Episode 287: Petey McGee on playing Salim on Power: Book II, Talks Tariq, Mary J. Blige, Ghost coming back?+More

Published: July 21, 2023, 2 p.m.

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Petey McGee on his role in Power, working with Latoya Tonodeo, Mary J Blige, Larenz Tate, his acting career, history as a gansta rapper, performing on the stage in Europe, Shakespeare, Tyler Perry, & MORE!

00:00 RealLyfe intro

00:35 Petey McGee intro

01:05 Petey McGee on how he got into acting from music

02:35 Petey McGee on his rap career before acting

03:30 Petey McGee on his top songs from his rap career, his last album and song Run It

05:50 Petey McGee on TechN9ne indie career and Kansas City

08:18 Petey McGee on working back in the day with Morgan Cooper, Bel-Air reimagined music video

12:20 Petey McGee on stage acting vs film

13:45 Petey McGee on which character was the hardest to come out of, Hands Up play making white people cry

15:55 Petey McGee on Shakespeare & relevance today

16:45 Petey McGee on Shakespeare being the first Tyler Perry

17:00 Petey McGee on being booked as understudy on broadway, the greatest stage play he feels exists

19:15 Petey McGee on finding stage plays to go to, Black people having access to plays

22:22 Petey McGee on if he prefers women on TV or theatre, using his acting skills on females

23:33 Petey McGee on Tyler Perry's plays, Hamilton

24:30 Petey McGee on how he prepares for a show by reading the script

27:17 Petey McGee on feeling like they might kill him off on Power

28:15 Petey McGee on how he got on Power

31:29 Petey McGee on being a fan of Power before getting on, Empire vs. Power

32:31 Petey McGee on 50 Cent

33:09 Petey McGee on his Power character and how he feels personally

35:43 Petey McGee on working with Latoya Tonodeo

39:08 Petey McGee on the game Latoya gave him

41:53 Petey McGee on the show seeing something in him as an actor, changing from gansta rapper to square for his career

44:20 Petey McGee on people who don't know about his past and having to set boundaries with trolls online

46:53 Petey McGee on fashion on Power, ranks style

48:17 Petey McGee on friendly rivalry with Lil Meech BMF and Snowfall

49:08 Petey McGee on most epic s&x scene in Power universe

50:06 Petey McGee on Woody getting shot on end of Power, is Ghost dead

51:32 Petey McGee on Ghost vs Tariq and making Ghost a villian

52:28 Petey McGee on John Wick and Tommy

52:50 Petey McGee on if he would go on Tubi

54:25 Petey McGee explains what Screen Actors Guild is

55:40 Petey McGee gives advice to people trying to write a script or put out a movie

58:35 Petey McGee on how he makes himself cry when acting

01:01:35 Petey McGee on Keke Palmer and Usher

01:04:03 Petey McGee on Mary J Blige and Method Man

01:05:50 Petey McGee on Larenz Tate

01:08:08 Petey McGee on not liking a costar in real life but working through it for a show, on stage

01:10:15 Petey McGee on 50 Cent ending his partnership with Starz

01:11:05 Petey McGee on Power always leaking

01:12:24 Petey McGee was Season 4 affected by the strike & do fans affect the show writing

01:14:35 Petey McGee on how he would want Power to end, Tariq story and spinoffs

01:18:52 Petey McGee on what show he would want 50 Cent to produce next

01:21:00 Petey McGee on the worst movie he's seen & Pootie Tang being a classic, Tubi

01:22:00 Petey McGee on his upcoming movie he's working on about Mozart story

01:25:55 Petey McGee on making new music, working on the soundtrack to his movie, working with Tank, Bad News

01:27:20 Petey McGee on when his Mozart movie is coming out, working with Talib Kweli

01:28:29 Petey McGee on working with Monsta Mon, brings him out to talk about clothes as armor

01:30:50 Petey McGee on how he linked with Monsta Mon in Dallas

01:32:50 Petey McGee and Monsta Mon on getting money together, making music in Dallas, doing..."