Snoop Dogg’s disdain for the Alex Haley Roots remake has earned him a new detractor in TV One correspondent Roland Martin. The revamped miniseries premiered on Memorial Day via History, A&E and Lifetime’s channels to 5.3 million viewers (8.5 million when re-airing numbers were tallied), making it the biggest miniseries audience in more than three years.
But the legendary rap star didn’t have a fuck to give on the matter. He inadvertently gave the show promotion by blasting it ahead of its spectacular opening.
“I can’t watch no mo’ mothafuckin’ Black movies with niggas getting dogged out,” Snoop said on Instagram before citing 12 Years a Slave and Underground as other means of edutainment he couldn’t get jiggy with. Martin, however, took issue with Snoop’s issues.
“So @SnoopDogg is demanding films showing successful Blacks, yet in 75 Hollywood credits, the closest he’s done is Soul Plane. Really?” Martin tweeted. “If @SnoopDogg wants to show movies with successful Blacks, then when will he actually play one? Produce one? Finance one? Direct one? #Roots. On IG, @SnoopDogg says he’s a “real nigga.” But in @RootsSeries, when #KuntaKinte was called a nigger, he said, “I’m a mandinka warrior. Maybe if @SnoopDogg bothered to watch @RootsSeries, he would see the Mandinka warrior and not see himself as slave masters did: A nigger.”
Snoop didn’t directly respond to Martin but he did post a rather telling meme that aligned with the conflict he had stirred up. It read, “The trick is to care about everyone while not caring what they think.”
The social media stir did attract the attention Levar Burton, the longtime actor who portrayed Kunta Kinte for much of the original version, thus, making him the face of the miniseries. He sympathized with Snoop’s stance and even offered to sit down and discuss it over some cold malted barley.
Of course, that’s not Snoop’s vice of choice but you never know. Check out Martin’s full Twitter exchange towards Tha Doggfather along with the others down below.
I agree with Snoop! Let’s make a movie on the real Gods of Egypt or how blacks started civilization. Purchase the Hidden Color series (1,2,3) with the 4th one hitting shelves June 7th. It tells the truth!
The point is that there are all manner of movies made about the holocaust and WWII yet you never hear any whites complain about those movies. They may complain/criticize on how the story is told or the acting or the direction etc. But you will never hear them say I”m tired of seeing holocaust movies. They know those movies serves a purpose. Snoop better wake the f up!
Whites don’t complain because they have other movies about them showing their dominance. The only movies made about us are slave, sex, gangster or sports movies. I’m tired of slave movies, let’s make movies on where the slaves came from instead!
Matter of fact is that there ain’t that many slave movies out, it’s just that when they are released they are very visible. I wholly agree with you about making more movies before the slavery years tho. Problem is that everything that far back is always whitewashed. Nobody cares about facts, they just want to be entertained
Check out Hidden Colors John, i think you will appreciate it! Thanks fam!
Problem is blacks always bootlegging movies. I live in an urban area, and get accosted DAILY about buying a doggone bootleg movie. So, I know what Im talking about. So, Hollywood is not going to produce anything for us, because they dont see it as profitable! This is the challenge that Martin was making to Snoop. Stop complaining about it, especially since he is in a position to help, but doing nothing. Soul Plane, and a porn production company???? And he wants to complain about a remake of Roots? Not a good look for Snoop.
I am enjoying Roots a lot very much different from the original roots. I believe more stories need to be shown like this. I wonder if the “Real Nigga” can stop and educate another black about killing each other when there was enough killing was done with our ancestors.
Snoop Dogg does more in the community than the Roots series! Lol Just worry about what YOU’RE doing for the community…how many killings have YOU stopped?
Blacks enslaved Whites First . That’s why Racism Exist . #Facts When will Hollywood make that Movie . #Truth
On what planet did that occur?
racisim exists because without it, white people wouldn’t exist. racisim is a necessity for the survival of the white race, without a system in place to maintain white supremacy on some level, then there is no more white. if every white person on the planet practiced everybody love everybody (what martin king preached) through the act of love making, eventually the white race would phase out because it needs itself to maintain itself.
You do know the black race would be wiped out to right?
You do know the black race would be wiped out to right?
What complete nonsense.
