Can someone please tell or explain to me why in the hell Chamillionaire is on that list?!?!

How in the hell did he earn $10mil last year??

50 makes more than Jay??

The Game is still making that money. Congrats to all.

******Big ups to 50 and everybody getting money. This list doesn’t not include Jay
********Live Nation deal. Can I borrow a dollar from anybody

Sad how Racism still exists in Hollywood. Really sad…..

Lawdy, lawdy miss claudie.. Where’s Nelly name, I thought Apple Bottoms was still doing big things and that pimp juice stuff, oh well.

DAMN 50 AINT EVEN DOIN SHIT AND HE STILL MAKIN MONEY? WTF? IM CONFUSED

Go 50 Congrats man $150 mil in 12 months is more then awesome!

Jay signed a 10-year, $150 million deal with concert promoter Live Nation which means his $150 mil should be made over that time so yes his Live Nation is included.

The late great Tupac made the list as well! I believe with $15mil in royalities..I found out I was his sister just hours ago…lol…

NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT HERO’S OR LEADERS
THAT AFFECTED ANYTHING OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
AMERICA TEND TO TREAT THE PEOPLE FROM HAITI
LIKE THEY ARE NOTHING, YET THEY MAKE MONEY OFF OF ARTIST LIKE WYCLEF
AMERICA IS ABOUT A COLLECTION OF PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
AND PEOPLE BRING THEIR CULTURES, VALUES AND TRADITIONS INTO THIS COUNTRY
WE SHOULD AGREE TO DISAGREE BUT YET TREAT PEOPLE AS EQUALS
AND RESPECT THEIR CULTURES AND HOW THEY HAVE INFLUENCED HISTORY IN GENERAL (NO MATTER WHERE YOU COME FROM)
I LOVE AMERICA BUT I WAS BORN IN HAITI
YES SOME PEOPLE THERE ARE POOR THAT DOESNT STOP THEM FROM BEING IMPORTANT NOR DOES IT STOP THE COUNTRY FROM ITS BEAUTY AND VALUE

People, comment on this Saartjie Project. I’ve read and learnt so much about Sarah Baartman’s plight ever since J. Dakar posted about her, earlier this year!!! The sad thing is the black female body is being objectified not just by men alone, but look how WILLINGLY and FREELY young black women expose their bodies. Go to Myspace, Facebook or any other social networking sites, and you’ll see COUNTLESS numbers of black girls taking self-photos, with their asses showing out in front or in as little clothes as possible. Sisters, we MUST STOP perpetuating the stereotype which men (black and white) have used to degrade us. We can’t blame rappers for this shit, of these video vixens do it by choice, which is a motherfuckin shame! And furthermore, peep Youtube and the COUNTLESS numbers of black girls uploading booty poppin viideos and shit. That shit is not cute and no one will ever respect you, since you’re broadcastnig your ignorance to potentially millions worldwide.

We wanna be called queens, but that crown doesnt belong on the heads of black women who dont respect themselves.

….Between all of those money makers, they earned almost a half a billion dollars
….collectively. That says a lot about the money making capability of these Black.
….men.

….Now riddle me this Batman. With nearly $500 million in earning power,
…..what substantive effort has any of them made to help promote positive change in
…..the Black community as a whole? I mean WTF has any of them done to help
….their community besides selling jeans, sneakers, downloads, etc?
….Please, someone tell me.

…..Danny G, keep your head to the sky. It’s been a well known fact that neither the
…..European or American nations want the story of the Hatian people told because
…..they were complicit in the barbaric destruction of that nation and its people.
…..You might just have to look somewhere other than Hollywood for that. Maybe
…..you can ask Jay, 50 and the rest of them to help you finance the first ever
…..major motion picture all Black studio.

…..I’ll be checking out that Saartjie joint this weeknd. Thanks for sharing CL!

@color

I was thinking the same thing! How in the hell Chamillionaire come up on all that dough? He’s cool and I figured he was doing alright but he’s doing better than alright!

this list is wrong half of this people aint doing anything so how can they bemaking money. THIS IS A LIE!!!

I hope Danny finds some funding maybe he should hit up 50 for some funds!

Go 50! Congratulations on adding $150 mil to your income in 12 months that is more then awesome! 50 doesn’t do anything? He must be doing something buying brands and talking about buying malls and sealing deals for platinum in So Africa w Motsepe yeah I would say he is doing something and doing it rather well! Diversify!!

Jay signed a 10-year, $150 million deal with concert promoter Live Nation which means his $150 mil should be made over that time he didn’t get fronted $150mil so yes his fortune is inclusive of the Live Nation deal.

The Saartjie Project sounds interesting wish I was in DC for the weekend!

****Ok granted racism may very well be the reason why nobody will produce the ****movie but let’s be honest who’s going to pay $10 to see a movie about a Haitian ****Independence hero???? Somebody tell me- you may want to see it but I doubt it ****it will be a blockbuster movie and no production company is wasting valuable ****money on a movie that will not be a blockbuster. I mean I wish Danny all the best ****of luck but I doubt its going to happen.

