Latifah took control of her career from the beginning. She and long time business partner Shakim produce or co-produce many of the projects she does.Including Bessie and Equalizer. You'll see their names and Flavor Unit in the credits.
Every actor that had the spotlight had an opportunity to do the same thing, even if on a small scale. including Monique during the Parkers run or her Oscar promo tour.
Picture Latifah sitting on somebody's couch bytching and moaning for hours.
From what I gather from the comments here, Monique is saying the same things she's been saying in interviews for years now.
I think she and Taraji have similar situations, they had the right intentions but the wrong people to execute them.
LeBron James had his close associates apprentice under his original handlers. They got the training and experience to eventually be in a position to become Lebron's handlers.
Latifah and Shakim came up in the music business together under the Flavor Unit.,and essentially they apprenticed under Latifah's manager, record label, etc. Through the years, they learned enough to handle many of the functions of those handlers, and create their own companies and projects. In music, tv, and film industry.
Taraji put her associates in position to do that for her. But they proved to be ineffective during a period when her career was RED hot.
So, she fired them.
Monique's husband seems to be ineffective in his role as her handler, even when her career was RED hot. On the heels of her Oscar win.
Both of them railing against the system seems misdirected, and appears to be frustration with their handlers not being able to leverage their fame/awards into better deals.
but this thread is making me change my mind.
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