the chatterati
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This Racist Promposal Gotta Go: ‘You May Be Picking Cotton, but We’re Picking You to Go to Prom With Us’
Prom is slowly approaching for many across the nation, which means the extra “promposals” have started flooding the timelines of the internet. Some are cute, some are cringeworthy and a lot of them are just generally doing the most. But then there’s that special category of racist-ass shit, and these Florida students (dammit, Florida, seriously?)…
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Nicki Minaj Signs Major Modeling Contract With Wilhelmina
It’s only the end of March, but Nicki Minaj has been busy this year: you know, dropping new songs, not truly beefing with Remy Ma—and just last week she broke Aretha Franklin’s record for most Billboard Hot 100 hits by a woman. But apparently the rapper-singer still has time in her schedule to sign to…
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Master P Biopic King of the South to Begin Filming This Summer
Filming for King of the South, a film based on the life of rapper and No Limit Records founder Percy “Master P” Miller, is scheduled to begin in New Orleans this summer. The story will go through Master P’s life, from his beginnings in one of the “toughest neighborhoods in the country, the Calliope Projects,”…
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Jay Z to Produce Docuseries and Film About Trayvon Martin
On the heels of Jay Z and the Weinstein Co. telling the story of Kalief Browder, the two are now teaming up to bring Trayvon Martin’s story to life via a TV docuseries and film. According to Variety, the six-part miniseries will delve into Trayvon’s life before he was killed by George Zimmerman, and his…
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Netflix’s Death Note Whitewashed Its Main Character; Social Media Isn’t Here for It
Netflix this week released its trailer for Death Note, a film based on the Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, and people aren’t too pleased with the casting choice for its main character. Death Note stars Nat Wolff, a white man, but the manga comic tells the story of a Japanese…
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Rachel Dolezal Says She Was ‘Too Black’ for Her Black Husband
Rachel Dolezal’s memoir was released last week, and in it, she discusses not only how she knew about blackness at an early age because of her grandmother’s National Geographic magazines, but also that she was treated like an indentured servant by her parents and was too black for her black husband. That pretty much sums…
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Howard University Satellite Campus to Open at Google Headquarters
Google has partnered with Howard University to launch a satellite campus at its Mountainview, Calif., headquarters. The company on Thursday announced its “Howard West” campus, which will offer a three-month residency for juniors and seniors in Howard’s computer science program. Although the students will not receive an internship salary (which averages about $6,600 a month),…
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Forest Whitaker to Executive-Produce Angela Davis Biopic
Forest Whitaker will helm Codeblack Films’ upcoming Angela Davis biopic movie project as an executive producer. The untitled biopic will be based on Davis’ book Angela Davis: An Autobiography. Whitaker’s involvement with the film will align with his childhood growing up in Compton, Calif., and seeing the Black Panther Party doing its work in the…
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Slick Rick’s ‘Children’s Story’ Is Getting Turned Into a Children’s Book
Slick Rick’s classic song “Children’s Story” is truly about to become a children’s book with the help of Boston-based record label and premium online boutique Get on Down. The 18-page book, which will feature cartoon drawings that go along with the song, will be released alongside a rerelease of Rick’s 1988 debut album, The Great…