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Fat Joe’s memoir is set to come to television. Kenya Barris and Dominic Colón are developing a Starz series based on the rapper’s life.
Deadline is reporting that Fat Joe’s autobiography The Book Of Jose is getting picked up for a scripted series. The project will follow the Terror Squad MC’s life from growing up in the South Bronx to becoming a global personality. Kenya Barris (We The People Black-ish) will be penning the pilot with support from Dominic Colón (The Corps). Jessy Terrero, of Freelancers fame, is slotted to direct the pilot. The project was originally announced back in 2022 and was set to be on Showtime. According to reports the Showtime opportunity stalled forcing Kenya Barris to take it to Starz.
Released in 2022, The Book Of Jose is an honest look at Fat Joe’s life. In it he tells how he grew up poor and turned to selling drugs as his escape from poverty. He also details pivoting away from the streets to music only to find out that the entertainment industry is just as cutthroat drug trade. During an interview with The Breakfast Club Fat Joe explained why you don’t have to be a fan of Rap to relate to his memoir. “[This] is a transparency book. If you’re going through a dark time in your life; if you read this book you’re going to be able to smile.”
At this time there is no premiere date for the forthcoming series.
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Writer and director Kenya Barris reportedly ran into a little family drama during the premiere of his newest Netflix project, You People—ironically, a film about family drama.
A source told Page Six that after the film ended and while Kenya Barris was basking in the glory of his hit film while surrounded by his audience and photographers, a process server disguised as paparazzi hit the Black-ish creator with court documents filed by Barris’ sister, Colette Barris. And, well, that must have been em-Barris-ing. (Please don’t block me.)
From Page Six:
In court docs seen by Page Six, Colette has accused Kenya of “breach of contract.”
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Her court filing says that on Feb. 22, 2021, the siblings entered into a legal agreement, adding, “The parties in pertinent part agreed ‘not to communicate any disparaging remarks about each other or about any matters that led to this Agreement.’”
The papers go on to allege, “In or around June 2022, [Kenya] stated to a third party that (1) Plaintiff was a ’70-year-old no talent hack’ and (2) Plaintiff had not earned the ‘right to be a show creator’ but instead ‘ wanted to go to the front of the line.’”
However, the bad blood stretches back further, as they’ve reportedly been in at least one previous legal dispute.
Imagine having such an estranged relationship with your own sibling that you have to come to a legally-binding agreement not to talk bad about each other. Then you get sued for allegedly breaking that agreement.
Kind of makes you want to call up your sib just to say “I love you,” don’t it?
Well, let’s just hope the Barris family can work things out.
Anyway, the red carpet premiere was also attended by You People stars Eddie Murphy, Nia Long, Lauren London, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and David Duchovny, as well as guests Elliott Gould, Anthony Anderson, Cedric the Entertainer and rapper Yung Miami.
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