00:00Now it's a sit down with 50 Cent and Howard Charles.
00:02Hi, you two.
00:04Let's talk about your new show, Fightland.
00:06At first, it's gritty.
00:07There's crime and British boxing.
00:09It looks intimidating.
00:11What would be your elevator pitch for someone, me, to watch it?
00:14First thing I would say to you is, you're like Yellowstone.
00:18Someone dies in every episode.
00:21That's what I'd say to you right away.
00:23Because he has tailsharing his viewership is very high.
00:26So this is not one of those things where I think the level of the intensity of the material
00:32is not so high that it wouldn't be in a standard action film or in crime dramas.
00:38Now I'm going to take Emerson away from him.
00:41Howard, as a classically trained actor, how did the nerves differ from doing live Shakespearean
00:45theater to leading a show run by 50 Cent?
00:48It's not really nerves.
00:49I wouldn't describe it that way.
00:51I just say it's exciting.
00:54Look, I'm a big game player, you know, like Ronaldo, like Messi and many others.
00:59And this man is a big game player.
01:01And yeah, you just, you know, you're invited to dare to be great.
01:08And that's the kind of company that I'd like to find myself in for sure, mate.
01:14You reprised your role as 50 pence, eh?
01:17What was the number one London thing you wanted to introduce him to?
01:20I was working, I was working.
01:23We were deep in it, so yeah.
01:2650, you're Emmy nominated this year for a subject you are passionate about.
01:31You were basically the first person to see the true nature of Diddy.
01:34Looking back now, what do you attribute that to?
01:37Instinct, inside knowledge?
01:39Are you always just the smartest guy in the room?
01:41No, no, no.
01:42I'm not the smartest person in the room.
01:43I was the only one that would say it.
01:45My favorite villain?
01:46I kind of like Diddy.
01:47The rest of them, they knew.
01:49Our culture is influenced by aspiration.
01:53They really look at whoever's on the next level or on the higher level that have accomplished
01:58things.
01:58The finances matter to them.
02:00If you don't see, like, it's all, like, spin that s***, spin that s***, new hit records
02:05playing right now.
02:06They're thinking about finances.
02:08And so when they looked at the position that Diddy's in, it's hard for them to say things.
02:16Like, you can see there's clips of him saying things that sound really weird, bro.
02:20But nobody's saying anything about it.
02:22They're just cool with it.
02:23And I'm going, nah, that, you don't got to call me daddy.
02:28Right?
02:28What the s***, bro?
02:29His release date keeps getting moved up.
02:31A lot of people are saying he's due for his comeback.
02:34How unbothered are you?
02:35It's pretty tough to come back for now.
02:37Like, I think, I don't know where your comeback happens.
02:40You see what I'm saying?
02:41If there's a, to be honest, I don't know why he didn't file bankruptcy.
02:45Because that would stop the lawyers from, from coming, you know, the sharks out there.
02:50When they see the blood and the water, they just keep coming.
02:52The level of success you have reached is astounding.
02:55Decades in, what motivates you now?
02:58I think it's, look, to write music, right?
03:00I'm not that good at writing music.
03:02I got good.
03:03I worked at it until I got good enough to do it.
03:06And I say the hard work will be talent when talent's not working because it's easy for them.
03:11It comes easy.
03:11What separates people is their passion.
03:13I'm at like 40 shows across 15 networks at the present moment.
03:16And it's because the messaging that it sends, I don't need Variety, Deadline, or Hollywood Reporter to write an article
03:23about me.
03:24Because my phone reaches 100 million people through social media, right?
03:28So I go further through my, just playing on my phone than their article goes.
03:34But it does send a message to business insiders that if you'd like the project to sell, and it is
03:39a creditable team involved, we will sell the show.
03:43This ain't about business to them.
03:44It's personal.
03:4650 and Howard Charles, thank you so much for being here today.
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