1. Funny how we are more concerned with hip-hop artists pocketing dirty money than we are about the fact that those artists seeking to uplift the race (see Danny Glover story above — read it this time! lol) can’t even get a break. DG will never make that list because we’re too busy funneling money to the pimps of our generation to realize that we’re the ones being taken to the bank!

2. As for that list, looking at that much money made me sick. Not because I’m jealous or wish I had it. But rather because….

(a) How much of that money do you think is actually returned to or invested in the black community. My dad always used to tell me, when whites and Asians earn money, it turns over in their communities at least four or five times. What does that mean? It means when a white man earns money, he goes and spends it in an establishment owned by another white man. That second man goes and takes a trip and supports another white man’s business. He, in turn, does the same. Every $1 makes its way through the hands of several white men, and they have more than the latest sneakers, CDs, and pimped out rides to show for it. No, they OWN their houses, establish trust funds for their kids, have several $10Ks and $100Ks as a rainy day fund so they don’t have to live from paycheck to paycheck, etc. They support their own, and they all are better off for it.

What do you think has happened to the money that most of them made on that list? How many black hands did it pass through? How were the ‘hood and the ‘block that these guys represent so hard….how was that made better because these dudes so-called “made it.”

Add up the money on that list (and then even allow for net earnings which will be less) and tell me what we as a community could be doing better if we could devote even a portion of those resources to long-term plans that will do more than teach our young kids how to trick, thug, bang, and grime!!!!

Tupac made the list as well I believe $15mil in royalities…..

I think that its messed up that an actor of Danny Glover skill cannot get a movie made that could educate everybody. People in the hip-hop circle could help out since they are making millions upon millions. You know the sad thing is that majority of comments that will be made today will focus on 50, Jay-z and etc bank accounts.

WAIT….HOW IS EMINEM ON THAT LIST??? HE HASNT MADE AN ALBUM IN FOUR YEARS AND FROM WHAT I KNOW HES NOT WRITING OR PRODUCING FOR NO ONE ELSE.

WHO CARES ANYWAY CAUSE SLIM SHADY STOLE HIP HOP AND HES THE ONLY RAPPER WHITE KIDS KNOW ABOUT. ITS CAUSE OF THOSE THEM HES SO OVERHYPED. HE MADE 2 CLASSIC ALBUMS BUT HIS LAST 2 WAS STRAIGHT BULLSHIT. HED NEVA BE HALF AS SUCCESSFUL IF HE WAS BLACK.

THE SAARTJIE PROJECT is already sold out! I missed it. But thanks for bringing it to our attention. I work in DC and had not heard a peep about it.

I got family in DC so I’ll inform them about the Saartjie Project. I know a lot of them would love to go!!!!! We need to support stuff like this, gain awareness.

$18 mill can’t do the film of his life? Find a black distributor, he should have know they weren’t going to touch that film. I’m sure he’s not really surprised though……..I have a shitr with Toussants face on it and I’m from Guyana. He is really a true heroe. Ireally like indi films, I got the chance to see The Last King if Scotland that was great. I like movies that deal with real history, especially ours.

If people will pay to see Shakespeare in Love or Marie Antoinette or any of those other period pieces, they will pay to see this, especially if some of my Black people get off their lazy ignorant asses and go see it.

********* Ummm and stop sayin “what did he do to make that much money” or “he ********* dont do nothing.” Last I checked people don’t make $150 million dollars
********* sitting on their as*. Royalties, paid downloads, ringtones, record sales, ********* shows, concerts, endorsements, advances, clothing/sneaker lines etc. All ********* all these things are why these men make this kind of money. Their smart ********* and have people by their side advising them on how to spend their money- ********* they invest and start their own subsidirary record labels so that most of the ********* money thats put out in making their albums, comes back to them (and not
********* mostly to their label) Also they have their own publishing companies so they ********* own the rights to their songs.

I see most of the comments concerning the Rappers making money, meanwhile there’s an issue concerning Rascism, and no onw seem to even care. This is why the problem is still a problem

YALL FORGOT TUPAC. HE MADE $15 MILLION. HE’S TIED WITH DR. DRE.

Maybe 50 Cent can give Danny Glover the money he needs.

Pertaining to Glover’s film constructive black films never get support from Hollywood or black movie goers for that matter. But let it be a movie about black people, shuckin and jiving, cooning and bafooning, it’ll be a hit. Why? Because that is what Hollywood wants to see; they want to see black people falling into the stereotypes of self destructive race. They don’t want to be reminded of how close minded, racist and fucked up they really are. What they don’t know is that by them not supporting the positive so called black films speaks volume of how fucked up and racist they really are. So by running away from it, they in part, run into it. “Malcolm X” did not win an Oscar but “Babe,” the movie about a fucking talking pig did. Now you tell me…..

