Spike Lee released the trailer for his forthcoming film, Chi-Raq, yesterday (November 3). The movie is a portrayal of modern gang life in Chicago and is slated to feature Samuel L. Jackson and Nick Cannon.
Several Chicago rappers took to social media to share their thoughts on the trailer, which they deem inaccurate to their lives in the city.
“SpikeLee exploited poor people,” Rhymefest writes on Twitter.
“That Chiraq trailer look like a Parody,” Lil Bibby says.
When asked for his thoughts on the trailer, Lil Reese says, “No comment.”
“That shit gotta be a prank,” Lil Durk says in a series of tweets comparing the movie to the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton. “The reason straight outta Compton sold like that cause it was real …..”
Ric Wilson wrote a handful of posts on Twitter.
“I ain’t hear ‘Whole Time’ ‘Fake Decent’ ‘Goofy’ at all in the #chiraqthemovie trailor so I’m confused what city they talm bout,” he says, referencing the local slang that does not appear in the trailer.
“Tyler Perry watching these mad reviews on #Chiraqthemovies taking notes like it’s time for ‘Madea Goes To Chicago,’ Wilson writes in another post.
“Watching the #chiraqthemovie Trailor like….” the Chicago rapper posts with pictures of Drake in the “Hotline Bling” video and other memes with question marks.
Chi-Raq is scheduled to release to theaters December 4.
The Chi-Raq trailer and the tweets are below:
Except for girl 6 spike hasn’t let us down. People dissing just give it a chance. I think the reason some of the rappers are upset is because spike didn’t ask them to be apart of the movie.
I’m guessing “Lil Bibby” and “Lil Durk”, etc., only understand the brutal directness of a “Straight outta compton”-type movie and not the layeredness of what Spike seems to be attempting with this.
God forbid they watch Bamboozled.
And many of the citizens of all parts of Chicago can agree with Lil Bibby and Lil Durk’s views because that brutal directness is probably the most appropriate. The trailer seemed like a glamorized perception of someone who has never lived in Chicago’s south or west side.
Thank you for this accurate comment. The stupidity in these comments is disheartening.
Spike does it again he’s already got the controversy going while raising awareness about an amerikkkan tragedy. Sometimes parodies, satire an cartoons “The Boondocks” can be more honest an true to life than some documentaries or flims. Lets hold judgement till the movie drops. Nov. Is Hiphop History Month
From what the trailer has shown, I can honestly disagree with that notion. There is nothing more unrealistic than women stopping crime by refusing to have sex with their violent counterparts, serious gang members in their 50s-60s, and Wesley Snipes’ New York accent. I would’ve rather had Vice do another documentary than Spike Lee use the city of Chicago as the basis for some shitty adaption of a Greek comedy. I really do hope this trailer is a joke coming from a Chicago native.
what DX failed to explain and what all of the rappers mentioned is that the film is a modern interpretation of a Greek play, Lysistrata, which is a satire, and is the story of a women led sex strike to end the Peloponnesian War — or the violence in Chicago which has led to it being nicknamed Chi-Raq.. wikipedia is not that hard to use
This dumb ass bird who wrote this did she do any research before she wrote this misinformed article.its just like a ghetto ignorant nigga not understanding not everything needs to be gritty to increase the appeal of the message.spike knows he cant cant make a movie trying to stop violence BY GLORIFYING VIOLENCE .base minded bitchass niggas
…no we get it. It’s just that has literally nothing to do with what goes on here. Like that satirical plot completely misses that our violence is due to personal issues and not gang warfare. We’re the home of 5 of the largest gangs anywhere… Ain’t nobody taking homeland(s) here.
lil durk! Loads nwa film was fake, most that shit was made up to make dre & cube look good. For starters eazy never sold his house or pushed weed. And they played no vaserline but never played eazy’s real mf g’s his diss. That for starters but point is lil dick so ignorant drives me mad lol.
