WINNER, ACTOR, AND
BUSINESS TYCOON.
HE'S ALSO THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF "POWER" ON STARZ.
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," CURTIS "50 CENT" JACKSON!
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>> HEY!
>> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I'LL TAKE ANOTHER.
WELCOME BACK.
>> OH, I'M HAPPY TO BE BACK.
>> Stephen: ALWAYS FUN TALKING TO YOU.
>> IT IS.
>> Stephen: I ALWAYS LEARN A LOT.
I LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT YOU.
YOU HAD A VERY BUSY TIME SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
ARE YOU GETTING YOUR OWN STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME.
( APPLAUSE )
>> I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT.
THAT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.
I WAS LIKE, "I GET THAT?" >> Stephen: DO YOU KNOW WHERE
IT'S GOING TO BE OR WHO YOU'RE GOING TO BE AROUND?
>> I WANTED TO MOVE IT.
I WANTED TO MOVE IT TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO JUST KEEP IT WHEREVER IT LANDS, IT
WILL BE GOOD.
>> Stephen: SURE, SURE.
>> HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL GO TAKE PICTURES NEXT TO IT.
( APPLAUSE )
MY NAME.
>> Stephen: SURE.
AS I SAID, YOU GOT THE MUSIC CAREER.
YOU'VE GOT THE GRAMMYS.
YOU'VE GOT THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME.
YOU'RE A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN.
IS THERE A HOLY GRAIL?
IS THERE SOMETHING CURTIS "50 CENT" JACKSON HAS NOT ACHIEVED
YET?
>> THERE ARE A FEW OTHER TROPHIES THEY DIDN'T GIVE ME.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE AN EMMY?
DO YOU HAVE AN EMMY?
>> I DON'T HAVE AN EMMY.
I'LL TAKE AN OSCAR.
>> Stephen: I'LL TAKE AN OSCAR, TOO.
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
>> WHY NOT.
I'LL TAKE THEM, PUT THEM IN NICE PLACE S.
>> Stephen: NEXT TO YOUR STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME.
WELL, YOU HAVE-- YOU HAVE A LUXURIOUS LIFESTYLE.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE BEAUTIFUL SUITS.
I PARTICULARLY LIKE THIS ONE, SORT OF UNDERSTATED FOR YOU.
>> YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S, LIKE, PAISLEY, AND THEN IT STOPS.
>> Stephen: YES.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE-- YOU'VE GOT THE WATCH RIGHT THERE.
>> YEAH, THAT'S THE RAPPER, LIKE EVERYBODY IS WATCHING, THE KIDS.
THEY DON'T SEE NOTHING SHINY.
>> Stephen: AND YOU DON'T-- YOU DON'T REALLY EVER TAKE THAT
WATCH OFF BECAUSE HERE IS-- SPEAKING OF LUXURIOUS-- THIS IS
YOU IN A BUBBLE BATH.
YOU POSTED THIS PHOTO RIGHT THERE.
( LAUGHTER )
THIS WATCH.
>> Stephen: IT'S A DIFFERENT VERSION?
IT'S NOT THE SAME WATCH?
>> IT DOESN'T HAVE THE CIRCLES IN IT.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE ONE WITH THE CIRCLES IN IT.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
I HAVE A QUESTION-- JIM, CAN WE SEE THIS AGAIN?
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS.
HAVE I BEEN TAKING BUBBLE BATHS WRONG.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE TO BE RELAXED.
YOU DON'T SEEM RELAXED.
YOU SEEM ANGRY.
>> THAT WAS PHOTOGRAPH NUMBER 10.
WHEN YOU'RE USING A TIMER, YOU'RE LIKE... YOU'RE LIKE
WAIT-- YOU'RE LIKE...
( APPLAUSE )
SO A MAN OF YOUR LEVEL OF SUCCESS DOESN'T HAVE HIS OWN
BATHROOM PHOTOGRAPHER?
( LAUGHTER ).
>> YEAH, YEAH, IF YOU HAD A BATHROOM PHOTOGRAPHER, YOU WOULD
PROBABLY-- YOU PROBABLY OUGHT TO TOUCH, YOU KNOW?
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: YOU CAN BORROW MINE.
YOU CAN BORROW MINE.
YOU ALSO HAVE ANOTHER EXAMPLE HERE OF YOUR LUXURIOUS
LIFESTYLE.
