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F. Gary Gray Is Highest Grossing Black Director Globally With ‘Fast & Furious’ Franchise
Drake Accuses Country Club Of Racial Profiling During Coachella
After a recent stay at La Quinta, California’s Madison Club during Coachella, Drake is accusing the club of racial profiling.
“The most offensive place I have ever stayed at in my life with staff who pick and choose who they are going to accommodate based on racial profiling #Coachella,” he wrote on Instagram on Mon- day alongside an image of the company logo.
The comments prompted backlash against the com- pany, with many of Drake’s fans tagging the private ac- count of the club to voice their concerns.
Neither the club nor repre- sentatives for Drake have further commented on this story.
Woman Breaks Into
DRAKE
Drake’s House
Just days after the Cana- dian musician blasted a country club in La Quinta, California for racial profiling, it has been revealed that his own home was burglarized by what appears to be a fan merely attempting to quench
her thirst.
TMZ reports that a mem-
ber of Drake’s crew entered the rapper’s home and stum- bled upon a 24-year-old woman in one of Drizzy’s bedrooms. She was wearing one of Drake’s hoodies.
When authorities arrived at the home, the woman in- formed them that she had permission to be there, which she didn’t. She fessed up to stealing Pepsi, Sprite, and Fiji water and although the retail value of the drinks didn’t amount to much, the woman was still charged with felony burglary since she entered the home illegally.
It’s still unclear how the woman was able to get into Drake’s home given that there were no signs of forced entry.
F. Gary Gray directed the 8th installment of the ‘Fast & Furious’ franchise.
In 2015, F. Gary Gray be- came the highest-grossing African-American director of a single film in domestic sales when Straight Outta Comp- ton brought in $161.2 million.
While Compton has since been passed by Jordan Peele’s Get Out, Gray now has the highest-grossing in- ternational opening for an African-American director ever.
The former music video di- rector broke that mark when The Fate of the Furious earned an estimated a $532.5 million box office opening around the world
That total is also the largest global opening for any movie in history, passing Star Wars: The Force Awakens which made $529 million two years ago.
“This franchise is showing no sign of wear and tear,” said Duncan Clark, President of Distribution for Universal Pictures International. “Fate of the Furious is satisfying au- diences on many different levels.”
Vin Diesel, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, and Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges re- turned as cast members for the latest edition of the action flick franchise.
Gray’s filmography also features Friday, Set It Off, The Negotiator, and The Ital- ian Job.
He helmed videos for Hip Hop standouts like Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, TLC, Out- Kast, Jay Z, and Rick Ross as well.
Jas Prince Files 2nd Lawsuit Against Cash Money
Son of Rap-A-Lot founder J. Prince, Jas Prince, has reportedly sued Cash Money Records founders Bryan “Birdman” Williams and brother Ronald “Slim” Williams for a second time.
The younger Prince, who initially hooked Drake up with the management com- pany Aspire Music Group and Cash Money, has been embroiled in a financial fight with the Cash Money CEO since 2015, when he origi- nally attempted to collect on the money he says is owed to him.
According to the new law-
JAS PRINCE
suit filed in New York, Bird-
man has consistently ig- nored any contractual duty to pay Aspire Music one-third of his Drake profits. The law- suit also claims Birdman signed Drake to an exclusive deal in January 2013, but the new contract allegedly breached Drake’s original one.
Prince is no stranger to lawsuits. In 2014, he sued Young Money, which is under Cash Money, for $11 million over Drake’s unpaid royal- ties and reached a settlement in 2016. This time, he’s ap- parently intent on winning again.
HBO Feature Is About Black Woman Henrietta Lacks Who’s Cells Changed Medicine
Oprah Winfrey stars as the daughter of a woman who inadvertently advanced med- ical science in HBO melo- drama.
There's a great story to be told about Henrietta Lacks, the African-American tobacco farmer who, in 1951, had a tissue sample removed, without her knowledge or consent, from the malignant tumor on her cervix.
This one set of cells, nick- named HeLa, proved to be extremely resilient in labora- tory settings, and it revolu- tionized medical research. But while these "immortal" organisms helped give rise to pharmaceuticals that could combat diseases like cancer and AIDS, the woman from whom they came was never given her due.
White journalist Rebecca Skloot aimed to remedy this situation with her 2010 book, a decade in the making, enti-
Henrietta Lacks’ HeLa cells changed medicine.
tled The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. And now that bestseller comes to HBO in a 90-minute adaptation starring Oprah Winfrey as Henrietta's daughter Deb- orah and Rose Byrne as Skloot.
The adaptation will air Saturday, Apr. 22, 8 p.m. (HBO).
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