Jay Z has announced his third project stemming from his deal with The Weinstein Company in the form of a historical docu-series based on Nicholas “The Reaper” Irving, the first African-American special ops sniper in the United States Army.
The six-hour mini-series will air on NBC and is based on his memoir The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers. The book describes The Reaper racking up a reported 33 kills during a four-month span in 2009. He also has an AR-15 named after him.
“The series will take a look inside the life of the world of special ops,” a source tells Page Six. “The plan is to start filming early next year.”
The series is slated to star Sterling K. Brown, who won an Emmy for “The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story” and currently appears on NBC’s “This Is Us.”
This is the latest of several moves Jay has made in conjunction with Weinstein. The Lee Daniels-directed biopic about Richard Pryor and a documentary series on the life of Kalief Browder are also in the works with the music mogul seated as producer.
*yawn* Lets do a drama on the first Hispanic sniper too while we’re at it or Asian-American sniper etc.
You ain’t lying. Lmfao! Jay’s resume will just be a bunch of “First Black to (LITERALLY insert anything)” executive producer credits for the rest of his post-rap career.
Go head do it leave jay alone we black and proud
Anything King HOV does is amazing! This will be a smash series, unlike broke ass Nas’ “The Let Down” Netflix series. Can’t wait for this to air. It’s the ROC!
As you can see, he follows Nas. First he steals Nas music and now following him inequality and social injustice on his people.
Nas GOAT
I take it all back! Jay is a culture vulture who does sh*t like this for his own personal gain. I’ve was bamboozled this whole time. And to think that a camel-faced imbecile like this was my obsession at one point? I owe everybody at HHDX an apology for being a constant waste of space all of these years!
You dog face broke bum u wish you could be jay his fine ass got it going on punk
Shame on Jay for highlighting this debauchery. Funk the brainwashed soliders an the old men and women who send them to kill other poor people. Be Peaceful y’all
I had no clue about the first Black Sniper. I’ll tune in. It’s History, Black History at that. It’s all informative. Thanks HOV #Blackexcellence
Jay so ugly even his beautiful wife couldnt save the baby