New Jack City
film by Van Peebles [1991]
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cancel culture
- In cancel culture: Origins
…in Mario Van Peebles’s film New Jack City (1991) in a scene in which crime boss Nino Brown (played by Wesley Snipes) says, “Cancel that bitch” after a fight with his girlfriend. Rappers 50 Cent and Lil Wayne both referred to that line in their music in the mid- to…
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role of Snipes
- In Wesley Snipes
… drug lord in the film New Jack City. In 1991 Snipes also won notice for his performance as a black architect who has an affair with his white secretary in Jungle Fever, also directed by Lee. In 1992, after starring roles in White Men Can’t Jump and The Waterdance, Snipes…
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