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!
♪ ♪ ♪
 ( APPLAUSE )
>> HEY!
>> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I'LL TAKE ANOTHER.
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 )
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> 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 )
TAKE A SELFIE WHERE YOU CAN SEE
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 )
>> THAT'S A DIFFERENT VERSION OF
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 )
>> Stephen: WOW.
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 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 )
SO--
>> 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 )
BUT LATER HE MADE A TAPE SAYING
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  )
FOLKS, WHAT WE LEARNED IS THAT
MR. JACKSON HERE KEEPS THE KEYS
TO HIS CAR UNDERNEATH THE MAT.
JUST--
 ( APPLAUSE ).
>> 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!
STEPHEN!
STEPHEN!
STEPHEN!
>> YOU SEE THAT?
I'M TELLING YOU.
ME, IT WOULD LOOK LIKE THERE ARE
ALREADY THINGS WRONG.
 ( LAUGHTER )
IMMEDIATELY --
>> 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.
SIGN ME UP.
SEASON SIX OF "POWER" PREMIERES
AUGUST 25TH ON STARZ.
CURTIS "50 CENT" "THE DIRECTOR"
JACKSON.
