TK Kirkland on Black Actors in Hollywood & Getting Paid Fairly

#TKKirkland discusses the challenges faced by black #actors in Hollywood. He highlights the lack of new black shows and the importance of using your platform to create other opportunities, as well as the need to negotiate fair pay for your work.
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[@elondalee2932]

That's why we had the "Chitlin Circuit and Blaxplotation movies" that was our Hollywood BEFORE it became whitewashed

[@JokersNtheOddball]

Those movies are really the only window into real ghetto aesthetic. You're so right.

[@donaldwestley3735]

Jewish bait

[@rolandalbert680]

Facts black people used be able to travel and be with other blacks and protected now it's the opposite we've alienated ourselves and now we view each other as threats we lost so much with desegregation

[@bambam6537]

50 got his own studio now too

[@capoislamort100]

I hope he maintains that correctly, because we’re going to need it.

[@URFAVTROLL]

Shidd 50 like a street hood Tyler Perry non of his actors go up smh it’s similar to bet

[@HanSoloBolo]

Doesn’t matter what profession you are in or what business you “own”, ultimately someone that doesn’t look like us cuts the check. That’s the problem!

[@bobbythespaceghost9934]

Agreed. As long as they are cutting the checks, black folks are don't have true control and power.

[@luxuryhub1323]

This video featuring TK Kirkland discussing Black actors in Hollywood and the issue of fair pay was incredibly insightful. Kirkland’s perspective on the challenges and disparities faced by Black actors in the industry sheds light on an important issue. His candid comments about the need for equitable pay and opportunities highlight ongoing struggles within Hollywood. It’s crucial to have these conversations to push for change and ensure that all actors are compensated fairly for their work. This discussion is a valuable contribution to the dialogue about diversity and equality in entertainment.

[@chimere72]

this is AI 😂

[@knutt81]

"I helped put up the HOLLYWOOD sign." -T.K. Kirkland

[@williambobsjr9133]

Definitely wanna see TK on Netflix! Stay focused 💯

[@ExtraConvo]

Man Katt not the 1st person to say that about Earthquake Corey Holcomb been saying that for years and they was on a show together

[@ToneStevens]

TK knows how to help these short attention span having youngstars

[@CaLi4real]

😂😂😂😂 sad but True

[@ToneStevens]

@@CaLi4real he knows right when to stay… WAIT… let me ..

[@IMANIFrames]

Nore looked like Professor Oglevee, I like it lol

[@pjdava]

REVOLT, This is amazing! I can't stop smiling!

[@GrindaGangtv]

Constantly tell Nore stay focused 😂 I love it

[@normic05]

I been rocking with TK since the 80s. He’s a real one and very funny.

[@deshaundozier]

“He can’t wead, and wappers” funny as hell

[@SiggSincere256]

On God I thought I was tripping 😂

[@gunz_polo8147]

😂 earthquake couldn't get movie rolls cause earthquake couldn't "WEAD"😂😂😂

[@joeblow9728]

Saying “movie rolls” is crazy 😂

[@isaacshutup9491]

😂😂😂 I read this as soon as he said it

[@norveiw]

Roles!!!

[@bennyls6168]

Katt was the last person that said that. Hell Corey Holcome wasn't even the first to say it 😂

[@turorobertson9664]

Salute to TK kickin science 👌🏿🔥

[@bigtimetv9109]

When Tk speak i listen 👂🏾👂🏾

[@mriconreesemriconreese9234]

Disney has miss a great opportunity with Black Panther . They should has recast... That was been a great legacy..like James Bond and other characters that's many actors has played.

[@juliustaylor9920]

They should've made a kill monger redemption movie, where he sisnt really die in the 1st

[@KCGB_4LYFE]

Yall both missed the message.. The point of the movie is to show you again and again.. That no Black community will ever rise above the agenda even if they have to send your own to destroy the community!! Wake Up, Disney Spit In Your Face Bruh 😂

[@PhoenixRising82672]

Create your own movies

[@walterlundy723]

Tyler Perry has a huge studio, I would think that more black actors would have more opportunity as a result of. Time to create our own Hollywood, white audience love black movies, and you will find that most will support many of our projects, however we can support our own.

[@zelbongrimmage3770]

Gate Keeper

[@rolandalbert680]

Tyler Perry put out the same stereotypical mess Hollywood does yes he has his own but as soon as he does something showing blacks with dignity and could possibly unite us as a race shid they will shut it down

[@walterlundy723]

@@rolandalbert680 Tyler Perry understands his audience and produces content that resonates with them. While we criticize his work, we often overlook the fact that it’s what his audience demands. Many of us discuss rap beefs as if they’re the most import thing in our community. Yet how many of us have actually delved deeper into the theories Terrance Howard recently mentioned on Joe Rogan or explored the math and people he referenced in that interview? The they is us.