AGAIN, WHICH IS, A CERTAIN PART OF ME TOTALLY GETS THIS.
YOU HAVE-- THIS IS YOU-- WHAT IS IT A LAMBORGHINI?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THIS IS YOU ON YOUR CUSTOM LAMBORGHINI WITH
MATCHING-- MATCHING T-SHIRT AND SHOES.
DO THEY COME WITH THE CAR OR DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THEM CUSTOM
MADE?
>> I HAD TO GET THEM TO MAKE THE CAR FOR VERSACE, PUT ALL THE
STUFF ON IT.
I HAVE TO BE FINDING THINGS TO DO, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: THIS IS JUST-- THIS IS JUST "MAKE" WORK?
THIS IS JUST BUSY WORK?
>> WHAT AM I GOING TO DO NOW?
OTHER PEOPLE GOT THE CAR, SO YOU HAVE TO CREATE A SEPARATION
BETWEEN YOU AND THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO DRIVE
THE CAR.
I'M GOING TO WEAR THIS CAR WHEN I WEAR THESE SHOES.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE-- DO YOU HAVE OTHER OUTFITS THAT
MATCH OTHER CARS?
>> YES, I DO.
( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: I-- I'M IN THE WRONG BUSINESS, EVIDENTLY.
( LAUGHTER )
>> I JUST DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME BECAUSE I'M MOVING AROUND A
LOT.
SO I PUT THAT THERE AND NEXT TIME I GO OUT AND AM ACTUALLY
GOING TO BE SEEN DRIVING THE CAR, I'M GOING TO DRIVE THIS CAR
WITH THE SHOES THAT MATCH THAT CAR.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME SO THAT HAS TO BE A
FAST CAR WHEREVER YOU GO.
I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR.
THIS CAR WENT MISSING FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
WHAT HAPPENED THERE?
>> I WAS PERFORMING AT THE BARCLAYS, AND SNOOP WAS THERE,
SNOOP DOGG, AND HE WAS LIKE-- HE SAID, "IF YOU NEED ME TO COME ON
I'LL COME ON."
BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE A SONG TOGETHER.
WHEN WE WENT ON IT WAS, LIKE, IT WAS FUN.
I HAD A GOOD TIME.
IT WAS A SURPRISE THAT HE CAME OUT.
AND THEN I HAD MORE TO DO.
SO HE LEFT AND I CONTINUED TO PERFORM.
WHEN I CAME OFF I WAS WET AND I WIPED OFF EVERYTHING AND GOT
DRESSED.
AND I CAME OUT, AND THE CAR WAS GONE.
HE WENT, WALKED BY THE CAR, SAW THE CAR, AND HE WAS LIKE-- I
DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS JEALOUS FEELINGS OR SOMETHING.
BUT HE-- HE ACTUALLY GOT-- WENT TO THE CAR AND GOT IN THE CAR,
BECAUSE THE KEYS ARE IN THERE, BECAUSE YOU PARK INSIDE THE
BARCLAY'S.
AND THE GUY WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO VALET PARK.
I SAID, "WHERE DID THE CAR GO?" AND HE SAID, "SNOOP TOOK THE
CAR."
I SAID, "WHAT?
HOW DO YOU JUST LET HIM TAKE MY CAR?"
HE SAID HE CAME, HE WALKED AROUND IT.
BECAUSE SNOOP-- A LOT.
I'M LIKE-- I THINK HE-- I THINK HE THOUGHT THAT WAS HIS CAR FOR
A MINUTE.
( LAUGHTER )
I OWE HIM FOR THE PERFORMANCE BECAUSE HE FEEL LIKE "YOU GOT ME
PERFORMING FOR FREE AND YOU GOT CARS LIKE THIS OUT HERE IN THE
MIDDLE"-- HE THOUGHT I TRICKED HIM INTO A PERFORMANCE.
BUT HE OFFERED TO PERFORM.
>> Stephen: THAT WAS YOUR-- SO THIS IS YOUR CAR.
I APOLOGIZE, BECAUSE I WAS DRIVING AROUND WITH SNOOP.
I DID NOT KNOW THIS WAS YOUR CAR.
( LAUGHTER )
MR. JACKSON HERE KEEPS THE KEYS TO HIS CAR UNDERNEATH THE MAT.
JUST--
>> IN THE PARKING LOT.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE ON YOUR HONOR, YOU'RE ON YOUR HONOR NOT
TO STEAL HIS CAR.