Yep! They played Eazy in that film. Shit didn’t happen like that? And you’re absolutely right they didn’t play Eazy’s “RMFG’s” and Dre didn’t walk out on Suge like that in the end? Lmfao! Shit was mad inaccurate
The movie was 70% accurate and 30% “twisted”. Biopics aren’t always perfect and it’s going to have its flaws and not be EXACT. You should know by know from Ray to Notorious that like the rest of bios that it wasn’t going follow the history straightforward. Its impossible. I didn’t like how Eazy was “broke” either but I heard Tomica was behind that herself, not Cube and Dre. No Vaseline was more important to show because it was part of the core of NWA and the cause of their breakup. The movie is supposed to be about NWA anyway. You say they didn’t show Real Gs but they didn’t show Dre Day either. Not only would it take up the film but the third act already focused more on Dre and Eazy more than Cube, Ren, and Yella. Adding the beef would’ve made the movie lose focus even more from being about NWA. I hope it’s on the director’s cut tho. We’ll see.
Also, I thought lil Turk was implying that unlike Chi-raq trailer not portraying Chicago “properly” with the crimes, he was saying Straight outta Compton worked because it portrayed Compton/LA with the crimes and racial issues from back the accurately. I could be wrong tho but that’s what I thought he was trying to imply.
??? chicago… hold this capital L
Shut up bitch
Chicago, L-inois
69th & Wesstern
Spike lee knows too well you cant make a film trying to stop the violence BY GLORIFYING VIOLENCE .you base minded bitch ass ignorant fucks in chicago wanted a menace to society ……for what so you can worship it like scarface and go out and try to live out some violent fantasy man foh.the film is a satire musical to widen its appeal and bring attention to the tragedy.you morons.go read a book.
“you base minded bitch ass ignorant fucks in chicago wanted a menace to society ……for what so you can worship it like scarface and go out and try to live out some violent fantasy man foh”
^this
Yep
You pick up a book:
There’s always an alternative to your negative thinking but your idea relies on everyone in chicago being stupid… Not hardly, check our safest neighborhoods, unless you’re in Connecticut, they’re nicer than yours.
Gang warfare doesn’t account for shorties shooting up Brown’s Chicken. That’s a personal issue that someone doesn’t know how to communicate. A satire could easily miss that. You should get a refund on your education .
A simple fucking DEPICTION of the violence, like these one-track-minded types want, is all we’ve seen on the news over and over again goddamnit. Spike is trying something NEW you fucking idiots, as he ALWAYS IS DOING, but they wouldn’t know anything about that would they? All they want is repetition, repetition, repetition. WHY?? For their angry circle-jerk to continue of course. Violence begets violence… or are they too stupid to know even that??? SMFH
There’s always an alternative to your negative thinking but your idea relies on everyone in chicago being stupid… Not hardly, check our safest neighborhoods, unless you’re in Connecticut, they’re nicer than yours.
Looks like everyone here is on the same page. And I like that. Spike knows what he’s doing.
All you out of towners calling Chicagoans stupid are only articulating that you don’t know shit about the Land. This issue at hand is that the violence isn’t the result of something as controlled as gang warfare. Our violence is due to personal problems that stem from social media and petty disputes. A satire could easily miss that and paint the bloodshed as something abstinence could fix when in reality Chicago’s hyper ghettoes are emblems of society’s failures as a whole.
You dumbasses don’t seem to understand the reason people are angry & confused. By the looks of that trailer, life on the streets of Chicago isn’t truly depicted. Spike is simply using the city of Chicago & the violence in the city to put a twist on whatever the hell this movie is a remake of. That’s exploitation. He could have named it something else. He chose to ride the whole “Chi-Raq” wave and go with that name. That’s where he fucked up. Also, Nick Cannon’s rap career has been a joke for about 15 years. Who came up with the bright idea to cast him as a gangster rapper? The acting looked downright awful. You ever see black actors playing roles that are so stereotypical that don’t even sound believable when they speak? Well that’s exactly what it seemed like watching that trailer. Get off Spike’s dick. The great movies he’s made in the past don’t mean anything at the moment. He dug himself a hole. The movie may actually be good but no one will ever give a fuck because the title doesn’t fit what’s being depicted.
