Legendary Hitmen Producer Chucky Thompson Passes Away
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Producer Chucky Thompson, of Bad Boy s famed Hitmen, dies
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Netflix’s ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ features a Black queer icon. But it doesn’t do her justice.
It’s a shame, because other films are finally getting Black lesbian relationships right (David Lee/Netflix; Lily illustration) Taylor Hosking
Dec. 17, 2020
Gertrude “Ma” Rainey was “the mother of the blues,” a genre that helped lay the groundwork for today’s feminist ideals by telling stories of self-determined Black women navigating everyday racism and sexism. She was one of the first Black artists to record for White-owned record labels. And she was an LGBTQ pioneer, openly dating women and cross-dressing in her performances in early-1900s America, as Black people were trying to define what freedom would look like for new generations post-slavery.