The cast of the new Starz network show “Power” was out in full force on Monday evening for the New York premiere.
From the show Omari Hardwick, Executive producer Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson, Executive producer/creator Courtney Kemp Agboh, J.R. Ramierez, Naturi Naughton, Katherine Narducci, Sinqua Walls, La La Anthony and Louis Antonio Ramos, to name a few, all walked the red carpet. Other guests we spotted included Beverly Bond, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Rock, Russell Simmons, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Tony Yayo and G-Unit. We spoke with 50 Cent exclusively on the red carpet, read what he had to say below:
How does it feel to finally be showing “Power” to the world?
50 Cent: It feels great. People are going to fall in love with this show. I think the honesty involved with how they developed the actual characters between myself and Courtney. I think that they’re going to see someone’s decisions and understand them in a different way. A lot of low income situations you see these things happen repeatedly, but it’s not representative in entertainment, not frequently, so you have things that happen. I think that because of “Godfather” because of “Casino” because of films that captured Italian Americans in the past were why “The Sopranos” was such a big hit and I think “New Jack City,” “King Of New York,” a lot of those things that we had in the past are going to be the reason by “Power” is a success on the Starz network. And Chris Rock even came out tonight. So I brought you Pookie! You should love me. I went through the trouble of bringing Pookie out!
Watch our exclusive red carpet video below, which features some dope cast interviews and reflections:
http://youtu.be/aIuF8pOMJdo
Grandmaster Flash on the turntables kept guests dancing all night and Doug E. Fresh did an impromptu performance. The Highline Ballroom was transformed into the “Truth,” which is the nightclub featured on the show. You can currently watch the series premiere here: http://www.starz.com/originals/power/
“Power” will have its official series premiere on this Saturday, June 7 on Starz at 9pmET/PT.
