Spike Lee’s latest, Chi-Raq, is a dizzying mélange of genres, tones, and styles, all whirling around two poles: one, the real-life gun violence that has become an urban epidemic, particularly in Chicago; and two, a fictional sex strike based on Aristopahanes’ Lysistrata that’s launched by the women of Chicago in an effort to stop the bloodshed. At the center of an ensemble cast that includes Teyonah Parris, Jennifer Hudson, Angela Bassett, Samuel L. Jackson, and John Cusack is Nick Cannon, who plays the eponymous role of Chi-Raq, a rapper deeply involved in the gang life Lee’s railing against. Vulture talked with Cannon about gang life, Lee’s right to comment on Chicago’s violence, and …
Spike Lee’s latest, Chi-Raq, is a dizzying mélange of genres, tones, and styles, all whirling around two poles: one, the real-life gun violence that has become an urban epidemic, particularly in Chicago; and two, a fictional sex strike based on Aristopahanes’ Lysistrata that’s launched by the women of Chicago in an effort to stop the bloodshed. At the center of an ensemble cast that includes Teyonah Parris, Jennifer Hudson, Angela Bassett, Samuel L. Jackson, and John Cusack is Nick Cannon, who plays the eponymous role of Chi-Raq, a rapper deeply involved in the gang life Lee’s railing against. Vulture talked with Cannon about gang life, Lee’s right to comment on Chicago’s violence, and whether a sex strike could make any headway in real life.
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Nick Cannon on Chi-Raq, the Folly of Manhood and Sex Strikes