1st off. if that were to happy there wold be no more black ppl bc everyone would be lightskin, and that is not black..its mixed
2nd off.. you’re just going to sit there and actl ike white ppl are the only ppl who did some crazy stuff in this world..like black ppl wernt already slaves before they were BOUGHT and brought to america. slavery existed in africa well before the white man
1st off. if that were to happy there wold be no more black ppl bc everyone would be lightskin, and that is not black..its mixed
2nd off.. you’re just going to sit there and actl ike white ppl are the only ppl who did some crazy stuff in this world..like black ppl wernt already slaves before they were BOUGHT and brought to america. slavery existed in africa well before the white man
What you are referring to in Africa was Indentured servants and being a prisoner of war (among African tribes). It was not the same thing as the way blacks were treated in the slave trade in the Americas!! Don’t be fooled. Indentured servants would be that until their debts were paid. POWs were used as bargaining chips for goods against warring tribes, in order to be returned. You simply cant compare that to SLAVES being killed, whipped, maned, molested, and burned. You must have forgotten that, which is exactly why ROOTS is needed.
Don’t believe me??? Check out the link. No need to respond, just please read and share with others who make the same mistake. Be blessed.
http://discoveringbristol.org.uk/slavery/people-involved/enslaved-people/enslaved-africans/africa-slavery/
funny to be bec snoop kept saying ‘ they ‘… ‘they’ want to keep showing us as slaves, ‘they’ dont want us to forget..obviously implying white people..but look at this plot twist..black directors and producers..
kunta was made up, alex haley had to settle with that white man for almost 700K, he took hella shit from that book called the african. he did trace his family tree but honestly before dna how far back could you go? you negros believe this slave shit like the gospel, yes some slaves came from africa but most of them was already here, before the so called white man, it’s easy to take your crib if I make you believe this aint your house…. get up on that my negus.
Historical films are always embellished for a more dramatic effect in Hollywood. Why does black film have to be 100% accurate? True, there untold and frankly hidden stories about remarkable black people that need to put on film. Dr. Amos Wilson calls it “feel good history”. However our experience here should never be forgotten and continued be documented.
I have heard that before. Most blacks in this country today were already here before the modern day slave trade. I have asked elders in my family, who recalls oral history from their grandmothers and mothers. They said the same thing. Im getting ready to do some research. Blessings.
I have heard that before. Most blacks in this country today were already here before the modern day slave trade. I have asked elders in my family, who recalls oral history from their grandmothers and mothers. They said the same thing. Im getting ready to do some research. Blessings.
“The trick is to care about everyone while not caring what they think.” – This is a gem.
Snoop is right on this one. Everyone, from Malcolm X, MLK, The Lady on the back of the bus. Jokes,, (Rosa Parks) They all fought for equality. They wanted the same rights as whites. People learned from what they taught. Look how far whites and blacks alike have changed. Times have defiantly changed they would be proud of the changes they helped make. They would not approve to some changes or regression that has kept us from moving forward. Why in a country that has been through as much change as America. Can people not accept change yet? You ever realize none of us should be here. This is not nor was every our country, and yet in still the only people that are not pointed out as racists are probley the Indians (Native Americans). We all came here one way or another. And fight all through life about things that happened before all of us were alive? And as for Snoop. Look at what anyone is capable of doing these days? Regardless of race, we can be anything. Astronaut, President, Business Owner, Entrepreneur and whatever else. The fight is over. This is now the beginning. We are mixed culturally with the new American Culture. We are known white and black as Americans. Not just Europeans or Africans. So reminding everyone how real slavery was. Is part of history. It is something we all should know and should be taught about. But the fact is. It is HISTORY. ITs how we all got to where we are as Americans. If you live in and are proud of being an American, black or white. Then quit being mad at it. you are not being stole from Africa. Nor are you a Stolen African anymore. Just like none of the whites are European Slave Traders anymore. We have made the decision to not go back to Africa, because we DO now have a choice. Whites have chosen to not go back to Europe. But to live as equals to other races. So here we are today. Complaining more now than we did as slaves..? THIS IS TODAY, WE ARE EQUAL AS AMERICANS. WE HAVE WORKED AND DIED FOR THIS. DO NOT FORCE YOURSELF TO RE-LIVE, WHAT IT TOOK SO MUCH TO CHANGE.
