Raising Kanan is must watch TV
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If you watched Power...you already know, but this shit is great even if you don't know about the Power Universe. I think that it's on track to actually be better than Power and Kanan's moms can get the vitamin D.
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@crackabydagram I watched the first 2 episodes.. itās not bad. I watched all of power, and book of power too. But when it comes to these gangsta tv showsā¦ my favorite is SnowFall.
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@hollygrovemikey Snowfall is nice, but I don't like that the real Rick Ross wasn't compensated for a show based on his life.
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@crackabydagram i wish singleton wouldāve involved Ross more, but when you look at Franklin saints story and Freeway ricks life, the 2 are not even close to similar other than being the biggest crack dealers of that era and Iran contra/cia connection. Saints character is essentially created from scratch in every other way. Rick Ross used to dress like a bum, people thought he was a crackhead. I like they didnāt completely rip off his entire story.
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@12th true, but mans got fucked still by Singleton and Rick Ross the rapper imo. Singleton at least offered Rick a position as a "writer" because he was running out of new ideas....from what I've heard anyway.
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i really enjoyed book 2 since im a big tariq fan lmao so ill def tune in
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@ogxsuave the first two episodes have been fire and Starz has already renewed it for a second season.
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@crackabydagram I love both but i agree they hoed Freeway
I got power over snowfall in general tho and both over the wire
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@crackabydagram i agree, but tbhā¦that nigga deserves no compensation. His compensation was the millions he made tearing up entire families. When you in the streets, you understand thatās your compensationā¦what you made is what you get. There shouldnāt be a legal check when you were doing something you knew was morally wrong. Thatās like saying Ted bundy deserves to be compensated for his life story. Iām sure on the low low, he stashed some breadā¦i would hope he did. If he came home broke after making a million or more a week and didnāt stash some shit way off in the cut? Mans was trippin
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@12th lol I disagrees w that heavily g
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@12th that also doesn't give others the right to make millions off of your name, likeness, and life story. Rick Ross and Singleton are the NCAA. Lmmfao
My man did his bid and deserves compensation from others making money off of him imo.
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@rodsquad disagree with what? You think a nigga should be given money after he flooded the black community with crack? How does that even make sense?
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@crackabydagram Rick Ross the rapper? Maybeā¦i can agree on that. Heās using a persons whole name and persona to get rich.
But Franklin saint is nothing like Freeway Rick, not even his likeness. That story isnāt Freeway ricks, thatās the story of the crack era in America. Freeway Rick is a part of the story, but he isnāt the whole story. Thereās other players that were involved that arenāt even mentioned, dudes who were just as pivotal to the rise of the crack era as Freeway. That story belongs to America, not him. The CIA isnāt being compensated, so why should he? If we start saying niggas like this should be given money for shit like that, that creates a slippery ass slope.
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@12th I agree with you as far as the show strays away from Rick Ross story, but itās definitely an influence and as far as compensation at the end of the day business is business for everyone. If someone capitalizes off of your story and makes millions.. you definitely deserve to get paid rather youāre a dope dealer, crack head, or a lawyer. If they stole parts of his life and recreated it then they should pay him. As @CrackaByDaGram he did his bid and paid his restitution.
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@hollygrovemikey so let me ask you this, If i rape and murder your mom or your sister, it becomes national news and people are interested in the story and they make a movie off of itā¦.you would be cool with me profiting off your families despair?
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@12th no I would not be cool with it, but if some major film company decides to make a movie or documentary of this event. Then yeah youāre going to get paid and my family will be paid for them adapting this tragedy to the big screenā¦ but honestly no money in the world would allow me to let a film company reproduce that storyā¦ also I would give you a Bullet before you ever see a centā¦ but Rick Ross isnāt thatā¦ heās a dope dealer
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@hollygrovemikey thatās exactly what Iām saying, if he deserves to be compensated then he should have to split that money with all the families he affected right? Arenāt they apart of the story too? Shouldnāt the millions upon millions who got hooked be compensated? What about the crack babies? What about all the neighborhoods? Only he should get cashed out? whereās the line drawn? Like i saidā¦this isnāt a normal story, shits a slippery slope. I got family who was addicted to crack all through that eraā¦they should get a check too. But this is the streets, you eat what you killā¦.niggas know what time it is.
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@hollygrovemikey said in Raising Kanan is must watch TV:
Rick Ross isnāt thatā¦ heās a dope dealer
Nigga what you think a dope dealer is? I aināt trying to villanize him as a person now, or even then. I respect the game and understand that it is what it is. but this idea that you should be cashed out legally for shit you did illegally is kinda crazy to me. Murder, rape, trappin, etcā¦itās all destructive, no matter how much we try to compartmentalize or label it. I got more respect for hustlers than any other kind of underworld person, but Iām also not blind to the fact of what the actions create. Like i said, the shits a slippery slope. If heās to be compensated, EVERYONE affected should be compensated from his money too. Tell that nigga make his own movie if he wants to get paid, donāt nobody owe that man Shit.
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@12th I understand where youāre coming from. But i still feel they should only get compensated if their story is told or likeness is used imo. But this isnāt Rickās orHollywoodās burden to fix. Itās the government. Government needs to make sure they aid Impoverished communities where crack hit hardest. They just turn a blind eye to it.
