50 Cent Responds After Main Character Dramatically Dies In Power Season 5 50 Cent. Picture: Getty Spoiler alert... 50 Cent has responded after his Power character Kanan was dramatically killed in the latest episode of fifth season. The New York rapper, who is the executive producer of the popular crime drama, shocked fans when his character was shot dead by police during Power Season 5 episode 8. Taking to Instagram, the 50 posted a vigil to Kanan, alongside a very cryptic message that has some fans confused. The rapper uploaded a picture of some flowers with a sash that read: “RIP Kanan Stark… or maybe not…” See the post below: “Hey you know how it is in the fast life,” he wrote. “So many different dreams goals disappointments and betrayals. KANAN thought Tariq was like him, and he was but he still his father’s son so he did some sucker sh*t. Get The Strap.” During the dramatic episode of Power Season 5, 50 Cent also finally said his infamous catchphrase “Get The Strap”. After the episode premiered, 50 Cent also released his anticipated ‘Get The Strap’ collaboration with Tekashi 6ix9ine and Uncle Murda. The video shoot sparked controversy after gun shots were heard, causing Tekashi 6ix9ine and<doc-sep>(Caution: major spoilers about Power ahead!! Stop reading if you haven't seen Episode 8 or don't want to know what's going to happen next!) Kanan (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson)'s death on Powerhas been a long time coming. On a Monday morning conference call that really put the mort in postmortem, 50 Cent told members of the media that Kanan's death had been planned for some time -- as part of a seven-season arc modeled after The Sopranos -- and that from here on out, the pace accelerates quickly. Of course, Kanan's death in Season 5 Episode 8 came as a shock not only because Kanan has been an integral, shadowy figure since day one, but also because 50 Cent is a co-creator and executive producer on the show -- and he's came back from the dead before, after being burned alive by onetime nemesis Ghost (Omari Hardwick) in the Season 2 finale. But Kanan is really dead, as fans saw when a morgue attendant lifted a sheet to show his face, even if fans haven't seen the last of Kanan on screen. "You may see (flashbacks) in nightmares," from Tariq (Michael Rainey Jr.), he said. After all, Tariq watched as Kanan executed several cops, paralyzed with fear Kanan would shoot him next for Tariq's betrayal, and that, 50 said, "doesn't just go away." Power's Tate Might Be in Serious Trouble Soon For a season that's been a bit of a slow burn with complex sub-plots involving more seemingly distant players and measured unraveling of long-simmering conflicts, Kanan's death shot a jolt of adrenaline into the crime drama. The intensity is about to magnify. Kanan's death deepens the wedge of distrust between Tommy and Ghost, and it changes Tariq and his mom Tasha's relationship irrevocably too. "Everything spins out of control," 50 said. Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson KWAKU ALSTON 50 Cent said Kanan's death scene was a joy and a challenge, shot in Far Rockaway, Queens on a freezing night. A tightly choreographed dance that involved Kanan grabbing an officers' gun and then eliminating a handful of cops in bursts of ammo and blood squirts, the scene let 50 take advantage of his bona fide acting chops -- and an unfortunate circumstance. "I was sick," he revealed. "It was easy for me, spitting up blood -- I was throwing up anyway. I think I had the flu. It was rough to get to the end of the shoot." It took two or three days to get it right, but "the overall experience was cool." 50's departure as a cast member frees him up to do more executive level work -- he's the one who set up Kendrick Lamar's shockingly good turn this season -- and of course, work on the many other projects he has going on including The Oath on Crackle and his shows in the works at Starz. He's also directing on Power, beginning with Episode 3 in Season 6. Carefully plotted as Kanan's departure was, the moment caught everyone off guard -- including other Power stars. "We went through the table read, and when they read it the cast was like, 'Whoa what is going on?" Nobody knew it was coming, and the script was left open-ended -- without the final scene in the morgue so no one could leak spoilers. That's often how it goes for other cast deaths -- they won't know they're getting offed until the table read -- and it can be disorienting and frightening as they, like everybody else who's seen a job end, begin to think about what they're going to do next. Luckily for 50, he has that part figured out. Less certain is what other major character will fall next on Power but 50 advises not getting too attached to anyone. "There is no one in the show that can't die." Power continues Sundays at 9/8c on Starz.