Jay-Z’s forthcoming docuseries, “Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story”, which follows the life and legacy of the titular Martin. The timely project, like many documentaries including “Whose Streets?” has drawn much-needed attention to social injustice, but also a peripheral feud between Snoop Dogg and George Zimmerman.
FILE – In this Sept. 22, 2015 file photo, George Zimmerman gestures during his testimony at a hearing for accused shooter Matthew Apperson in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Fla. Testimony begins Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016 in Apperson’s attempted second-degree murder trial. Authorities say he shot at Zimmerman during a traffic incident last year. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, Pool)
Zimmerman, who was acquitted of the fatal shooting of Martin, threw in his two cents about the docuseries in a recent interview with The Blast saying that he would “beat Jay-Z” and feed him to “an alligator” after claims that executive producer Michael Gasparro and the production team behind the documentary harassed his family for interviews and footage. He also said, “I know how to handle people who f–k with me, I have since February 2012.”
Snoop Dogg took to Instagram to respond to Zimmerman’s threats, defending Jay and that if one hair is touched on his head, “the revolution will be televised.” He then went on to criticize “the system” and called Zimmerman a “bitch ass muthaf—a”.
“Rest In Power” was picked up earlier this year for the 2018 relaunch of Spike as the Paramount Network. Jay-Z initially teamed with the Weinstein Co. for the six-part event docuseries. Since the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment scandal broke, his name has been removed from Rest in Power along with other Paramount Network projects Waco and Yellowstone.
The docuseries uses Lisa Bloom’s book, “Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice” as source material. Bloom, interestingly enough, was the attorney advising Weinstein during the aftermath of the New York Times expose about Weinstein’s harassment allegations.
By Dino-Ray Ramos, Deadline
Source: Pagesix