Congrats to the persons who made the list…whether it is accurate or not…

I was lukn for Nelly…but they hit me with Chamillionare nsted…a little confused but just bc u dont c wat ppl r doin doesnt mean they sitn at home eatn tayta chips all day…cuz i aint seen my boo eminem n a decade of mondays but hes on the list…

so again congrats…make yalls…I no imma make mine.
and I live in the DMV so imma prolly luk n2 the event this weekend…
Danny dont give up…itll happen…

Wow, where’s are black millionairs when you need them. I swear for all the money SOME of our people have, you’d think they’d reach out to Danny Glover. I guess it doesn’t matter though especially when our people will most likely not support it anyway. Sorry to hear that Danny. Especially after I first heard about the project and was anticipating seeing it.

there’s no way in HELL that’s accurate. That must be estimate figures based off of some bullshit, not off of W2’s lol..

is racisim new? No it isn’t new and I have to agree entertainment is about money before education so why is anyone suprised? Add “no white heroes” and that equals no funding! It doesn’t make it right but that is the reality…. talk is talk…. doing something about it is much better…. if people want to help get his project off the ground and are catching feelings start a fund raise money in your own communities start with the Haitian community.. why leave it up to others celebs just because they have money ask yourself what are you doing for your community before you start pointing fingers?

Why even be suprised at the few comments about it? Maybe it wasn’t a good idea to post it with the Forbes list those two projects are important and may have served best as separate posts….

@ #15….. Research Eminem’s album sales. People are still buying his albums just like they are buying Tupac’s albums. It’s called royalties. Plus he makes some money off of 50 Cent.

sorry @ #16

with all this money hip-hoppers make, you mean to tell me, not one of these turkeys will fund Danny G. project. Go figure. They need to make a BIG diffrence in the Black Communities thru-out the country!

***As a Houstonian I really proud of Chamillionaire!!!!! I didn’t know he was doing big
***things:)

***It’s really sad that Danny Glover can’t get his movie to jump off. I’m sure it’s not no ***bullshit ass movie. I have faith someone will give him a break and it will be a huge
***success!!!!

people gotta remember that that list was just in this past year alone…
it would be different if it was like richest folk period it would be a diff list

All these black “hero” films Hollywood has witnessed go to the top and they trippin bout ONE?!

Get it together Hollywood - evolution is fundamental….change wit the times

If not for the black people, then for your pockets

I think the audience will be great if they put the movie into production

@#21 & 24:

I agree wholeheartedly. Danny shouldn`t be surprised. Toussaint Louverture was a “revolutionary” who fought for independence for his country and kicked Napoleon`s ass and drove the British out. Toussaint was a freedom fighter and a true hero. The white producers/distributors in Hollywood dare not touch such a story. Like, the story of, Patrice Lumumba of the Congo it`s not their style. You have two revolutionaries fighting for freedom for their people in rejection of imperialism.

Hollywood just isn`t interested. Also, piggy backing off of #24`s comment, if it was a movie surrounding the normal stereotype of us acting a damn fool and shakin` ass it would have no problem being funded..REAL TALK..

The Saartjie Project does sound very interesting. Seems to be something very intellectual and that`s what we need. There`s too much dumbing down of us to even speak off. Consciousness and Intellect is what we need more of.

You couldn’t give me a 50 Cent record or piece of G Unit clothing.
Too bad about Danny

@ dukesman2000 I completely agree. What appalls me is the fact that the producers know its going to be a great project yet still question where all the white heros are. After all these decades centuries even, and white people still think that for some reason they are supreme. That just shows they’re level of ignorance.

Who cares what those rappers are making? All they’re going to do is capitalize off of the black community with their over priced clothing, liquors, energy drinks all the while promoting their shallow destructive music (that they claim is the reflection of us) whatever!, save for a handfull of them, and even those end up selling their souls for the Almighty Dollar at the expense of their people.

* thier level of ignorance

* their. Wow, no more coffee for me today.

SWISS BEATS MADE A 11 MILL. MAN COME ON! FROM WHAT!

THAT LIST IS BOGUS

@ 21, 24 & 34

I am in totally agreement with all your comments, there are a couple of books that y’all should check

1. Making Whiteness by Elizabeth Grace Hale
2. The Black Image in the White Mind by Andrew Roljecki
3.Coon, Mammies, Bucks, and Mulattos by Donald Rogal

If you read all these books together and then watch televsion or listen to the radio or another media outlet then you will see exactly why Black people are portrayed the way they are. Although many black people have the illusion in their mind that we have arrived we still have so very far to go. Some of your favorite entertainers who we view as being powerful are still being controlled.

I REALLY HOPE DANNY’S MOVIE GETS MADE I LOVE BLACK FILM AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT. HOW MANY TIMES WILL CHAVEZ SHOW SUCH LOVE FOR BLACK PEOPLE (HE OFFERED SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS/FUEL/WHATEVER ASSISTANCE WAS NEEDED TO THE U.S. DURING KATRINA… BUSH REFUSED IT OF COURSE!)

