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Entrepreneur, producer and musician 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson), is launching a new hip-hop musical competition series called Unrapped at ABC via his production company, G-Unit Films & Television. According to Deadline, celebrity contestants will be coached by iconic hip-hop mentors and compete until and king or queen is crowned.
Deadline quoted Jackson as saying: “I am excited to expand my relationship with ABC. Unrapped brings G-Unit Film and Television’s ability to put incredible music and musical talent on screen to the competition space.”
Another reality series that 50 Cent is part of is Dream School, where he serves as executive producer. Dream School follows 15 high school drop outs as they are taught by celebrity “teachers.”
Deadline reports on the other projects 50 Cent is developing with other networks, including “the Power universe on Starz, Jackson has Black Mafia Family for Starz; is developing Let Me Hear a Rhyme, based on the novel by Tiffany Jackson, for Peacock; and has a straight-to-series order for true crime anthology series Confessions of a Crime Queen for Discovery+.
Unrapped at ABC will directly compete with Netflix’s Rhythm + Flow, which got bought for a second season and features judges Judges Cardi B, Chance the Rapper, and Tip “T.I.” Harris as they search for the next hip-hop star.
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