'For a Black woman, to speak ill, true or false about a Black man has become taboo, especially in hip-hop. But the time has come to listen.'
A year or so ago, a movie producer called me and asked if I would be willing to appear in a documentary. The documentary happened to feature a dear old friend and colleague of mine, someone who I deeply respect, Drew Dixon. When I learned the essence of the film’s content, let’s just say it felt like being robbed in the streets of Brooklyn in the 1970s.
Drew was a sharp contrast from the music executives I’ve met before her. She was working at Def Jam, a label founded and co-owned by my former manager Russell Simmons. At the time, I was trying to secure a record deal for a group I helped form, Junior Mafia. The group contained Lil Kim, and was the brainchild of the late great Notorious B.I.G. Although we couldn’t make that deal happen, Drew and I worked together when she later took a job at Clive Davis’ Arista Records.
As this film explores, the voices of Black women, especially surrounding the subject of sexual abuse, matter. To hear Drew, Sil Lai and Sheri in this film bare their souls is both heartbreaking and amazing. It's a light shed on a subject rarely covered, and in truth, a bane to Black culture and community.
By giving Russell a voice, you are directly contributing to the very narrative that will be the downfall of our Black women and further validating Malcolm X’s famous quote that “the most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black woman. The most neglected person in America is the Black woman.” As often said in circles surrounding Black issues, we gotta do better.
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