50 Cent Says He's Done Working With "Power" Creator Courtney Kemp as She Fires Back
50 Cent told Variety (Oct. 17, 2026) he never wants to work with Power creator Courtney Kemp again, saying she downplayed his role in selling the show. Kemp responded that he 'did not write nor create' Power but was a big part of its birth. 50 then posted an unproven claim on Instagram about Kemp and the cast and crew, which is alleged.
50 Cent says he's done with Courtney Kemp, the woman who created "Power." For good.
In a Variety interview published Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, 50 was asked who he'd never work with again. He named Kemp. "I don't look forward to working with her ever again," he said.
His issue is credit. 50 told Variety that after Power took off, Kemp would say "I wrote it." He said he helped sell the show to then-Starz boss Chris Albrecht, made the songs used in the pitch, and pulled viewers to the network. He also knocked how she handled budgets. He added that he doesn't think she's "wholeheartedly a bad person."
Kemp answered in a statement to Variety. She said 50's take on budgets is "uninformed" because he was rarely in a budget meeting, and that she has "never once understated his importance in the genesis of Power." But she was clear: "While he did not write nor create the series, he was a large part of its birth." She said she's "completely bewildered" that he keeps bringing her up and hopes his "Street Fighter" success lets him move on too.
50 didn't let it go. After the interview, he posted on Instagram suggesting he'd held back a claim that Kemp had relationships with cast and crew members. He gave no names or proof. That claim is ALLEGED, per 50 Cent, and we haven't seen Kemp respond to that part yet.
Kemp created Power and ran it as showrunner when Starz ordered it in 2013. 50 was an executive producer and played Kanan Stark. The original series ran six seasons and ended in 2020, and Kemp later signed with Netflix.
Sources: Variety interview (Oct. 17, 2026); HotNewHipHop and AllHipHop (Oct. 18, 2026); K24 Digital and Daily Loud on 50's Instagram follow-up (Oct. 19, 2026). Photos: 50 Cent via Getty Images; Courtney Kemp by Behind The Velvet Rope TV, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.