[@rolandalbert680]

@@walterlundy723 oh I agree and it's sad and that's why we need a paradox shift in all of our communities we value street credit more than actually having wealth to own a street. Do you think that black people as a whole will ever unify or we at a point of no return it's jus too many divisions

[@chrisbullock6477]

Grown man facts. Most ain't used to it or have forgotten what its like.

[@evsvdb]

Fact's!!!!!

[@xavierwilliams2228]

That non new era Newark fitted is straight nasty work!

[@B.I.G.C]

CERTIFIED FACTS 💯💯💯

[@kangkoopa]

"That was simply ignorant"

[@Dejays_lifestyle]

It's not that's why blackface existed

[@MrZbest1966]

He's speacking facts

[@user-ug1do3sp4f]

Agreed. We need Sirius Star reasoning.

[@MsSassimy]

Yes

[@johnnybraxton5539]

That's why Tyler Perry created his own studio on acres so he don't have to deal with Hollywood

[@gooserich3970]

They will find a way to get him too

[@raymondjones5909]

Nah he good.

[@albertdaley9093]

Nah he part of the agenda tho

[@CozyLoungeShorts]

Yeah…. and booked it out 2 full years to nothing but white people and Hollywood……………

[@xavierwilliams2228]

Nah he made it look that way but who u think gave him the money?? He’s basically birdman cash money under Lucian grange universal records.

[@krisdylan2382]

didn't this cat steal EM's watch?(allegedly)😊

[@LegendaryRob]

Grownish is a Black college show.

[@knutt81]

T.K. just talking to talk. As use-shyal.

[@FayTown82]

Name another one and Grown ish is over with

[@LegendaryRob]

@@knutt81lol

[@kingDrAgOnZoRdS]

​@@FayTown82 Name multiple new white college shows, ppl just like nonsense both black n white 😂

[@TheWattsSuperhero]

I Phuccs with my track brother TK🙏🏾💥❤️

[@j.wright5918]

Revolt- gettin ya back blown out network. “Where the brothas have fun”

[@coreythomas3633]

White jokes are sooo corny

[@j.wright5918]

Ahhhh but if it were only a joke…

[@TGreen89]

Then get out of it

[@berlingray8058]

They want the 💲

[@Shay-sv3jn]

Chill my comment friend..You're So sensitive big boy

[@PhoenixRising82672]

Exactly

[@Blackspeare]

folks dont wanna go back to a regular lifestyle when they got talent.

[@GeToWiz]

KEY word: Show BUSINESS

[@Lenoxlanellc]

I’ve literally only heard tk in podcast n Dj vlad never seen him do stand up

[@JM-mr9lq]

tk speaking the truth

[@intelligentfool09]

2:29 💎

[@originalJoeKing]

Is that Nore's stunt double? I almost thought that was someone else at first.😂 His skin is lighter than normal and his hair is darker than normal

[@90sSOM]

90s Legends Golden Era Hip Hop

[@SeanBondATL]

Agreed

[@workaholick]

Talk about your boy Diddy!

[@TSuddSudduth]

I would love to see TK Kirkland with a Netflix special in fact I I would say this is a much needed comic on Netflix because the people they are showing have not been funny at all, including Mike Epps and Kat Williams.

[@byronsimmons9401]

OG is what about The Neighborhood

[@MetaphysicalShaMan]

I remember I first saw to on comic view when I was like 14. Dude ain aged a single hour since then. He be blowing pops mind when he on podcasts speaking as an elder and they try to check him like he they age and he be like excuse me I'm well over 50 watch how you speak to me and questioning my wisdom. TK go hard

[@toronzocannonthechicagoblu7179]

The only one I can remember now is Cedric’s tv show. There goes the neighborhood

[@opinions-fy5bc]

I said this!

[@xavierwilliams2228]

Bounce tv has 5 newer black sitcoms if people are interested

[@brianroberson2557]

TK just talks..... and makes up stuff. He's always the hero in every story he tells. Tiraji was a new actress who doesn't draw and was a throw in actress in Benjamin button. She was not getting 5 or 7 million dollars back then. Yes, there is disparity and racism in hollywood, but they pay people on box office draw too. Denzel draws he gets paid. Tiraji has never been in anything that I went to see just bc of her.