THE SAARTJIE THING GOES ON EVERY DAY… ANY ONE WHO CHECKS OUT THE OLYMPICS.. WHEN YOU WATCH VOLLEY BALL OR TRACK WATCH HOW THEY TRY TO AVOID SHOWING THE DARKER WOMEN’S BODIES (CUBANS, AFRICANS, BRAZILIANS, ETC.) AS IF OUR BODIES ARE TOO “VULGAR” FOR TV… WHILE THEY SHOWCASE GEORGE BUSH FEELING UP THE BEHINDS OF THE WHITE VOLLEY BALL PLAYERS, ZOOM IN ON THEIR CRACKS, SHOW THEM FROM BEHIND FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. I GUESS WE MAKE UP FOR IT ON BET THOUGH… LOL

LOL@ #1… HI HATER! I AM NOT A BIG CHAMILLIONAIRE FAN BUT I CAN’T HATE ON ANYONE FOR MAKING 10 MILL… GO 50!… HE HAS MADE EVEN MORE MONEY TO SPEND ALONE (POOR CHILD ALIENATES EVERYONE WHO COMES NEAR HIM). I ABSOLUTELY ADORE JAY-Z… HE MAKES HIS MONEY AND DOES HIM… AS RICH AS HE IS HE HAS NEVER BEEN ON CRIBS OR ANY OF THOSE NAH NAH NAH BOO BOO SHOWS! LOL

That list is what they grossed in the last year alone, not total liquid assets or net worth. I doubt that 50 is WORTH more than Jay and Diddy. More so, the reason why you may see people up their who haven’t done things in a minute are because of royalties, residuals, and record points. Also, ringtones are a lucrative industry these days. Its all based upon their contracts.

Just cause they don’t have a record doesn’t mean they aren’t getting paid…there are a number of ways to get paid in the entertainment industry.

IT’S GONNA TAKE QUITE SOME HUSTLING, BUT I’VE GOT FAITH THAT DANNY WILL EVENTUALLY ACCUMULATE THE FUNDS HE NEEDS FOR THIS PROJECT…WHILE MANY KNOW WHO TOUSSAINT L’OUVERTURE IS, THERE ARE EVEN MORE WHO HAVE NO CLUE WHO HE IS…HE HAS IMPACTED THE LIVES OF ALL BLACK PEOPLE GLOBALLY!!!! HE KICKED THE WHITE MAN’S ASS AND DECLARED HAITI INDEPENDENT IN 1804!!!! HAITI WAS AN INDEPENDENT NATION 61 YEARS BEFORE THE DECLARATION OF INDENPENCE!!! DO YOU REALIZE HOW CRAZY THAT IS?!?! HIS STORY MUST BE TOLD. BLACK PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE HOW POWERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL THEY REALLY ARE AND STOP BULLSH!TTIN WITH THEMSELVES!!! QUIT STUDYING THE FINANCES OF THESE MULTI-MILLIONAIRE RAPPERS AND WORK ON MAKING YOUR OWN MILLIONS DAMMIT!!
AND THIS IS COMING FROM A PROUD BROOKLYN BORN HAITIAN-AMERICAN QUEEN….BLESS

people keep asking why these rappers aren’t funding Danny G’s project. the reason why is these rappers don’t actually keep all this money…they have to pay a shit load of taxes, they have to pay their record labels back, they have to use this money to keep their careers alive! if they were to try to help with the funding…they would reprimanded by the white folks who really control their money.

i agree with some of you that said even if DG’s movie was made, black people wouldn’t even pay to see it. I don’t think he is aiming to make it a blockbuster, but he just wants to put something out there to make it aware to people that this man existed and he did great things. It is a shame he can’t even do that.

I’m still stuck on the ‘where are the white hereos’ comment that DGlover heard from producers…no words, no words.

I agree with many other posts, hip-hop can chip in. Who knew Kanye & Common was banking like that?! Way to go….props to everyone on the list for doing the damn thing and making that money!

All that money they’re making. I wonder if any of THEM would give Danny Glover the money to make his film!! Hmmmmm!!!

The movie would be a great tool for children to understand the complexity of Haitain/African history in the new world. But, in reality Hollywood is right. White America has a fixed mentality when it comes to blacks, and many donot want to sit through 45 minutes of what their race did to the Haitian nation. I’ve studied it, and Haiti is a travesty, past and present, and if anyone knows the history of Haiti, than you know that America and Europe are to blame for what Haiti is now. People don’t want to be reminded of what they done, so they won’t see it. And also, as long as some whites and other races continue to believe that blacks were to lazy to fight for liberation, it’s all good, but the minute reality hit them witht the fact that blacks just didn’t lay down and accept oppression, it’s a hard pill to swallow. There are so many great stories about black people that will never be told because than black people and others will realize that we are more.

And as far as having black stars support this project, well who knows. Glover should ask Master P.

——-That list of rappers should be titled the “Top 20 Satanists in Hip-Hop”. These
——-rappers, especially the one’s near the top, are netting so much money ON THE
——-CONDITION that they will not attempt to flip those funds into anything productive
——-in their own communities. Those guys are flying on auto-pilot. The white man
——-tells them to just keep doing what they’re doing: being hom*sexuals, promoting
——-gang culture, murder, robbery, and drug dealing, and he will repay them by
——-making them “stars” and creating major deals and business ventures for them.
——-For a Jay-Z to open a chain of clubs or a 50 Cent to reap millions on Vitamin
——-Water, they must first bend over, and then agree to promote stupidity and lead
——-their own people into destruction. I saw Jay-Z in the newspaper about 1 week
——-ago standing next to Mike Bloomberg (the billionaire mayor of New York) in
——-some joint venture or operation. The man, Jay-Z, had the stupidest look on his
——-face. Now Ludacris wants to “Go Green”, lol. These cats get trotted out like
——-poodles at the Westminister Dog Show whenever the white man needs them to
——-get negroes involved in one of his ploys.