ANOTHER SO YOU'RE-- YOU'RE-- YOU'RE A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN.
PEOPLE LOVE 50 CENT.
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED ENTERING POLITICS YOURSELF?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT ENTERING POLITICS AT ALL.
BUT YOU REALLY HAVE, LIKE, A REALLY LIKABLE PERSON.
YOU HAVE THIS CONSERVATIVE...
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: ME?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: YOU THINK I SHOULD RUN?
>> I THINK YOU SHOULD.
>> Audience: STEPHEN!
STEPHEN!
>> YOU SEE THAT?
I'M TELLING YOU.
ME, IT WOULD LOOK LIKE THERE ARE ALREADY THINGS WRONG.
( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: LIKE WHAT?
WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT A PRESIDENT LIKE THAT?
OKAY.
GET AIR FORCE ONE ALL TRICKED OUT WITH THIS STUFF.
>> "WHERE IS HE AT?" AT THE STRIP CLUB.
>> Stephen: WHO CALLED IN THAT AIR STRIKE?
IT WASN'T ME.
SNOOP DOGG CALLED IN THE AIR STRIKE.
ARE YOU AN ARTIST AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND FORMER STAR OF
"POWER" OVER ON STARZ.
HERE'S THE THING-- I THINK THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE, YOU
WERE STILL ON IT.
YOU KILLED YOURSELF OFF LAST SEASON.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHAT-- WHY-- WHY WOULD AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER KILL
THEMSELVES OFF OF THEIR OWN SHOW?
WHY NOT GIVE YOURSELF-- IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, GIVE YOURSELF A
BETTER PART.
YOU'RE THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER.
>> IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS LIKE, IF I KILL MYSELF OFF, THEN
I BECOME A DIRECTOR.
>> Stephen: OH, ARE YOU DIRECTING NOW?
>> I DIRECTED EPISODE 603.
MY DIRECTORIAL DEBUT.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: HOW DID YOU LIKE-- THAT'S A DIFFERENT-- THAT'S A
DIFFERENT THING.
>> YEAH, SO IT'S LIKE-- IT'S LIKE, "YOU DIE.
NOW YOU'RE GREAT."
IT WAS NOT A BAD THING.
I WATCHED SOME OF THE ACTORS WHEN THEY FIND OUT THAT THEY'RE
DEAD, THEIR CHARACTER DIED IN THE TABLE READ, AND THEY GET
EMOTIONAL.
AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT TALENTED ACTORS.
IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SURE THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING
SOMETHING THEY WANT TO DO THEIR NEXT GIG.
>> Stephen: SURE.
WELL, THEY'RE UNEMPLOYED.
THAT'S THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT NOTICE.
>> THIS IS, "OKAY, I NEED A JOB."
>> Stephen: DID YOU ENJOY DIRECTING?
LIKE ARE YOU-- ARE YOU-- WHAT DO YOU-- WHAT DO YOU WEAR-- WHAT DO
YOU WEAR WHEN YOU'RE DIRECTING?
DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL OUTFIT THAT YOU WEAR?
>> YOU WEAR BUTTONS, BUT YOU WE'RE EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE YOU
FORGOT YOU WERE WEARING BUTTONS, PANTS AND SNEAKERS AT THE BOTTOM
"I'VE BEEN UP ALL DAY."
YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON ON THE SET, LAST PERSON TO LEAVE.
IT'S COOL.
>> Stephen: SO YOU WANT TO LOOK LIKE YOU'RE WORKING HARD.
>> RIGHT.
LIKE, "LOOK, I'VE BEEN UP ALL NIGHT, OKAY."
LIKE, YOU KNOW, "I HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE TODAY."
>> Stephen: ARE YOU TOUGH ON THE ACTORS?
DO YOU GIVE LINE READINGS?
HOW DO YOU-- IMAGINE I'M AN ACTOR, HOW WOULD YOU COACH ME
INTO AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT?
>> "LOOK, STEPHEN, YOU HAVE TO GET THIS RIGHT NOW, RIGHT.
YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE US LOOK LIKE..."
>> Stephen: TOTALLY MOTIVATED.
SIGN ME UP.
SEASON SIX OF "POWER" PREMIERES AUGUST 25TH ON STARZ.
CURTIS "50 CENT" "THE DIRECTOR" JACKSON.