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Keke Palmer To Star In And
Jay-Z’s Team Roc Demands Charges Against Charleston Protester Are Dismissed
Executive-Produce Slavery
Sci-Fi Thriller 'Alice'
Team Roc, the social justice arm of Jay-Z‘s Roc Nation, has demanded the immediate dismissal of charges brought against a protester in Charleston.
Earlier this month, a video surfaced of a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest in Charleston, South Carolina. In it, Givionne “Gee” Jor- dan, Jr. can be seen address- ing police officers with a plea for unity, until said officers approached the crowd and proceeded to pull him away and arrest him.
Jordan, Jr. was later re- leased on $465 bail, but faces a charge of “disobeying lawful order.”
The day after his arrest, a lawyer from Jay-Z’s Team Roc sent a letter to the city of
Keke Palmer is taking a lead role in Alice, a sci-fi thriller inspired by true events.
The talk-show host, actress and activist will portray a Georgia woman trapped in servitude in the 1800s. Her character will manage to travel across 55 acres to secure her freedom only to be faced with the bewildering fact that just outside of the property line the rest of the world has been liv- ing in 1973.
Palmer, a former child star who’s dramatic range has ex- panded in films such as Hus- tlers and Pimp, will also be executive-producing the proj- ect. Screenwriter Krystin Ver Linden take on the real events is what drew Palmer to the film.
KEKE PALMER
“It tackles the harsh reali- ties of slavery and white su- premacy while also offering inspiration and vindication through the story of alice’s journey," said Palmer.
JAY-Z
Charleston, calling for the charges to be dismissed and for the officers involved to be reprimanded.
“Here one sees a single pro- tester – who does not threaten, provoke or even ap- proach the dozens of armed police officers facing him, kneeling peacefully and ex- pressing his well-justified
GIVIONNE JORDAN, JR.
grief – hauled away from his fellows and unceremoniously arrested by multiple officers,” wrote Team Roc lawyer, Jor- dan Siev. “A more clear-cut violation of this protester’s First Amendment rights could hardly be imagined.”
He added: “It is our under- standing that this is not an isolated incident.”
zBeyoncé And Jay-Z Sued For Allegedly Ripping Off Jamaican Dancer On
'Black Effect' Song
BEYONCE AND JAY-Z
Dr. L’Antoinette Stines, a Jamaican multi-hyphenate, has filed a lawsuit against Be- yoncé and Jay-Z for using her vocals on their song “Black Effect.”
According to CNN and TMZ, the veteran dancer/choreographer is suing The Carters for copy- right infringement and violat- ing her right of publicity over the cut from 2018’s EVERY- THING IS LOVE album, which received a perfect rat-
ing from HipHopDX. Stines, who is heard on the track’s opening speech, claims she was never given credit or compensation for her contri- bution to “Black Effect.”
She alleges Beyoncé and Hov asked her to record an interview about her views on love but said it would only be used for promotional pur- poses. After hearing her words used for the first minute of the song, she notes she felt “violated.”
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