——-The Danny Glover story is important because it shows that “businesses”,
——-”money”, and “fame” has nothing to do with the plight of black people. Nothing.
——-The people at the top, who control and print the money, have to give these rich
——-negroes the say so on EVERYTHING they do. Everything. Every so-called “rich”
——-and “affluent” black person that you see, that negroes think are “doin’ it”, have
——-sold their souls. Only broke black people, or broke-hearted, think that money
——-will solve a divine issue. It’s not just the money that Danny Glover needs, he
——-must go to the white jews because they possess all the mainstream
——-distributorships. Mind you, Hollywood will never put out a movie depicting
——-blacks, particularly black men, in any form of strength or militancy because of
——-the power in the silver screen. It is mind control. “Malcolm X” also had to be
——-privately funded. I gurantee that if Danny Glover had a script for “Booty Call 7″
——-he would get the greenlight, a script, funding, and a 25 year old white jewish
——-director to helm it.

——–I swear, I love this Danny Glover story. What you black people gonna do?
——–Riches are not gonna get you respect. Lickin’ these white people’s boots is not
——–gonna get you respect. The only option is unity under a banner. That’s it. That
——–will not happen unitl this society falls.

The same nonsense that happened to Danny Glover occures in the fashion industry.

For years, big white runned magazines didn’t show enough black models. And then poof, out of nowhere, some white lady got interested and they decided to feature black models for vogue Italia…and that shit sold through the roof.

The same can be done about Black movies…but instead of the massah giving us a chance, can’t we all just contribute?

And Danny Glover can do this movie without the major sound effects and shit. Independent movie work just as well too! AND Why does Danny need to turn to the white man to make his shit work. Can’t he just turn to the community he wants to portray?

Wow. People in here are making this a racial issue when truth be told, it’s more political than anything. If Danny were to give Hugo’s money back this wouldn’t be an issue…point blank.

JUDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! Can you start a blog? Yo, I looooove when you give your opinion? Call me a dick rider but you always, IMO, make sense out of none.

I agree with some of the comments about DG but big movie studios are in the business of making money, they want huge returns for their investments. I thinke DG can still make the movie he just need to go Independent show it at Cannes and Sundance create a hype or buzz have a big name player (Will Smith i.e) associated with either infront or behind the scene. Talk to Salma Hayek she pushed for the movie Frida to be made because it was her passion. Talk to Halle she pushed for the Dorothy Danridge stroy to be told. He already has half the backing he can do anything he wants to as long as he is dedicated to it. He’s been in the business long enough to know hollywood is still racist!

# 10 Ms Mac

Your comments are on point 100%.

God, I’m just so tired of white-owned corporations not giving black people a chance. The part that pisses me off is people love to cite AA as reverse racism as if “true” racism is completely out the way. I’m just sick…….

DANNY im a fan but i cant agree with you on this one…i believe racism is heavy in hollyweird and most of them folks are frustrated and gay but you got funding for the film from a man that PUBLICLY called pres. bush the DEVIL LOL its true but crackas hate the truth.

why do we always have to see what ppl make each year …im glad they never post how much i make each year whewwwwww!

~this world will self-destruct~

——–@Enigma

——–From what I understand, he has “big name” blacks aligned with the script
——–already. I believe that Don Cheadle, himself, Forrest Whitaker, and others had
——–tentatively agreed to be a part of the movie. Those movies involving Salma
——–Hayek and Halle Berry were not movies that were threatening to the fabric of
——–this society which is meant to uphold and perpetuate white, particualarly white
——–male, dominance and hero worship. The issue is the message. The white man
——–is trying to draw all races together and a movie like this he views as a polarizing
——–force. The only militant movies that Hollywood will bankroll are anti-Nazi films
——–so that the “strength and fortitude” of the white jew that suffered during the
——–”Holocaust” can be exalted.

That Saartjie Baartman story is a damn shame. I wanted to slap the shit out of every Anglo I seen right now. Your bodies are temple black women. And I’m not gonna lie, I’m a man, and I like to see a woman’s body just like the next man. But that shit made my damn stomach turn.

#51

Thank you. I didn’t think the real issue here was that complicated, but whatever…

——–If Glover being denied the money is political, that doesn’t make sense.
——–Hollywood has always billed itself as “liberal”. Most of the top jewish execs
——–are allegedly democrats who allegedly hate Bush and what he alleges to stand
——–for. That being the case, what better way to stick it to Bush than to build off
——–money from one of his staunchest critics? Besides that, the executive said,
——–”Where are the white heroes?”. I don’t care how much you love the white man.
——–There is no getting around that. The political angle is a strawman argument.

