Apple’s CEO Tim Cook has rejected Dr. Dre‘s semi-autobiographical drama series Vital Signs, due to scenes that feature its characters engaging in orgies, doing lines of cocaine and drawing guns, according to the Wall Street Journal.
After viewing the six-episode series featuring Sam Rockwell, Michael K. Williams, and Ian McShane, Cook reportedly told Jimmy Iovine the project was too violent. The scripted series was supposed to be the technology giants first television show.
While Apple has rejected scenes from Dr. Dre, the mogul himself has made moves to have certain scenes from movies concerning his history in the past as well. With his long history of violence against women, Dee Barnes and Michel’le Toussaint are two of Dre’s victims that have had their stories muted in the telling of his story in scenes from Straight Outta Compton. Lifetime’s biopic Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel’le, a film that details the abuse she endured during their relationship, was met by threats of a lawsuit from the prominent record producer.
Apple is pouring over $1 billion dollars into their venture of creating original streaming content for their platform and are looking to keep everything family-friendly and Dr. Dre is not the only creator who has had content shunned by Apple over “gratuitous sex, profanity, or violence.”
The Wall Street Journal reports M. Night Shyamalan also had his content jilted until crucifixes in the lead characters home were removed and Jennifer Aniston’s show with Reese Witherspoon was also directed to tone down the humor.
Chris Evans, Oprah Winfrey and The Big Sick‘s Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani also have inked deals with Apple for their own original content.
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So they just want Corny shows?
Dre , M. Night, Jennifer/Reese will go to Nexflix
DRE SHOULD TAKE HIS SHOW TO STARZ
Dre not even about that life so why keep acting you gangsta Eazy e told the people what was up and we all know what Tuoac said about him
And how did your so called gangster die? The gangster way? Fuck outta here with Dre ain’t gangster. He always said he’s not gangster on records. Always. Listen to chronic 1 and 2. He said it. But if you cross him, he’s got something cool for you. You idiots come in the internet to disrespect legends for some fire. Does some fires make you feel good??then imagine how Dre feels with his awards. Idiot
Get out your feeling pussy
You don’t know what Dre’s life is about.. You weren’t in the studio when NWA formed, you weren’t on tour and you weren’t there during the Death Row days. You just going off Tupac gossip and he wasn’t even from the West and was not around during the early days of NWA. So basically you have no opinion. Dre was young and dumb once too and his life was much more entertaining than yours.
Like you know Dre you clowns out riding for the fakeness out here if you not bout guns and drugs and all that why put it in videos Kill yourself MARK ‘A$$ BUSTER You and any other Fan Fun Boy A$$ Out of here This West Coast Bizness Bow Down !!!!!!!!1
hahah! ‘to tone down the humor’ i like this sht. they dnt like violence and we’re not allowed 2 laugh to much. tf. dey cant tell us how 2 feel yo! fck dat
Can you inform us who your 4th grade English teacher was so we can fire them? Thanks in advance. (seriously, how can anyone’s sentences be this poor in the age of auto spell check built into all devices hahaha).
Unfortunately 4 u I dopped out b4 then motherfucker! (hope i spelt d ‘muhfcka’ right, since u so smart)
this what people want to see ya dig. orgies all day everyday
MASSA COOK AND MASSA IOVINE TOLD BOOT LICKER DR. DRE TO GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!!!! LAMOOOOO!!!! FUCK DRE!!!!!
No they didn’t stupid-man. How about you READ the damn article
Did you read the article? It’s Dre’s own show; why would it be critical of him? Apple’s problem was that it wasn’t family-friendly enough. Seems like Apple’s original content is gonna be lame as fuck if they’re telling Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon to be less offensive.
Come on dre we all know the truth you werent runnin with gangs or runnin yay only powder you were playim with was the makeup you were puttin on your cheeks you fuckin broadway drag queen