Jay-Z’s forthcoming docuseries, “Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story,” follows the life and legacy of the titular Martin. The timely project, like many documentaries, including “Whose Streets?” has drawn much-needed attention to social injustice, but also a peripheral feud between Snoop Dogg and George Zimmerman.
Zimmerman, who was acquitted of the fatal shooting of Martin, threw in his two cents about the docuseries in a recent interview with The Blast, saying that he would “beat Jay-Z” and feed him to “an alligator” after claims that executive producer Michael Gasparro and the production team behind the documentary harassed his family for interviews and footage. He also said, “I know how to handle people who f–k with me, I have since February 2012.”
Snoop Dogg took to Instagram to respond to Zimmerman’s threats, defending Jay and saying that if one hair is touched on his head, “the revolution will be televised.” He then went on to criticize “the system” and called Zimmerman a “bitch ass muthaf—a.”
“Rest In Power” was picked up earlier this year for the 2018 relaunch of Spike as the Paramount Network. Jay-Z initially teamed with the Weinstein Company for the six-part event docuseries. Since the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment scandal broke, his name has been removed from “Rest in Power,” along with other Paramount Network projects “Waco” and “Yellowstone.”
The docuseries uses Lisa Bloom’s book, “Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice,” as source material. Bloom, interesting enough, was the attorney advising Weinstein during the aftermath of the New York Times expose about Weinstein’s harassment allegations.