Oops..I meant #52

@#40:

I`ll have to check those books out. Also, if you go over to YouTube Min. Farrakhan somewhat speaks on this as well. For those who are interested go over to YouTube and search “Crabs In A Barrel” & “A Full And Complete Freedom”. Two “POWERFUL” vids. by The Min. He gives such a lucid reality of our existence.

Thanks Dakar, I plan on attending on Friday. I just sent a broadcast to others, we need to promote cultural events more often and this is a story that I remember learning about during my AA study days at SU.

My question or comment is that the same issue of parading black women around for their cultural body differences appears to be done now by black men in the hip hop industry and women themselves, its funny how people cannot sing without showing more then just their vocal talentor having black women on display in a video. Just a coment.

Again thanks Dakar.

People can say what they want about Castro and Chavez, but they seem to be down for the cause of Black people. Castro allowed for the Black Caucas to send black students to Cuba to go to medical school. And Castro has sent gasoline to cheap inner cities, and he’s funding a movie about a black hero. Something doesn’t seem right about this, are these two men really the devil?

I, myself, only have a lot of LUV for Hugo Chavez. We are at a crossroads in history. Truth is truth and it is what it is. Chavez refuses to bow to American Imperialism and I applaud him and all freedom fighters throughout the world. Yes it`s politics as well as racism and neither is justified when it comes to the oppressed. Soon we, all, will have to choose sides because the signs are upon us. The oppressed always have a breaking point.

if the reason is political then it’s even more difficult to overcome. Don’t Spike Lee own a production company or something along that line? Maybe if DG let them know he’s trying to be historically correct and there were no white heroes Spike Lee would appreciate and back his film. (joke about the SL vs. CE)

J Dakar the S.Project is sold out.

Hollywood may be primarily Democratic and disagree with Pres Boosh, but there comes a time and place where everyone has to draw the line. Many people in the position to do something refuse to because they refuse to sign on to a project that will boost his already over inflated ego. His people are wrapped up in his Trojan Horse full of gifts that they do not recognize that their democracy is slowly being demolished into a dictatorship. Checks and balances are slowly dissolving in their government and are slowly being replaced by Chavez’s military, which will soon leave the people of his country powerless to do or say anything that opposes his golden rule.

@ JUDAH your first two comments were the truth!

^^^^^ As well as the third.

….When are the black actors and actresses
….going to realize it’s gonna take a couple of OUR OWN millionaires/billionaires to
….come together and start their own production companies and studios?
….Set the ego’s aside and put ya cash up cuz nothing will change until we start
….helping each other out! I’ll never understand why Oprah, Tyler Perry, Bill Cosby
;…and maybe one of those rappers listed above can’t come together and make it
….happen! We remain “crabs in the barrel”…

….”Set the ego’s aside and put ya cash up cuz nothing will change until we start
….helping each other out! I’ll never understand why Oprah, Tyler Perry, Bill Cosby
;…and maybe one of those rappers listed above can’t come together and make it
….happen!”

….I don’t think it’s as much about a crab in the barrell mentality as it is those famous
….people have their own agenda and would want everything their own way.
….Ever heard the phrase “Too Many Chiefs and not enough Indians?”
….If you try putting all those rich, powerful people in one room, someone would have
….to drop their ego for the greater good. I don’t see too many stars doing that.
….Not to mention, famous people love accodales and hate to share the spotlight.
….I doubt there would be a willingness to share that kind of spotlight. That’s why
….Oprah funded her school by herself. Do you really think she would want somoene
…..else dictating the use of her money?

please stop saying what has people done to help the community. You are not them so you do not know what they do. The Danny Glover movie issue is really sad and I think should have been a seperate post because most of the comments on here are about the Cash Kings. That deserves a lot of attention because it shows all the underhanded racisms that goes on in our world that we don’t see. America the beautiful. tsk tsk tsk

What recession?

What recession?

#28,
#9
#53
#77

I think we are all on the same path and thinking the same thing. I hope somebody help fund this project for Denny Glover cause its a great idea. my mom told me haiti was the richest country/island in the world. It had all the gold and oilbut america and europe fu.cked it up. i think someone needs to tell this story.

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The amount of money being made here is incredible, Danny Golver movie could be made, jsut make it on a different budget it is not a story that is going to generate much money in the cineplex, so it is best to just film a great movie with a modest budget or get Chavez to give up some more of that Oil money, but do people realize that the money Chavez is giving for this project is being taken directly from more people of the African Diaspora, the top 10 guys should put 10 million together and firm their own studio, like Our Films with Bob johnson and Tracee Edmunds but actually make movies that people want to see, Judd Apatow and his ilk, make movies for aroung 20-30 million yet reap in 100’s of millions in the box office and even if they did half that, it still would be great, check out http://www.BoxOfficeMojo.com and see how much a movie made and how much it was amde for. And for other movie and film, entertainment and media connections check out http://www.weconnecttalent.com

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Yeah, and the Domincans are enforcing the oppression. I know the Dominicans don’t like to hear me say this but it is the fact. The dominicans treat the Haitians the same way the US treats the mexicans.

