Like father, like son indeed.
Shilo Sanders is set to portray his father, Deion Sanders, in a scene during the season three finale of 50 Cent’s Starz series, “BMF.” This special episode, airing Friday, will feature the University of Colorado football standout as a young ‘Coach Prime’ from the early ’90s.
Celebrating this casting, Deion Sanders, now coaching at the University of Colorado, expressed his pride on Instagram: “Season 3 Episode 10 guess who’s playing a Young PRIME! I’m so proud of [Shilo] he did the Doggone THANG!”
He further commented, “Good Lawd the SANDERS boys are exercising all the gifts that GOD gave them and having fun living this life that we only get 1 shot at.”
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“BMF,” executive produced by rapper 50 Cent, dramatizes the real-life story of Demetrius ‘Big Meech’ Flenory and his brother Terry ‘Southwest T’ Flenory, who established one of the most formidable crime families in American history. Their story intersects with Deion Sanders during his tenure with the Atlanta Falcons in the early ’90s, when Meech was a frequent visitor to Deion’s Atlanta club, ‘Prime Time 21,’ named after Sanders’ nickname and jersey number.
To ensure historical accuracy, showrunner Heather Zuhlke made the thoughtful decision to cast Shilo as a young Deion. Similarly, the role of Meech is played by his real-life son, emphasizing authenticity in the portrayal of these historical figures.
In a heartfelt social media post, Deion shared an image of Shilo dressed in a black fedora and several silver chains on the set of “BMF,” writing, “I’m so PROUD OF YOU SON! Wow Wow Wow! Those Sanders Ain’t playing baby. You Played Daddy Dawg! … I’m so PROUD PROUD PROUD!!!!”
