Spike Lee has reportedly tapped Kanye West and Common to star in a new film about the rappers’ hometown of Chicago.
The film has been dubbed Chiraq and is expected to cover the rampant violence within the city that has made headlines across the country for some years.
Lee has also recruited actors Jeremy Piven and Samuel L. Jackson for his forthcoming film.
According to The Wrap, Amazon Studios has already picked up the movie.
Details are sparse, at the moment, as a majority of the prospective cast hasn’t signed contracts.
The gun violence in Chicago was recently highlighted on the CNN series Chicagoland. Last year, Noisey put together a docu-series featuring several of the rising rappers within the “Chiraq” community.
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Not sure why the powers that be haven’t bothered to clean up that city yet. New York used to be like that but is soft as sponge cake now.
So, if NYC has rampant violence (which, trust me, it still does) then it’s a mess, but if the violence gets under control then it’s “soft”? I’m pretty sure the people are the same as they’ve always been. The gun and drug laws are so strict in NY state, that it discourages people from carrying guns and drugs so cavalierly. The other side of that, is there are people who are doing a disproportionate amount of time for minor infractions that don’t warrant 5-10 years in prison. The problem with both scenarios is that regular, every day working class people, who aren’t on the side of the criminals, or the police, are left in a bad situation either way. You either have over-policing, like here in NY, which leads to a low quality of life due to the stress of having to deal with cops all the time, being ticketed for bullshit, and going in and out of court for this and that. Or, you get thugs running around with guns blastin’ the shit out of each other and robbing people. Either way, the people who are striving, and doing all the heard work, suffer. What’s your solution sir?
what is “being ticketed for bullshit”?
Will this be his first film that’s not shot in NYC? I can’t think of one.
it’s a little late to come out with a movie named chiraq now, although his intentions are probably good. what spike could do maybe is try to find to help youths in the field, maybe some artistic programs, things like that
Amazon has a film studio?
Duh