@Judah why can’t there be more people like you around. ……?

i cannot stand hollywood and anything that comes out from it for the most part
a bunch of ignorant racist idiots who want to contorl and define the social mentality of people thinking white,blonde and rich is the right way to live. we alllllllllllllllllllllll know that is a bunch of HOGWASH!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m happy they are all making millions - at least some folks can live the so called American Dream.

I really want to see Danny Glover’s film made….the reason the world is reluctant to make it is because Haiti are the only black nation to TAKE their independence…rather than be given it by those who colonised them…I agree these rappers are makign unprecendeted amounts of money…pool it together to make a film that will enlighten and educate people…..+ it will make them money…

I really hope that Danny Glover finds the funding for his movie. That is one thing I hate about Hollywood, they always want to run away from the truth.

Thanks Concreteloop the Saartjie Project is sold out…. I was really interested in going and it’s too late. Please try to give dates earlier

I hope Danny Glover will eventually get the project off the ground. Some people are so ignorant..

Yo 50, can I borrow a few thousand? I’m unemployed right now… lol

Yeah, these rappers better step up their game, dead rappers make more money than they do, lol. But i love my man 50, even tho lately he’s been kinda whack, i hope he gets his act rite.

You guys blame white people for everything… and this is coming from a black/arkansas chereokee male.

I hope Danny Glover finds someone to back his movie

———@Steecky

———Are you really black? The quote from the white execs says it all. It seems to
———me that some black people want to deny that the sky is blue and that blood is
———red.

at #39.Smoothcriminal

they already made a movie about patrick lumumba in congo for the congolese ppl it came out like in the 80s

You don’t make money just by albums alone Post 1! Business, Charities, Concerts and sign on deal with certain companies like Coca Cola, Motorola etc….

Oh boy I feel Danny is feeding everyone some BS. He is not getting financing because the other half is coming from Hugo Chavez and no one is trying to touch anything involving someone who is in bed with Iran and is about as anti-american in his comments as you can get who also has ties to Fidel Castro who by the way Glover is buddy -buddy with as well. Everyone knows hollywood is all about reps is gonna put themselves into anything that would have anything to do with someone who can be considered communist or anti-american no matter how much they respect Glover.

He knows this and should not be playing this card so loosely

What do you mean am I really black? I have to be black to agree with you? I don’t go through my life blaming everything bad on whites/jews. I had more issues with blacks in my community than with latinos,whites,etc.. Non whites need to step up and take responsibility sometimes. Don’t blame others. Yes racism exist… I am not denying that. Blacks degrade each other more than whites/jews degrade us. Throwing around the different variations of the n word, diamonds,etc. Shit… look at rap now. All about flaunting and dancing. I use to get laughed at in school by other blacks because they thought I was acting “white”. I spoke properly and did my work. Shit pisses me off. Blacks need to follow in the footsteps of Latinos. Go to any ghetto and you will see Latinos owning blocks. They know how to work together. I am not saying lets work together and not involve other races. We enjoy living above are means and obsess with material things. Look at Damon Dash, Michael Vick and the countless other black celebs. If I see another little kid walking down the street with a gold grill I am going to lose it.

People always ask me, “What are you?”. I say “human”. I am human before I am American… before I am african american… before I am arkansas chereokee…

We all are human and bleed the same blood. Time to work together as one.

Toussaint Louverture played a key role in what was the first successful attempt by a slave population in the Americas to throw off the yoke of Western colonialism. He defeated armies of three imperial powers: Spain, France, and Great Britain. The success of the Haitian Revolution had enduring effects on shaking the institution of slavery throughout the New World. Haiti became the second independent republic in the Western Hemisphere.

After being captured by the French general Leclerc, on the ship to France, Toussaint Louverture warned his captors that the rebels would not make his mistake in the following words: “[B]y overthrowing me you have killed only the trunk of the tree of liberty of the black people, it will grow back by the roots cause they are deep and numerous.”
WIKI

Can you please ask Oprah to finance the movie?

I want DG’s movie to be made. If this movie gets made hopefully in another 2 or 3 years, my nephew who is just a baby now, will get to see it in the future. I want him to see a movie like this and appreciate who he is and his people. We need movies like this to educate our children and future generations to come. There are so many movies today that are being made and have no point or value to them.
Im not suprised by hollysh*t though. Most of the people working there are closeted homosexuals,anti-christs, whores and racists.
I would be more than happy to go see Danny G. movie. I say, he needs to do whatever he needs to do to get this movie filmed. Stop waiting on the gay white men to help you and just do what you have to do. Make the sh*t work dammit.

Skeeky are you serious? Blacks follow in the footsteps of Latinos? Ha, that’s a good one….lol. Black people have too many issues to come together, they don’t even like themselves so how you do expect them to like you? At least the latinos find themselves attractive and love to celebrate their culture. Blacks are FAR from this, and that’s the flat out truth! But with that being said, the racism from whites, cut much deeper. I think this is what Judah was getting at. Since they own everything(due to stolen money from africa, haiti, etc) Blacks will ALWAYS just be the puppets at the end of the white man’s string. So their efforts to keep the black man down financially, educationally, and spiritually is far more damaging than an insult from some sista!