Wait till you actually see the movie till you pass judgement. Spike Lee is one of America’s most original and visionary directors and while he has made a few underwhelming films most of them are pretty damn awesome and original. Im looking forward to watching the movie its gonna be different but people need to look a little different and learn what allegory is smh lol
The dumb folks on here won’t be learning about allegory or satire any time soon. They need very simple movie plots that are direct with no subtlety.
What none of seem to realize is the fact that this film is honestly only filmed here. If you not from The Go then you should really stfu about the situation. Lee is a fuckin joke. And he is makin a joke outta my city. I’m not goin to see some NY nigga try and depict some shit read about. Do real research. No the lingo, no where to go, where NOT to go. I ain’t hear about this nigga goin to no hood at all. Then the nigga decides to get Nick Cannon? Don’t lie to people Spike. You don’t know shit about us.
Thank you! F Spike Lee hoe ass! I mean really Nick Cannon nikka?! F out of here with that ish!!
OK you illeterate lost person…you all call Lee a sell out when goons like biddy and keef etc are braging about how THEY exploit poor people. Your city is losing a generation of youth to foolishness and obviously you are not doing anything bout it, so kindly stfu. Read between the lines of what Lee is saying. Black folk always have prime real estate and do nothing with it, and then cry when gentrification happens..that’s what’s going to happen to the east side if the negroes there. Don’t pull their shit together. It happened to DC, Harlem, and spik’s home town of Brooklyn…
Shit look dope..def gonna check this out..what type of response would you expect from cats who worship 16 bars of flash?
Looks like crap.
the film may actually not be that bad but I think spike could have put the film in fictionalized city rather then naming Chicago that is bound to annoy people because people then want to see a level of authenticity I think that spike or amazon doubted people intelligence that they could see the correlations between chi-town and a make believe city or just no one would see a spike lee flick with out violence
The trailer is what looks like a parody? Nah you ignorant ass clowns in real life are the parody, FOH..
Spike Lee just fits into all the stereotypes of black people. He’s setting the community back thousands of years.
Man fuck chi-raq y’all motherf’rs eat spikes dick Chicago got some straight up gay rapping mothrf’rs…not all of them just a few though
That ain’t chicago Nick cannon for real ain’t he from san diego he no nothin about real gangsta shit
Ain’t nothin gay about chicago folks straight the fuck up so check yourself before u get check off
nigga y’all got pussy ass kanye and Nick so y’all eat a spike Lee dick.. pussy bitch boi chi-raq straight gayish in this motherfkr.. come check me blood
I don’t think the movie is meant to be taken seriously, I guess it’s just meant to spark conversations about the issues plaguing Chicago and etc. because it does look like some kind of joke! Might just be one of Spike’s parody movies.. Kinda like School Daze was a parody of historic black colleges that touched on real issues in the community.
First off, Spike Lee has no F’n business doing anything on Chicago! He is Chicago’s number one hater! From the Jordan days to the streets! Lets send twista to Brooklyn and have him shit on Brooklyn, see wtf spike lee bitch ass says.
Those Drill rappers think that the only Chicago that exists is the one they know, there are some positive things going on there, there are other types of artists that do other type of music, and tho there is alot of killing, obviously there are people there enjoying their lives as well.
Lil’ Durk, Lil’ Bibby-Grown man, real men do not have Lil’ in front of their fucking names, the only people who need Lil’ in front of their names are chicks (Lil’ Kim, Lil’ Mama) or 7 year old kids. Dumb fucks, do you know the meaning of ‘SATIRE’ ? Obviously, based on this trailer, this movie is an attempt at bringing serious issues to light. Ohh, it shoudldn’t be about a p…y strike, it should be about a d…k strike ’cause y’all fake ass emo homo gangsters are more into dicks than pussies.
Fuckers.
Clearly everyone on here making comments are not from chicago …no where were theres real issues at least yall mfs kill me on foe nem now what does dat mean??
Anyone else don’t mind that savages are killing each other? I’m tired of these savages ruining shit for all us hardworking black people. Seems like it’s less about the business of drugs (like when I was younger) and more about petty shit on social media anyway.
The reason people from the go are pissed is because u don’t use the Fucking Name Chi Raq and it’s not showing the real sit that goes down in the go you dumb out of town fucks
This movie will be the catalyst that gentrifies southside & westsdie chi-town.