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@hollygrovemikey his story isnāt being told though, and thatās from his own mouth. He said snowfall is nothing like his life and he wished that singleton wouldāve consulted with him to give it more historical accuracy. He said not 1 episode mirrors his life. Essentially they used his story as a skeletal frame and fleshed out a completely new life and story line. So in the end he canāt be compensated because snowfall has nothing to do with him, as much as it does the start of the crack epidemic.
Thatās the reason why his case was thrown out of court with Rick Ross the rapper. They couldnāt prove that having a beard and rapping about selling drugs was stealing his likeness. Rappers use other peoples names all the time. It was just a faulty case.
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@12th I didnāt know he loss the case against Rick Ross. He shouldāve won that. Thatās crazy
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@hollygrovemikey how could he? You know how many niggas have beards and sold drugs? He just used a name, just like Nas goes by Escobar, Daz goes by Dillinger, AZ goes by Sosa, 50 cent is based off a real stick up kid.
You really canāt use that shit in court because none of those names are trademarked. Gangstas arenāt thinking āman one day a rapper might use my name, i better trademark my shit so i can get paid once they doā
Look at Griselda records, their entire label is named after Griselda blanco. Her family canāt sue, thereās no trademark for it.
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@crackabydagram you watch Godfather of Harlem yet? This show is elite too
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@hollygrovemikey not yet, but it's on the list.
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@crackabydagram definitely check it out.
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Just caught up on this yāall should watch the chi as well itās not as good but itās pretty cool
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@ogxsuave I watched all of the chi, all of power, all of snow fall, and Iām caught up on raising Kanan. Wutang season 2 comes in September yall may want to watch that too
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im on the last season of the chi pretty good show but somethings i cant understand they just killed characters for no reason
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@errolzzz well one character got killed off because he was sexually harassing other actresses the other left cause he didnāt wanna be in a relationship on screen with someone lmao
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@ogxsuave lmao wtf
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@hollygrovemikey I watch The Chi and the first season of Wu-Tang was good af.
The cat that played Brandon was accused of sexual harassment by the chick that played his gf, Erica. Then after they took action and fired him she still left the show. Smdh
I couldn't stand her boujee ass character anyway. Straight dogged him out to her friends and then put on that front like she was ride, or die.
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I love Raising Kanan as a power fan, but admittedly it feels like a Snowfall clone
It hasnāt picked up fully yet but Iām not EXTREMELY impressed as I thought
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@crackabydagram yep thatās exactly what happened. The actor yāall talking about is Jason. He played Ez E in NWA b4 the chi
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@hollygrovemikey aye man I know itās your homie but he had multiple sexual assault cases sent to him by Hr and by more than one women on set
Idk the story but yea
Also the Reggie Character left cause he didnāt wanna have a relationship on screen to the transgender character
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@ogxsuave said in Raising Kanan is must watch TV:
Also the Reggie Character left cause he didnāt wanna have a relationship on screen to the transgender character
Lmao nah how I didnāt know all this shit
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@errolzzz yea man lmao shit just changed pretty much the light skin chick left the set cause of what she said not saying itās true itās just what she said so Iām inclined to believe sumn was going on cause no way so one just leaves a role of a topāishā show , the Brandon thing pretty much was the 2nd biggest plot
Of the series with that gone a bunch of ppl lost their job lmao HR and the writers handled it terribly if you ask me no way āmultipleā complaints from various ppl should get swept -
@ogxsuave itās always more to the story. I was about to post something, but you never know who lurking the net. They legally donāt speak about that incident and itās not my place to talk on it.
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@errolzzz said in Raising Kanan is must watch TV:
@ogxsuave said in Raising Kanan is must watch TV:
Also the Reggie Character left cause he didnāt wanna have a relationship on screen to the transgender character
Lmao nah how I didnāt know all this shit
Niggas made a whole nother character out of nowhere
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@hollygrovemikey I feel it you right always 2 sides maybe even 3
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@ogxsuave always 3. First party, second party, and then the actual truth.
The dude that played Reggie was just a local Chicago cat too.
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Holy shit yes they said ghost aināt dead I cant wait to see this shit lol
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@errolzzz lol the second Power series is called Power Book 2: Ghost
They just dropped a teaser earlier today
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You niggas watching power book force lmao i watching this shit rn and it looks lit already
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Tommy is one of the greatest actors I ever watched this nigga just fit every role
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@crackabydagram said in Raising Kanan is must watch TV:
If you watched Power...you already know, but this shit is great even if you don't know about the Power Universe. I think that it's on track to actually be better than Power and Kanan's moms can get the vitamin D.
I have no idea what you are talking about.
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@crackabydagram said in Raising Kanan is must watch TV:
If you watched Power...you already know, but this shit is great even if you don't know about the Power Universe. I think that it's on track to actually be better than Power and Kanan's moms can get the vitamin D.
I googled itā¦.looks pretty solid. Iāll have to check it out.
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@errolzzz Force has some of my favactors from other great shows.
Victor= Brian from High Town
Walter Flynn = Chibbs from SOA
Flynn's daughter = Proctor's niece from BansheeThis one has the potential to be the best yet.