I really hope the movie about Toussaint L’Ouverture gets produced, he was an absolutely amazing man and his story needs to be told more than any other.

The Saartjie Project is brillant….I’m mad that I can’t see it but I’m glad that’s sold out.

VOTE OBAMA!!!!!!!!

I don’t know how many lists Forbes does, but that Vitamin Water Deal was 07, but they still count it. I put 50 at $50 million. Jay is really the number one because he signed a deal with LiveNation for $150 million dollars. None of them compare to Tyler Perry who pulled in $125 million this year and is being touted at the next black billionaire. Glad to see Black people making money and owning business, it was a long road and we deserve all the success we get. I don’t think racism is the reason that the Danny Glover movie is not getting made, I think Hollywood doesn’t believe it will make any money and it probably won’t. He should try to make the movie for less or keep trying to get funding independently

@15 & 32, BOTH OF YOU sound like complete IDIOTS! Please read a book and learn your history! Yes, I said “your” regardless of what culture or race you claim to be!!

Gil Scott Heron said it best :”THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED” ….because “they” don’t want for ignorant people (who feel like it’s to much use of brain cells to actually take the time to learn the facts) to know what occurred.
I’ll enlighten those who are open to learn:
Haiti became a French colony in 1697. Nearly 100 years later, the BLACK SLAVE population started a revolution, leading a war with France. Hmm…wonder where they originated from…could it have been— AFRICA (a little sarc. for those dummies who believe otherwise) Haitian forces defeated the French soldiers sent by Napoleon in 1803, the same year France sold the Louisiana territory to the U.S. and all but gave up its colonial ambitions in the New World.

**France recognizes Haitian independence in exchange for a financial indemnity of 150 million francs. NEWS FLASH:::::Most nations including the United States shunned Haiti for almost forty years, fearful that its example could stir unrest there and in other slaveholding countries.** HOW YOU LIKE THEM APPLES! Over the next few decades Haiti is forced to take out loans of 70 million francs to repay the indemnity and gain international recognition.

In 1804 Haiti became the first independent black-led republic in the modern world, and only the second independent state in the Americas. As it developed into a nation, it faced civil wars, political assassinations, territorial divisions and tyranny.

It was not until 1862 that the United States finally grants Haiti diplomatic recognition sending Frederick Douglass as its Consular Minister. Please WAKE UP & know that had it not been for HAITI’’s determination and liberation, WE (Black People) probably wouldn’t be who we and where we are today.

With or with out this movie, Haiti’s story will continued to be told through it’s rich culture and pride in being the FIRST black country to have fought and won their freedom from their oppressors! ***
Moun Ayisan’m yo, yap toujour pale nou mal depi tout tan sa! Bagay pa ja’m change. KOU LANGET MANMAN YO!

What do they think the only movies black people support are Tyler Perry’s Coon movies. I mean really it is sad. About Saartjie project I am excited that she has not been forgotten and is now being given the respect that she deserves.

In the words of Kanye, ‘Racism still alive…’ SMH

Jay still making that money

Quit whining about “the white-man” and racism. What about “intra-racial classcism.” I had an uncle who made millinons. Worked my brother and I to death, when we were kids. All he he ever did was take us to Burger King. All I wanted from him was the knowledge, bastard wasn’t giving up shit.
I say this to say, with all the black entrepreneurs, he can’t find the financing anywhere. The game any Hollywood is what it is. Ya think he’ll get a dime now. Quit whining, black folks. People like Jesse and Al Sharpton depend on us feeling hopeless, so they can “lead” us to nowhere. Get your own shit.

——–@110

——–You sound like the only whiner on here. This is the second time I’ve heard you
——–complaining about black people that address the white man. If you don’t like
——–it, do something to empower black people. If you cannot do that or are
——–unwilling to do something to bring about unity, then be quiet and move along.
——–What type of idiotic comment is that, “Get your own shit.”. There are niggas
——–that “get their own shit”, by robbing people. Give me a damn break.

I find it interesting that we didn’t hear a peep from Oprah in regards to Glover’s project. I guess she thought it was best to clutch her pearls, stash all her funds under the mattress and act like she “didn’t have a clue” about this film in order to keep herself off of Hollyweird’s shit list…

Yo my dude Tupac is doing it. He aint even here and my dude is still making that guap. 15 million wow… Yo Diddy you need to start grinding so Biggie can be on this list next year.

…thats messed up about danny glover’s film.

and honestly, even though im a common fan, im a little surprised he made the list. I didn’t think people supported him like that, but congrats non the less. and as for chamillinoir and the game, thats really surprising!!!!!!!!! lol, no joke!!! and go head mr west, CHI-TOWN!!!!!

Danny Glover failed to mention the fact that Hugo Chavez pledged to use the money he gets from Citgo, yes buying gas there pays him, to DESTROY America! It’s already bad enough that our government partakes in commerce with the likes of a person who would say such a thing, so maybe Hollywood did a good thing on this one… the white hero thing was the wrong way to go about it but, God will use those with ill will against themselves to complete his plans and they won’t even know it.

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