Since the announcement of Spike Lee’s new movie, "Chi-Raq" Chicago natives from Mayor Rahm Emanuel to rappers Rhymefest and King Louie have announced their disapproval of how the New York-native is addressing black-on-black gun violence in the city's South side.
Chicago born artist Chance the Rapper tweeted earlier this week that the film is "exploitative and problematic". He went on to tweet, "Let me be the one from Chicago to personally tell you we not supporting this film out here. That shit get ZERO love out here. Shit is goofy and it's a bunch of ppl from NOT around here telling u to support that shit. The people that made that shit didn't do so to "Save Lives". It's exploitive and problematic."
Chance went on to discuss the film's plot, which features women participating in a sex strike in an effort to stop gun violence in the city, calling it offensive to any mother who has lost a child to gun violence.
"The idea that women abstaining from sex would stop murders is offensive and a slap in the face to any mother that lost a child here. You don't do any work with the children of Chicago, You don't live here, you've never watched someone die here. Don't tell me to be calm."
Last month Lee responded to people who criticized him for making a film about Chicago to "rednecks" from the South during the Civil Rights Era.
"That sounds like those redneck crackers in the South. When Civil Rights people come down to Mississippi or Alabama, 'These rabble rousers come down here,'" Lee said during an appearance on "Windy City LIVE."
"'We know how to treat our Negroes good. We don't need nobody else come up there tell us how to work with our Negroes.' Same type of mentality. And then here's another thing, people are saying, 'You've never shown New York in a bad light,'" he added. "People are talking stuff that have never seen my films. Go back to 'Clockers.' 'Clockers' is 100 percent about black men killing black men. But a lot of people are judging the film on a two minute and 30-second trailer."
Chi-Raq opened in 305 theaters and raked in $1.2 million during it's opening weekend, which landed the film at #13 on the Box Office List.
By Devon Pyne for RAPstation.com
Chance The Rapper says Chi-Raq is Exploitative and Problematic
Since the announcement of Spike Lee’s new movie, "Chi-Raq" Chicago natives from Mayor Rahm Emanuel to rappers Rhymefest and King Louie have announced their disapproval of how the New York-native is addressing black-on-black gun violence in the city's South side.
Chicago born artist Chance the Rapper tweeted earlier this week that the film is "exploitative and problematic". He went on to tweet, "Let me be the one from Chicago to personally tell you we not supporting this film out here. That shit get ZERO love out here. Shit is goofy and it's a bunch of ppl from NOT around here telling u to support that shit. The people that made that shit didn't do so to "Save Lives". It's exploitive and problematic."
Chance went on to discuss the film's plot, which features women participating in a sex strike in an effort to stop gun violence in the city, calling it offensive to any mother who has lost a child to gun violence.
"The idea that women abstaining from sex would stop murders is offensive and a slap in the face to any mother that lost a child here. You don't do any work with the children of Chicago, You don't live here, you've never watched someone die here. Don't tell me to be calm."
Last month Lee responded to people who criticized him for making a film about Chicago to "rednecks" from the South during the Civil Rights Era.
"That sounds like those redneck crackers in the South. When Civil Rights people come down to Mississippi or Alabama, 'These rabble rousers come down here,'" Lee said during an appearance on "Windy City LIVE."
"'We know how to treat our Negroes good. We don't need nobody else come up there tell us how to work with our Negroes.' Same type of mentality. And then here's another thing, people are saying, 'You've never shown New York in a bad light,'" he added. "People are talking stuff that have never seen my films. Go back to 'Clockers.' 'Clockers' is 100 percent about black men killing black men. But a lot of people are judging the film on a two minute and 30-second trailer."
Chi-Raq opened in 305 theaters and raked in $1.2 million during it's opening weekend, which landed the film at #13 on the Box Office List.
By Devon Pyne for RAPstation.com
