50 Cent is letting it be known that’s he’s down to work with Terrence Howard. As we previously reported, Howard recently revealed he’s taking Creative Artists Agency (CAA), his former talent agency, to court over his salary that he made for the hit show “Empire.”
According to his attorney James Bryant, Howard’s former agents gave the actor misleading information, which led to him being underpaid for his major role on Empire. Howard held a press conference in early December when he announced the news, but he spoke with Rolling Stone after the conference. “I can’t say for certain this was a racial issue, but I can’t imagine another counterpart – a white counterpart – with the same accolades, name recognition and numbers that I had, receiving the lowball pay that I was receiving,” he told the news outlet at the time.
“I drank the Kool-Aid. I believed that I was going to get paid, or that I was getting compensated properly, but I wasn’t. I just didn’t want to piss off CAA and Fox. They’re big companies to go to war against. But sooner or later you’ve got to stand up, because they’re just trampling over the rights of the artists,” he said to Rolling Stone. Howard says that though “Empire” eventually gained more viewers than “Big Bang Theory,” he was being paid less than the sitcom’s star Jim Parsons. His pay started at $125,000 and topped out at $325,000 per episode, he said.
Empire, the groundbreaking American musical drama television series, took the entertainment industry by storm upon its debut in January 2015. Created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong, this captivating show quickly became a cultural phenomenon, leaving an indelible mark on television history. Let’s explore the immense success Empire achieved and the factors that propelled it to new heights.
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Now 50 Cent has sent a clip from his news conference and told his followers that he wants Howard to give him a call. “Damn Terrence Howard call my phone I will get you the money they was supposed to get for you I’m not playing games over here.”