LaKeith Stanfield had the breakout role as Darius on Donald Glover’s FX show, Atlanta. He’s quickly gained a higher profile. Stanfield graduating from being a TV actor to being a working actor in arthouse movies. Of course, he also played Snoop Dogg in Straight Outta Compton in 2015.
Through it all Stanfield has remained vigilant about being his authentic self. As a result, this means contributing to the benefit of Black entertainment culture. Not only is he apart of the culture, but also, he’s one of the few creatives who strongly voices his opinion on it
In regards to black media, LaKeith has had a few negative experiences. Fans still remember the intense and awkward interview he had with the Breakfast Club some years ago. Charlamagne being a point of opposition for LaKeith and some of his attempts at being creative in the past, there’s definitely some resentment toward that media platform in particular.
LaKeith Stanfield is now sounding off against several black media platforms, calling them anti-black. In a recent Instagram post, Stanfield blasted several platforms, included the Breakfast Club, Shaderoom, and Worldstar Hip Hop, as being “feeding grounds for negative reinforcements toward Black nonconformists.”
