50 Cent Runs Out Of Talentless Friends, Plans MTV Reality Show To Find More

anthonyjmiccio | May 29, 2008 11:30 am

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Ish Entertainment, the folks behind T.I.’s upcoming docuseries Crime Doesn’t Pay, But This Does, is also joining with MTV to bring us “a hip-hop Apprentice” hosted by 50 Cent. Are You The Next Questionably Charismatic Hip Hop Mogul? will feature a house full of contestants lifting weights, wearing purple blouses, thinking up brand names and networking, networking, networking in hopes of winning a bottle of Vitamin Water and getting to be part of an XXL cover story titled “G-Unit: Return Of The Champions.” What will 50 Cent’s variation on “you’re fired” be? “You’re out of da club?” “Kill yourself?” “I hear Black Wall Street Entertainment is hiring?”

Ish Entertainment is behind the untitled 50 Cent show, which will center on 16 contestants as they live together and compete in challenges that relate to street savvy and business smarts. Show – kind of a hip-hop ‘Apprentice’ – will end each week with 50 Cent narrowing his search. Ish’s Michael Hirschorn, Stella Stolper and Chris Choun exec produce with 50 Cent and Chris Lighty. Eight episodes have been lined up.

Diddy, the original murmuring hip-hop mogul, is getting ready for Making The Rock Band, a guitar-conscious spin off of Making The Band in which Diddy, as well as guest stars along the lines of Travis Barker, Dave Navarro, Pete Wentz, and Scott Ian, will search for the new Fuzzbubble.

50 Cent Joins MTV For Mogul Search [Variety]

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