*50 Cent is calling out AT&T as racist.
The rapper roasted the company on Twitter over possibly stalling carriage negotiations with Starz, which airs his popular show “Power.”
According to Deadline, talks between Starz and AT&T continue but if a deal isn’t reached by the end of month, the premium cabler and its sister Encore could be off AT&T’s U-Verse.
50 Cent took to Twitter Saturday to vent over his drama potentially not being available for AT&T and U-Verse customers next week. The executive producer called AT&T “racist,” mentioning issues of discrimination involving the company and a now fired executive who was found to have derogatory imagery and texts on his company phone.
Here’s what 50 Cent said Saturday, with just hours to go before the latest episode of Power went to air.
Man Im sorry I have say this, but AT&T is racist they have had issues in the past and here we go… https://t.co/69rOlT4ke6
— 50cent (@50cent) July 18, 2015
When this was happening they were saying they had the STARZ and other networks that created… https://t.co/OIt7GvhpHY — 50cent (@50cent) July 18, 2015
Change your cable package from AT&T to anything else. It’s 2015 and these people are still racist.… https://t.co/X0o9OCq9OJ
— 50cent (@50cent) July 18, 2015
If your a fan of POWER and you have AT&T as a cable carrier, you will no longer see it. Switch to… https://t.co/JyFNzrodgv — 50cent (@50cent) July 18, 2015
An AT&T spokesperson told Deadline: “Starz and their paid talent can spin up whatever they like, but the bottom line is we’re NOT going to negotiate a deal that is bad for customers. In these negotiations, our customers are all that matter to us.”
“Starz is in ongoing negotiations with AT&T U-verse to continue distributing its 30 Starz and Encore channels and services at a fair and reasonable rate,” said a Starz spokesperson in a statement over the talks with AT&T. “Without a new agreement, the millions of AT&T customers who have chosen to subscribe and pay for Starz and Encore will be at risk of losing these channels and the popular original programming like Power and Outlander, as well as thousands of movies. Starz has enjoyed a strong and mutually beneficial relationship with AT&T until now. We are hopeful AT&T will negotiate in good faith and that we will reach a fair agreement that allows its customers to continue to get great entertainment at a good value.”
50 Cent also stars on “Power” as Kanan, a newly-released drug dealer looking to scheme his way back into the mix by taking down his “friend” and former partner Ghost, played by Omari Hardwick.
Below, 50 explains why he didn’t take the role of Ghost…with Hardwick chiming in:
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