<doc-sep>SPOILER ALERT: This story includes details about last night’s episode of Power. “We’ve created a template for the show that is non-Hollywood,” says Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson of the shocking death of his Kanan character on last night’s episode of Power. “Anyone can go, there’s no one in the show that can’t die,” the executive producer of Starz’s most watched series asserts. “This show was not designed to go 10 seasons,” adds fellow EP and series creator Courtney Kemp of how the death of Jackson’s character pivots Power towards its eventual conclusion. “It was not designed to go 15 seasons. It’s not a crime procedural or a sitcom. It’s a closed-ended story that really begins and, in some way, ends with Ghost,” she notes of the Omari Hardwick portrayed drug lord trying to make it in the legit world. With the end of Power looking clearer on the narrative horizon heading into next year’s already announced sixth season, the two EPs chatted with me about the fatal betrayal of Kanan by Ghost and the Naturi Naughton played Tasha St. Patrick’s wayward teen son Tariq (Michael Rainey Jr.) and where the last two episodes of Season 5 could go. Jackson and Kemp also discussed why they decided to kill off one of the biggest draws of Power, and what’s next for 50 Cent on the show both in front of and behind the camera. DEADLINE: Let’s start with the death of Curtis’ Kanan character last night in the shootout with the NYPD, how he was set up by Tasha on kidnapping Tariq and how the teen he thought was his protégé ultimately betrayed him. When did you guys decided to kill off Kanan? JACKSON: The decision was made early on when Courtney and I discussed how the arc of Kanan’s story would end. You see, we slated the show to go seven seasons initially, because we created it with the success of The Sopranos in mind. DEADLINE: So, the show is going to end with Season 7? KEMP: All I’ll say is that this iteration of the show with me as the showrunner, that iteration of the show is going to have to end because the story that I wanted to tell is almost over. That has to be the way that it is, otherwise we’re going to end the show badly. We’re going to end the show really in like a whimper instead of a bang, and I need it to be a bang. DEADLINE: Why? KEMP: Because I want to be able to still tell a story that’s about can I change, does my past dictate my future, can I be the man or woman that I picture and I’ve always wanted to be? I need to answer that question, right, and that question can’t go on forever. DEADLINE: So where does it all go for the final two episodes of Season 5? KEMP: (LAUGHS) Why would I answer that question? Look, the death of Kanan is going to have some repercussions, mostly with Tommy’s relationship with Ghost. JACKSON: The death of Kanan at this point, it ramps up everything. The pace of the next two shows is a lot more because everyone responds to the betrayal of Kanan and his death leaves a big gap with Tommy (Jospeh Sikora) and Ghost where they don’t trust each other. It also changes Tariq and Tasha in different perspectives as everything starts to spin out of control. DEADLINE: Is it broken between them now? KEMP: It’s not as broken as it’s going to get, but in terms of the trust, yeah, that’s fully eroded. Because the tension for Tommy all season was who is my actual family member, Ghost or his newly discovered father Tony Teresi? Now that tension gets ramped up because now, without the trust of Ghost, he turns more to Teresi (William Sadler), which the audience knows is very dangerous but he doesn’t know that yet. DEADLINE: Why did you do this in episode eight of the season? Most series would have left such a big death for the season finale… KEMP: Because episode eight is always a season finale for us, and then we give you two more episodes. Because in the first season, we only had eight episodes, so we had to do the season finale then, and so we’ve always been doing a Season 8 finale. We always do kind of crazy stuff in eight in order to have the audience go, well, what are they going to do now? That’s the question we want them asking at the end of eight. DEADLINE: OK, but Curtis for you, what does the death of Kanan mean? JACKSON: It allows me to stay involved as an executive producer and expand on the other projects I have on the network at the present moment