‘Straight Outta Compton’ Star Blasts ‘Roots’ Remake: ‘We Don’t Have to Keep Getting Beaten Up’
Posted on June 6, 2016
Straight Outta Compton star O’Shea Jackson Jr. blasted the History Channel’s remake of the iconic series Roots in a recent brief interview, calling it another unnecessary production about black people “getting beat up.”
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