Jay Z producing mini-series on the Army's First Black Sniper

[JordanWearinThe45]

Jay Z will produce an NBC drama about Nicholas Irving — the first African-American to serve as a special ops sniper in his battalion, and the US Army 3rd Ranger Battalion’s deadliest sniper.

Hot off his Emmy win for “The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” Sterling K. Brown — who currently appears in “This Is Us” — will star as Irving, who was nicknamed “the Reaper” and was such an effective sniper, he had an AR-15 rifle named after him.

The six-hour miniseries is based on Irving’s 2015 memoir, “The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers.”

A source tells us, “The series will take a look inside the life of the world of special ops. The plan is to start filming early next year.”

During a four-month period in mid-2009, Irving tallied an astounding 33 kills as a master sniper.

The rights to the book were picked up by the Weinstein Company, who just announced a first-look deal with Jay Z.

Reps for Weinstein and NBC didn’t comment.


Jay Z producing show about Army’s first African-American sniper

 

[Clark Wayne]

I remember hearing about this dude after American sniper came out and being like . That's the movie I want to see.

A mini series works great too though. Put it on FX, HBO or Netflix and it's

 

[Tasha And]

This could be dope

 

[FlyRy]

Doin it for the culture

Hov, a real A list celebrity:smugnolan:

 

[Captain Crunch]

I'm surprised this won't be a Tidal exclusive. OT, but is there any way to watch Tidal shows(legally with an official account) on a streaming device(Roku; Fire Tv, Chromecast, Android Box, etc)?

 

[MJ Truth]

SMH @ this culture celebrating snipers but I'm gonna support it because it's Black.

 

[Maude]

African American Sniper

 

[Bruce Wayne]

African American Sniper

 

[JordanWearinThe45]

I'm surprised this won't be a Tidal exclusive. OT, but is there any way to watch Tidal shows(legally with an official account) on a streaming device(Roku; Fire Tv, Chromecast, Android Box, etc)?

He recently signed a deal to produce shows/movies, so they're gonna be outside of tidal