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Netflix series explores the assassination of Malcolm X

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — colm X has long interested
A new Netflix series is tack- scholars and activists, who
ling questions around the point to the feud he had
1965 assassination of civil with Nation of Islam leader
rights icon Malcolm X. Elijah Muhammad after
"Who Killed Malcolm X?" publicly breaking with the
dives into questions sur- group.
rounding his accused kill- A daughter of Malcolm X
ers and allegations of a was charged in 1995 with
botched investigation. The trying to hire a hit man to
show available now on the kill Nation of Islam leader
streaming service comes Louis Farrakhan. Malcolm
as Friday marked the 55th X's widow, Betty Shabazz,
anniversary of Malcolm X's said in a 1994 television in-
death. terview that she believed
The series follows activist- Farrakhan was involved in
scholar Abdur-Rahman her husband's assassina-
Muhammad, who revisits tion.
the assassination through Farrakhan, who was recruit-
interviews and archives. ed into the Nation of Islam
Muhammad argues in the by Malcolm X, wrote in the
series that at least two of Dec. 4, 1964, issue of Mu-
the men charged with hammad Speaks, the orga-
the slaying were innocent nization's newspaper: "The
and that the real killers got die is set and Malcolm shall
away. not escape. ... Such a man
Three men — Muhammad In this May 16, 1963, file photo, civil rights leader Malcolm X speaks to reporters in Washington, is worthy of death." Farra-
Aziz, Mujahid Abdul Halim D.C. khan was chief minister of
and Khalil Islam — were Associated Press the Nation of Islam's Boston
convicted of killing the mosque at the time the civil
civil rights leader and sen- were not involved. the 1965 assassination. regarding what further in- rights leader was killed.
tenced to life in prison. Aziz Manhattan District Attor- "(Vance) has determined vestigative steps may be Farrakhan acknowledged
and Islam had long denied ney Cyrus Vance's office that the district attorney's undertaken," district at- in a 2000 interview with CBS'
they were connected to announced earlier this office will begin a prelimi- torney spokesman Danny 60 Minutes that his incendi-
any plot to kill Malcolm X, month after the release of nary review of the matter, Frost said in a statement. ary rhetoric played a role in
and Halim had said the two the series that it will revisit which will inform the office The assassination of Mal- the assassination.q

Singer Pharrell is making music on Miami's restaurant scene

MIAMI (AP) — Grammy grandmothers. Favorite have indulged.
award-winning singer Phar- dishes included his dad's Grutman and Pharrell part-
rell may have been fired chicken and pork and fried nered with Top Chef Eu-
from three different Mc- catfish with a special sauce rope champion executive
Donald's as a teen, but that that Pharrell says was more chef Jean Imbert for their
didn't stop him from open- savory than spicy. restaurant, while Pharrell
ing what has become one "His seasoning was what works on the side with a line
of the hottest restaurants in was always so distinctive of food products for his fa-
Miami. with my dad's cooking and ther.
The singer hosted a soul both my grandmothers But the "Happy" singer is
food brunch Saturday cooked like that," he said. clear about his role in the
along with his dad Pha- At Saturday's sold-out $150 restaurant business — he
raoh, a self-taught chef, per ticket brunch at the happily stays out of the
known for his sweet and upscale Swan restaurant kitchen.
spicy Nono Sauce, as part in Miami's design district, "I didn't cook then. I don't
of the South Beach Wine they served platters of cook now," he laughed,
& Food Festival. Growing cornmeal-crusted catfish Grammy award winning singer Pharrell, from left, poses with adding "I love food."
up, family meals were the with chow chow, juicy BBQ his father Pharaoh Williams and nightlife guru David Grutman He has a deep apprecia-
at the Swan restaurant in Miami's design district, Saturday, Feb.
heart of the Williams home, chicken and ribs, cheddar 22, 2020. tion for the culinary arts,
a place to "hear what's ex- grits and French toast with Associated Press comparing it to "the same
citing at your parent's job." candied oranges and am- way I work in music. You're
"Cooking is a reflection of aretto whipped cream. Bryan Cranston and Aar- nightlife guru and LIV club adding different sounds
your parents, the energy, Back in the kitchen, a team on Paul were among the owner David Grutman. and things together," he
the love. Food is a con- of chefs hustled to carry out guests savoring the food on The restaurant has been a said.
nector and it's a meeting Pharaoh Williams' menu, a tropical jungle style patio. hotbed for celebrities, es- "Ingredients are like instru-
place," Pharrell told The As- pulling mini sweet potato Happy to leave behind pecially during the Super ments. It's how you use
sociated Press during an in- biscuits out of the oven and his fast food days, Pharrell Bowl and recent Art Basel them and it's who's using
terview before the brunch. crusting copious plates of opened Swan restaurant weeks, where everyone them. That's what makes
Back home, Pharaoh Wil- catfish. Fellow Grammy and its swanky upstairs Mo- from Kanye West and Kim one song different from
liams was always in the winner DJ Khaled, and for- roccan-themed Bar Bevy Kardashian West to Leon- the next, one style different
kitchen and so were his mer "Breaking Bad" co-stars in 2018 with South Beach ardo DiCaprio and Bono from the next."q