How did a white guy create a more realistic portrayal of the hood than any black person in Hollywoo?

[MaxPain]

Yea but why are 50 cents shows so unrealistic and hes a actual street nikka

Bc he be trying to gas himself up in all his shows/movies as the ultimate goon so it comes off cartoonish

 

[BrothaZay]

50 Cent’s shyt is basically late night Soap Operas. Their not going for something even half way realistic.


A better comparison would be something like Snowfall. Which is VERY good.

Snowfall is still unrealistic compared to the wire. By alot

 

[Able Archer 83]

Yea but why are 50 cents shows so unrealistic and hes a actual street nikka

1. 50 just provides some money and his name and lets the actual creative types do the heavy lifting.

2. Even if he cared enough to really get involved re: the creative side, I doubt whether he has the distance, honesty, self-awareness, to portray reality rather than a romanticized version. Rappers spend decades building entire identities based on nonsense and bullshyt, even under the best of circumstances. They've never cared about the truth before, why would they start now?

 

[SunZoo]

Yea but why are 50 cents shows so unrealistic and hes a actual street nikka

50 isn't George R.R. Martin nikka lol, he ain't writing the bulk of the shyt for Power

 

[Able Archer 83]

50 isn't George R.R. Martin nikka lol, he ain't writing the bulk of the shyt for Power

Indeed, 50 is a brand, the same was Tom Clancy was/is a brand. Tom Clancy wrote a few books, but just put his name on Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell, Op Center, etc. etc.

 

[SleezyBigSlim]

Because he had a better budget

 

[jwinfield]

One of my exes from bmore and she talk and text exactly like this especially that tew bullshyt, used the get on my nerves when she text me with that bmore accent

 

[MJ Truth]

Yea but why are 50 cents shows so unrealistic and hes a actual street nikka

Because 50 is going for entertainment in order to make money. A lot of Black creators aren’t just in a position to make product strictly for the art over the money.

 

[jwinfield]

Because he had a better budget

I highly doubt the Wire had a significant budget.

 

[Luke Cage]

The Corner is pretty good too

i think he was also involved with Clockers back in the day. The spike lee/Scorsese film

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Snowfall is still unrealistic compared to the wire. By alot

BY A WHOLE LOT

 

[@OffHalsted]

nikkas make content a hustle instead of mastering the craft..

 

[LauderdaleBoss]

Yea but why are 50 cents shows so unrealistic and hes a actual street nikka

I feel you breh.
a lot of these shows have unrealistic shyt though, the difference is the better shows have a way of making the other significant elements such as plot, characters, cinematography, dialogue, pacing, etc....
much better than Power so the unrealistic parts don't stand out as bad. Example...For all the unrealistic shyt that has happened in Snowfall, nobody ever destroyed a whole mafia organization in a shoot out all by themself.

 

[humminbird]

I Know this is bait so I’m not answering
You know why

 

[Juliano Soprano]

Bro this shyts hilarious

He said urn urn an irn urn