50 Cent’s ‘Behind the Music’ VH1 Episode Made Rating History

50 Cent’s Behind the Music episode on VH1 has reportedly made ratings history for the network.

According to Fif’s thisis50.com Website, the rapper’s show scored the highest premiere ratings since 2000’s Faith Hill program. 2.2 million viewers tuned in on Tuesday (October 13), making VH1 the most watched cable channel during that time period. 50’s show beat out other BTM episodes on Lil Wayne and T.I.

The VH1 Hip Hop Honors premiered directly after the G-Unit leader’s Behind the Music. The ceremony, which marked the 25th anniversary of Def Jam Recordings, was also one for the books. It had the highest ratings of the franchise’s six-year history.
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P. Miller aka Master P interview, talks about BBTV

Master P to launch BBTV in 2009

Percy Miller (formerly Master P) will make history as the first hip hop entrepreneur to own a TV Network.

Miller announced he will launch Better Black Television (BBTV). The network will provide family friendly content and include shows from health and fitness, animation, financial planning, reality TV, sitcoms, dramas, movies, responsible hip-hop music and videos, politics, sports and entertainment news, educational children’s shows as well as teen and family programming.

“Better Black Television has been a vision of mine for some years,” said Miller. “With BBTV, we’re spearheading the initiative to meet consumer demand for family friendly hip-hop content.”

Miller added, “We believe TV content can be positive and responsible and still have good ratings with great content.”

View some of the shows that is expected to be on BBTV after the break.
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