[@URFAVTROLL]

I’m black and I stamp this and neegas need to realize that smh people ain’t watch Benjamin button for no Taraji lol any black actress could have played that part she was a supporting role smh

[@Minister1Little]

Cedrick the entertainer has a show out now in its second season about a positive black family juxtaposed with white neighbors in a black neighborhood its pretty good

[@gene5856]

Represent The Truth

[@shemarthomason9602]

Rip Johnson singleton he was the Only director that was for Us!!

[@cubbdacrossfacecrippler]

Tell Denzel, Sam L., and Will that.

[@wavydonjuan]

1:42 grand crew is one

[@eugenedavis-gb6gv]

BET use to show old skool movies from the 60's and 70's and HBCU football games what happened?

[@TheStf99]

Bob hearts Abishola, Abbot elementary, The Upshaws, Blackish and the spin offs of it, The Wayans coming out with a new show as well there's more. Keep it what? Miss me with the bs TK. Spread the love nothing else matters.

[@user-ug1do3sp4f]

What's funny in business? Or is it funny business like the Mueller Report and Edward Snowden Case with the Patriot Act.

[@bryannag.]

I can’t take Nore’s hair serious i’m sorry 😂😂

[@juliustaylor9920]

I seen it, but I didn't start paying attention to it til I seen ur comment. 😂😂😂

[@mrmartywaring]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@datrill1000]

Hell they don’t even pay the stage hands, lighting, scenic, or audio black guys the same

[@PhoenixRising82672]

Capitalism isn't fair

[@rayrichardson8728]

TK did the people say do netflix..

[@cedricbrown6766]

Puffy could have did the same with revolt as nexflick

[@maddognogood8346]

This happens in just about any profession! Try being a Black American in the financial world where you get punished for being to good at your job

[@MEazy59]

I still see Denzel Washington, Samuel Jackson, and a few other black celebrities who’s been in Hollywood for YEARS. Who hasn’t complained not one time about Hollywood being unfair to blacks. But, Denzel and Samuel has RAW talent. For years they’ve been killing roles. Imagine Katt Williams playing any role Denzel or Samuel has ever played lol. Katt and these other mediocre guys aren’t big movie role guys. Then they blame Hollywood or call someone an industry plant as an excuse for there lack being diverse. Money Mike can’t play Denzel in equalizer lol.

[@jamesharris2615]

The minute Lionsgate, Warner Bros., MGM call with a three picture deal, this dude will go RUNNING to bust the studio gates down... It kills me how Ninja's all say something isn't for "blacks" because they DON'T have the wherewithal, know-how, or personality to make it happen for them.... A lot before him have made it. Have they sold out or done immoral things to get there... I'm more than sure some have. BUT SO HAVE THE WHITE COUNTERPARTS!!! That casting couch is a real thing... Been around for a LONG time... So don't say it's NOT for us because you are not willing to do what it takes to get there, or just NOT smart enough to get there. Or better yet, say you're not truly that talented to make it and you're not willing to take a seat on the "couch"... You'll be better respected for that.

[@KCGB_4LYFE]

So you shooting the messenger 😂

[@bossblck6399]

Katt didn’t talk about TV roles he said movie roles. Idk what TK talking about

[@cedricbrown6766]

Tubi are big enough now to do specials now and live concerts

[@PhoneStandChannel]

X-ray Tech, Medic, Dental Hygienist, Machinist, I’m still waiting on Hollywood to make a show about me. A black straight guy who goes to X-ray school and works at the local hospital. I seen all the hard people, cause all the hard folks get brung to the E.R before jail, if they make it. Where that show? I’m still waiting

[@user-ug1do3sp4f]

Can Will Smith and Denzel Washington see the authentic light against the false light or is it their directors that carry the identification of what we the audience see that their PAID for to display? Is true light behind the stage or before the audience OR both? Such as a bible reader, the medium (Jesus) versus the characters that lived it (now) in the present (presence).

[@courtneylove9403]

Can't be mad at Katt for telling the truth facts is facts bra ain't no getting around or explaining that sht

[@bayareahustles]

Stop trying to be peoples friends! So true…

[@CR-tv5dm]

So Nore got hair now. What is going on round here-ah.

[@riseonthetrack]

SAMETHING I WAS THINKING🤔😂😂😂

[@oaklandscrx]

It is because all the shows are on straming networks....the blackman is free independently....through strraming al these comedians have deals from all these platforms.

[@user-xq4jw2yg4f]

What about Latin shows. Which is the biggest group in the U.S. Being fair what about Asian? So Korean, indian....

