A$AP Ferg — We Need More Black People Movies
Summary
A$AP Ferg's got a problem with Hollywood. There aren't enough Black movies anymore. He and Kareem run through the classics that defined their childhoods: New Jack City, Do the Right Thing, Friday, even Norbit. Ferg calls out Tyler Perry for holding it down solo but says the industry needs to "shake things up a little bit more." The conversation turns nostalgic when Ferg shouts out Forest Whitaker for producing Clockers, then quickly pivots to his own ambitions. He's making a movie and needs Disney, Tyler Perry, or Spike Lee to call him. It's a rapid-fire tribute to Black cinema's golden era and a challenge to bring it back.
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So what's your take? My take is that we need more Black people movies. 100% agree. More Black people, more melanated people. 100%. I mean, Tyler Perry can't be the only one. His movies is—is cool, but it's like, it's like we need to shake things up a little bit more.
I agree, man. Like when I came up, it was a lot of Black movies. We had New Jack City, we had uh, Do the Right Thing. Do the Right Thing. Friday. Friday. After Night Barbers. Barber Shop. Norbit. Norbit. Norbit was lit. You know who made good movies back in the days? The Italians. Forest Whitaker produced great movies. He did Clockers. Clockers is fire.
What do you think happened? Why did they make all the movies White? I don't know, bro. But like, I'm about to make a movie. Wait, this is a nice pivot for Ferg. I need Disney to holla at me or something like Disney holler at your boy.
What? The Tyler Perry call us? Spike Lee call us? Spike Lee call us?