Stay Connected
Atlanta Black Star/Entertainment
EntertainmentMusicTelevisionTV

Snoop Dogg Hits Back at George Zimmerman for Threatening Jay-Z

Posted byBy Kiersten Willis | Published on: CommentsComments (0)
george zimmerman jay-z

George Zimmerman isn’t pleased about the Jay-Z produced Trayvon Martin documentary. (Jason Persse/Joe Burbank-Pool/Getty Images/Shareif Ziyadat/FilmMagic)

George Zimmerman is fired up about the Trayvon Martin documentary Jay-Z is producing and he has threatened the rapper over it. Zimmerman, who was found not guilty of the shooting death of the unarmed Black teenager in 2013, threatened to “beat” the rapper.  According to The Blast, Zimmerman claimed his family had been harassed to appear in the documentary,

“I know how to handle people who f— with me, I have since February 2012,” he said, referring to killing Martin.

Zimmerman claimed executive producer Michael Gasparro showed up to the homes of his uncle and parents unannounced but declined to go into specifics about how they were “harassed.” He also did not state whether or not his family agreed to appear on camera.

He’s also fired up about his ex-wife being paid to show up in the doc and claimed producers have refused to pay his family members and wouldn’t explain further.

But he’s blaming Jay-Z and Gasparro regardless, saying “anyone who f—s with my parents will be fed to an alligator.”

Online, folks have been responding to the threats in various ways.

Related: Trayvon Martin, Jay-Z and George Zimmerman

Jay Z on Trayvon Martin Docuseries and Film: ‘I’m Responsible If This Is No Good’

Trayvon Martin’s Parents to Pen Memoir About Slain Teen’s Life

Social Media in Uproar After George Zimmerman Posts Pics of Trayvon Martin

Snoop Dogg issued a promise of his own.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc0ChH_jcp-/?hl=en&taken-by=snoopdogg

Some claimed that Zimmerman really wasn’t a man of his word.

Several simply laughed at the threat.

https://twitter.com/breenicoleraab/status/942429346601545728

https://twitter.com/RycheyBoiiLynch/status/942458006918201344

Others called out the system and society.

https://twitter.com/MChanceSpeaks/status/942488272361672704

Still independent.

We hope this story was worth your time. For over 14 years, Atlanta Black Star has stayed Black-owned and independently run. We didn't get here by waiting on ad budgets that were never built to prioritize us. Our readers did that.

Corporate support for Black media has always been thin. Outlets like ours get roughly 1% of the $170 billion spent on U.S. advertising each year, and that margin is shrinking further as advertisers walk back the DEI-linked commitments they made in 2020. That's the backdrop. It's not why we're asking.

The wider picture isn't any steadier. Newspaper ad revenue has fallen more than 80% since 2005, and local newsrooms are closing at a rate of roughly two a week nationwide. When outlets go under, it's rarely the ones built to center a Black perspective from the ground up that get to stick around.

We know a request for support isn't why you came here. But without readers choosing to fund this work directly, the depth of reporting we can do at home and abroad shrinks along with everyone else's. If you're not in a position to give, that doesn't change how much we value you as a reader.

If you are able to, a recurring contribution does more for us than a single one-time gift, because it lets us plan the next investigation instead of just the next invoice. It takes about 30 seconds, no long form, no account. Thank you for continuing to support independent journalism and freedom of the press.

Give once Give monthly Support another way

Related Stories

Back to top