From Lionsgate Sound, the Award-winning Podcast Studio behind the Chart-Topping Podcast “Scamanda,” Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s G-Unit Audio and iHeartPodcasts, the New Season Further Unravels the Story of the Flores Twins and the Fallout of Their Actions
Los Angeles, CA - September 19, 2023 – After billions of dollars and thousands of decisions made over decades as powerful drug traffickers, Jay and Pete Flores are now free and living a new life, but their incredible story is not over. Every time the twin brothers seem to turn a corner, the consequences of their decision to cooperate with law enforcement come back to haunt them. It was not just their lives that were turned upside down by their decision, but their whole families’ – including the twins’ wives who are now in the shadow of a looming prison sentence.
Produced by Lionsgate Sound and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s G-Unit Audio in collaboration with iHeartPodcasts, the new season of “Surviving El Chapo” drops October 4, 2023.
In the previous season, available now on all podcast platforms, Chicago-born identical twins Jay and Peter Flores shared the incredible story of how they went from dealing $2 billion worth of drugs across the country as North America’s most successful cocaine traffickers to government informants who brought down the infamous drug lord, “El Chapo.”
In season two, the new episodes will delve deeper into the twins’ astonishing story and the fallout affecting the people around them after they were faced with a choice: essentially become El Chapo or change their lives forever and cooperate against him. From their wives to their children, their decision to go to the cops drastically changed the lives of everyone around them. The twins will reveal for the first time what really happened during their years of cooperation to get El Chapo behind bars, what it was like to come face-to-face with the powerful drug lord, in court, and their rocky 14-year prison journey.
HOSTS: Award-winning artist and producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and broadcaster and investigative journalist Charlie Webster serve as executive producers and co-hosts of this podcast.
WHEN: The new season of the podcast premieres October 4 with new episodes dropping weekly on Wednesdays.
WHERE: “Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down a Drug Lord” is distributed by iHeartPodcasts and will be available on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere podcasts are heard.
About Lionsgate Sound
Lionsgate Sound is the newly-formed audio division of global content leader Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B). The full-service podcast production company handles podcast production for Lionsgate’s film & television businesses while also overseeing all elements of podcast production for third party clients. Lionsgate company Pilgrim Media Group – headed by Emmy and Peabody Award-winning producer Craig Piligian – is a minority owner in Lionsgate Sound and handles the day-to-day operations of the group. The company aims to tell unforgettable stories; amplify, empower, and advocate for unique and diverse voices; and engage listeners in compelling, fearless, heartfelt, humorous, relevant, and inventive new ways. Lionsgate’s film, television, subscription, and location-based entertainment businesses are backed by an 18,000-title library and a valuable collection of iconic film and television franchises, making this division unique in its ability to scale its audio offerings across a broad range of scripted and unscripted content.
G-Unit Film & Television
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has carved out a thriving television and film career as both a best in class producer and star. In 2005, he founded G-Unit Film & Television, Inc. which has produced a wide variety of content across numerous platforms and sold a myriad of shows to various networks. Among these is the critically-acclaimed #1 show on Starz, “Power,” in which he not only co-starred in but also served as executive producer and director. In October 2018, Jackson and Starz/Lionsgate closed an unprecedented deal for Jackson’s G-Unit Film & Television, Inc. The partnership, touted as among the most significant deals to date for an Executive Producer in premium television has successfully focused on expansion of the “Power” universe with spin-offs ‘’Power Book II: Ghost,’’ “Power Book III: Raising Kanan,” and “Power Book IV: Force.” G-Unit Film & Television also produced the ABC hit, “For Life” and recently wrapped production on season two of the hit series, “Black Mafia Family” for Starz and is set to release the “Black Mafia Family” Docuseries. G-Unit is also in development on the scripted series “Queen Nzinga” at Starz. Slated to air in November from G-Unit Film & Television is “Hip Hop Homicides” at WeTV. Jackson is also expanding into the podcast space through his new G-Unit Audio banner with the upcoming release of “Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down a Drug Lord” in partnership with iHeart Media and Lionsgate Sound. The company is also building out its feature slate, starting with a three picture Horror deal as a collaboration with Horror phenom Eli Roth and 3BlackDot.