and get them up and running. DEADLINE: Like what? JACKSON: I’m looking at what I’m going to do with Black Mafia Family, what I’m going to do with other shows. I’ve talked about them but I haven’t actually had the time to have the writers room opened and move further with those. It also provides me with the ability to direct 603. I’ve traveled to the writers’ room since they been in there working on next season and developing 603. DEADLINE: How does this change things for you Courtney? KEMP: You know our working relationship was not about Curtis the actor, because I really wasn’t on set enough for that, so it doesn’t really change much. But will he have other things to do? For sure, I mean that’s the whole point. He’s expanding into producing much more and really giving notes and reading scripts, and he’s learned how to make a television show, and he’s got two on. He’s got more shows on than I do, because he’s got The Oath. DEADLINE: Yes, but even as Kanan is clearly dead, as that last scene from last night’s show has his body in the coroner’s slab, but will we see him and you returning on-screen in flashbacks this season or next? JACKSON: You may see that. You may see nightmares for Tariq’s character. With the relationship between the two of them, when you do something like that, it doesn’t just go away. That’s a traumatic experience for him too. DEADLINE: Courtney, to lost a major character is usually a huge deal for any series, but how big a deal is it for Power at this point in its run? KEMP: Well Kanan is super important to the series, but ultimately the show isn’t about Kanan. The show is about power, so no character is actually super important. I was never writing about the power of the characters. I was writing about God’s power and the powerlessness of the characters. That’s what I was always writing about. DEADLINE: So, you don’t see the end of Kanan, a clear fan favorite, as a risk? KEMP: I don’t think of it as a risk because I don’t think that’s what the show is. Also, Kanan is a huge time commitment for 50. It’s a lot of work to be a series regular on a series like this. So, part of it was actually just expanding his career and his horizons in television and in film but also providing the audience with the first clues about the end of the series. DEADLINE: How? KEMP: This show was not designed to go 10 seasons. It was not designed to go 15 seasons. It’s not a crime procedural or a sitcom. It’s a closed-ended story that really begins and, in some way, ends with Ghost. The design of Power is not to give you the warm fuzzy feeling that you get at the end of an episode of Family Ties. So, yes, you’re right, the rule of TV is that people return to those characters as they’re parts of their family, and I agree with that a hundred percent. It’s just this isn’t that kind of entertainment.<doc-sep>
Courtesy of Starz Loading the player... While we were all distracted by the last of the sunny weather, Power creator Courtney Kemp was busy not giving a damn about our feelings. In Sunday’s episode of Power, Kanan — the gutter savvy villain everyone loved to hate, played by executive producer 50 Cent — fell victim to his own double dealings. Kemp posted only one sentence on her Instagram page, reacting to fans sheer shock: “No one is safe.”Power, which plays out onscreen every Sunday night on Starz, has had disastrous consequences for just about everyone — from a drug dealing priest to an innocent teenage girl. But something about this particular death was more surprising than most. After Kanan escaped the feds, numerous shootouts, and a warehouse fire that probably would have killed anyone without an executive producer credit to their name, Power fans felt it was unlikely that 50 Cent would ever get killed off of his own show.A troll to the core, 50 Cent took to his own Instagram page to let us know his feelings about his character finally ending up on the other end of that strap. The rapper posted a picture of Kanan’s funeral arrangement.In a caption, he wrote, “KANAN thought Tariq was like him, and he was but he still his father’s son so he did some sucker shit.” But on Kana’s arrangement, a cryptic message hinted that we might see the gangster back on screen before the series’ end. It read, “RIP Kanan Stark,” referencing the hit show Game of Thrones, “…or maybe not.” The St. Patricks, the drug family on which Power centers, are known to set up anyone who gets in the way of their end goals. So while we pour out a little liquor for Fiddy, we should probably keep our eyes open for what’s coming next. No one is safe and we might not be either.