[@adb2u]

There are black family shows that are positive its on Netflix Jamie Foxx is on one

[@dpt3232]

Once again yes we are under paid, and African African Actors are given the role. However, with Tarij and Benjamin Button the industry sees her as just a working actor. He quote (meaning how much she gets paid) is reflective of her last job and how much she got paid. If you sell box office tickets, if your streaming shows that you lead make money the your quotes are extremely high - for ref: Eddie Murphy by the late 90's had sold 7 Billion dollars in movie tickets across all his film up to that point. His quote starts at a multi-million dollar salary, not including any back-end deals from the gross or net sales

[@TB-mj7gt]

Same like with Chris Tucker. After Rush hour the price went up. He was literally the highest paid actor in Hollywood for a short time

[@PhoenixRising82672]

No one is underpaid Please give me an example of an African American actor who is underpaid

[@TB-mj7gt]

@@PhoenixRising82672 it's never underpaid. More like they didn't get what they feel they deserved

[@PhoenixRising82672]

@@TB-mj7gt No one deserves anything

[@TB-mj7gt]

@PhoenixRising82672 that's the same thing i was trying to tell the judge when my cousin got convicted of two homicides. He didn't deserve prison

[@user-ug1do3sp4f]

When is a Hollywood participant NOT paid to perform? Does AUTHENTIC REALISM exist there or is it all business performance?

[@crackheadjimmy7625]

Denzel and Will Smith would disagree

[@user-ug1do3sp4f]

Hollywood respresents the wilderness of the soul and the journey through the dark night of the soul that leads to enlightment for the person the endorsers and its audiences. Therefore the wages of sin is death when your soul is redeemable by the unredeemed. Its an independent journey and because the audience is typically paid so much less in offerings for their light, whether hidden or seen, it makes it hard for Hollywood caste to have an open case among the people that won't be beaten unless the people are excluded. The gap in equal or merited wage/pay is so undervalued in wealth distribution in America due to the evil veil of capatilism that parallel offers with even the slime and skunks of the earth...makes wage equality deeper than an homeless arguement.

[@dallastheoverwhelmingevent1554]

Wage slavery is very real

[@rayrichardson8728]

TK how u gonna say no netfilx then say netflix...

[@DavidJohnson-dc8lu]

I'm I suppose to care?

[@user-ug1do3sp4f]

Shalom, the Age of Singularity

[@brianmcghee3597]

Love it. Keep it REPUBLICAN. Can’t the money!

[@malikpatton]

He never saw Blackish?

[@eabutler6861]

Blacks love to complain....look at what Tyler Perry did.....stop waiting for someone to give you something build it yourself. Black Americans were the last ones to get into podcast and KZbin, but now it's saturated.....these guys have no vision. I remember there was a popular comedian now saying back in the days he opened his own so he could get gigs. Just have vision and network and build your own thing

[@Bidness100]

To Much Pride Ego And Hate Amongst Moors Aka Blacks

[@adamkyron]

He never cuts vlad off..and Vlad talks like he's being interviewed shouting ans shit

[@tamikagates]

Why do our culture expect to be treated equally if our ancestors was took and brought to this country maybe the we need to see it’s never been melt for us to be treated fairly in a place (America) we really don’t belong

[@user-ug1do3sp4f]

Money is a bitch to run from...ask any government.

[@zelbongrimmage3770]

Bruh all this shh is shady asf put the game out there for the ppl to understand

[@Pakalak6937]

Viacom bought BET

[@jayregal6478]

Denzel is BLACK, Sam Jackson is BLACK, Luda is BLACK, Morgan Freeman is BLACK, Will Smith is BLACK, Martin Lawrence is BLACK, Kevin Hart is BLACK!

[@scuppo]

Did real TK get rid of fake TK?

[@user-ug1do3sp4f]

The Queen of the Honey Comb when its money have to do bids that the King does not have to. Queens with no kings in America have to either be Priestess or Hustlers (Grinders) Machines. Sad face.

[@AveryBlackman]

You have to be able to act first. A lot of so-called actors can't act. Most of the black movies have a racial plot.

[@Begreatalwaysstriving24]

and I want to be an actor smh

[@ricardobrown8059]

The comics on Netflix are trash!!

[@Hellbound18716]

Well he been suck hold year then 😂

[@PhoenixRising82672]

Stop with the victim mentality He who holds the gold makes the rules

[@untundro]

Bra just talking for no reason

[@GhostfaceLouis]

TK just can't get a job...that's it

[@PhoenixRising82672]

He doesn't want to compete

[@CGrant-es9vk]

Hollywood is a dead god Dionynisis🌹🌚👍 Rest in the Good News 🌹 okay bye

[@adb2u]

So Will Smith, Denzel, Samuel Jackson, Chris Rock, Michael B Jordan ain't making no money?????????? Stop being a clown