Instead of seeing Tina Turner’s experience and thinking about how society could do better, many in the rap world thought up punchlines about her trauma.
leaving behind an enormous musical legacy. She’s celebrated as the godmother of rock and roll, with over 100 million albums sold, eight Grammys, and an incalculable impact on popular music. Her vibrant live shows laid the blueprint for generations of leading women to follow. The road of every pop singer’s feverish onstage dance routine leads back to her.
And while there is so much to celebrate from her legacy, others are recalling how some in pop culture callously flattened her legacy into being a survivor of Ike Turner’s abuse. Their dysfunctional relationship was depicted in 1993’s, which chronicled Ike’s abuse during their 16-year-long marriage. Angela Bassett and Lawrence Fishburne put on rousing, unforgettable performances as Tina and Ike Turner, but some drew the wrong conclusion.
Ike Turner’s music career never recovered, but far too many rappers made him a beacon of domineering idolatry. Lawrence Fishburne’s depiction of Ike made him ripe to be referenced as a representation of force, despite his violence being aimed at a Black woman.
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