When a man does not know his history, he is doomed to repeat it. I am tired of slave movies but they are needed to see by the younger generation. What lead to slavery still exist today just in another form. yes, we all are Americans but we are NOT yet treated equal and do not get giving a few crumbs as being equal. Yes, we can become what we want but there are still struggles to get it.
The fight is NOT over. You are sadly mistaken if you think so. I don’t know what America you live in, sir. The fight is not over when black youth are still being shot down in the streets because they are black!! The same racist stuff is going on. KKK dont wear sheets anymore, they wear cop uniforms and judge in courtrooms. Judicial system issues black sentences for less violent crimes than other races. Executive branch laws are targeted against minorities. Don’t believe me. go visit a prison yard. If 12% of the population is black, why do we make up over 75% of prison population? Don’t tell me you think we are more violent!!! PLEASE dont say that. Systematic racism, perhaps?? And please don’t give me the Barack Obama black president speech. while he is the first known black president, he is ALSO the president with the most documented death threats. So, him being president doesn’t prove racism no longer exists. I don’t know what Snoop sees when he watches Roots, but I see the resiliency and strength of black people. It makes me proud, not to be descendants of slaves, but of warriors who did not give up. Truth is, black people today are the ones who have given up. Given up their history, their story, and their pride…This is proven with quotes like “It is history”. Open your eyes and take a look around you. I urge you to take a sociology class or social work course in school. It will break everything down for you better than I could. Peace.
The fight is NOT over. You are sadly mistaken if you think so. I don’t know what America you live in, sir. The fight is not over when black youth are still being shot down in the streets because they are black!! The same racist stuff is going on. KKK dont wear sheets anymore, they wear cop uniforms and judge in courtrooms. Judicial system issues black sentences for less violent crimes than other races. Executive branch laws are targeted against minorities. Don’t believe me. go visit a prison yard. If 12% of the population is black, why do we make up over 75% of prison population? Don’t tell me you think we are more violent!!! PLEASE dont say that. Systematic racism, perhaps?? And please don’t give me the Barack Obama black president speech. while he is the first known black president, he is ALSO the president with the most documented death threats. So, him being president doesn’t prove racism no longer exists. I don’t know what Snoop sees when he watches Roots, but I see the resiliency and strength of black people. It makes me proud, not to be descendants of slaves, but of warriors who did not give up. Truth is, black people today are the ones who have given up. Given up their history, their story, and their pride…This is proven with quotes like “It is history”. Open your eyes and take a look around you. I urge you to take a sociology class or social work course in school. It will break everything down for you better than I could. Peace.
Snoop is NOT right on this…
They want the Black Youth to forget they were slaves in this country so everybody can be on an even playing field.
The problem w/ that is that it can’t be an even playing field after 400+ years of being slaves. #NeverForget
it’s not about feel good history, plus everyone has a right to create whatever they deem as their form of art. nothing wrong with going in depth showing the history of black people in this country in those times. this isn’t a perfect world especially when you’re talking about the film industry, thats why people like snoop should help fund some movies that balance out the so called black historical perspective in america and throughout the world, but it’s easy for me to sit here and talk about what somebody else should be doin.
why does anyone care what snoop thinks?
snoop dogg has been shown up here so all he can respond with is an image.
If you don’t care what people think then you can’t care about people.
I believe Roland Martin is missing the bigger point…Snoop DOES catch flack for his ‘entertainment’ so nobody wants it on network television BUT if it’s slave related it’s very well promoted and ran on like 6 different channels at once! Straight Outta Compton was a bio flick and these slave programs aren’t! Kunta Kinte is a fictional character that for some reason people feel we should embrace as Black Americans. Snoop is allowed to not like that genre of entertainment just as Mr.Martin could disagree with Snoop’s genre of entertainment…liking/making or acting in slave movies doesn’t make you more righteous of a Black American,it just means you’re entertained by them
Tired of all those slave, Butler and Oprah racial movies. The sisters and white folks love them. BTW, Kunta was a real person. Roots is Alex Hayley’s family tree.
Tired of all those slave, Butler and Oprah racial movies. The sisters and white folks love them. BTW, Kunta was a real person. Roots is Alex Hayley’s family tree.
Tired of all those slave, Butler and Oprah racial movies. The sisters and white folks love them. BTW, Kunta was a real person. Roots is Alex Hayley’s family tree.
You a ignorant bitch nigga roots is great!
You a ignorant bitch nigga roots is great!
RNS indeed…