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Prominent Actor Taraji P. Henson breaks out crying mid interview when discussing her financial situation and pay she receives as an accomplished actor



But Tyler Perry’s fame and wealth have not tricked down to working-class and poor black people in his home city of Atlanta. Perry celebrated the 2019 opening of his production studio on a defunct Fort McPherson Army base — with soundstages named for wealthy black celebrities, including Winfrey and Goldberg — as a life-changing act of social justice for the surrounding community. “When I built my studio, I built it in a neighborhood that’s one of the poorest black neighborhoods in Atlanta, so that young black kids can see that a black man did that and they can do that, too. I was trying to help them cross,” Perry proclaimed during a BET Awards speech.

In fact, it’s been the other way around. Almost all of Atlanta’s residents have subsidized Tyler Perry’s personal wealth — which reportedly topped $1 billion this year — in some way or another.

In 2015, Perry acquired the Fort McPherson land for the significantly discounted market price of $30 million, though it had been appraised for as much as $75 million. Some local Democrats called it a “sweetheart deal” between Perry and his friend Kasim Reed, then the mayor of Atlanta. Critics said it seemed designed to help the mogul’s pocketbook rather than the poor black neighborhoods around it. “It felt like a trick. A dirty, dirty trick,” said one local resident after the deal was announced.

Forbes now estimates that Tyler Perry Studios is worth $280 million, but because of a tax deal made with local officials, he’s had to pay no property taxes on it from 2015 through 2022. That’s money would otherwise largely go to Atlanta Public Schools, whose student body is disproportionately poor and black. In 2023, the Fulton County assessor calculated the studios’ value at only $74 million — about a quarter of Forbes’s estimate — which means taxes are less than $1 million, which have yet to be paid.

Additionally Perry has taken advantage of the 30 percent state tax credit given to film productions in Georgia. The share of tax money used to subsidize Hollywood productions cost Georgia voters an average of $330 per household last year. Perry earned plenty of glowing national headlines earlier this year for his philanthropy in donating $750,000 to help low-income seniors in Atlanta as property taxes increased. Still, there was no mention of the layers upon layers of tax breaks he got in the first place.
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Sony Montana said:
Tyler Perry probably pays low because he stretches too thin and can’t afford to pay everybody decent wages

Plus I mean everything comes out of his pocket so he probably does what he can afford

He probably just needs to consolidate a bit

Instead of 12 shows, maybe trim it to 4

But then I guess you have a studio to maintain and need to do it like that

Who knows
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He's too busy fucking over Atlanta
 
Smh.

Worried about this man getting tax breaks like the black residents in that area would be getting support or thriving otherwise. That's on Tyler perry?

Scatterbrained.

That's why we gonna stay right where we at.
 
TTBF said:
Smh.

Worried about this man getting tax breaks like the black residents in that area would be getting support or thriving otherwise. That's on Tyler perry?

Scatterbrained.

That's why we gonna stay right where we at.
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Those tax breaks directly affects how those people live. So yeah it should bother them
 
BlackRain said:
Those tax breaks directly affects how those people live. So yeah it should bother them
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I think Freeman is suggesting that money more than likely was going to be mismanaged or misappropriated anyway so they would still be in the same place whether he had a studio there or no

Which speaks to the larger issue of local/state governments. I could be wrong about what Freeman message is so I'll say that's how I feel about it
 
AP2.5 said:
I think Freeman is suggesting that money more than likely was going to be mismanaged or misappropriated anyway so they would still be in the same place whether he had a studio there or no

Which speaks to the larger issue of local/state governments. I could be wrong about what Freeman message is so I'll say that's how I feel about it
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I can understand that assumption but it's not reality so it can't really go anywhere as a discussion point because it never was even given a chance to happen.
 
BlackRain said:
Those tax breaks directly affects how those people live. So yeah it should bother them
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We're pretending that it would have trickled down to the people when it wouldn't have regardless cause these politicians ain't shit. All while overlooking the black lives Tyler perry has been beneficial to.
 
It's just weird to me in a fight for black women's salary in the film industry we've now locked in on Tyler perry as a villain. Wtf are we doing? Always a gender war with you niggas. Sick.
 
TTBF said:
We're pretending that it would have trickled down to the people when it wouldn't have regardless cause these politicians ain't shit. All while overlooking the black lives Tyler perry has been beneficial to.
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Like Madea?

 
TTBF said:
Smh.

Worried about this man getting tax breaks like the black residents in that area would be getting support or thriving otherwise. That's on Tyler perry?

Scatterbrained.

That's why we gonna stay right where we at.
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I'm not understanding your point here. Every time any of these corporations bring a business to a particular area, they promise that in exchange for tax breaks, they will bring money to the community. Every corporation that lands and doesn't hold up their end of the bargain gets called out for it. Why should TP be any different.

Black people need to stop trusting these rich black people just because they are black people. Most rich people move the same regardless of race.
 
The Lonious Monk said:
I'm not understanding your point here. Every time any of these corporations bring a business to a particular area, they promise that in exchange for tax breaks, they will bring money to the community. Every corporation that lands and doesn't hold up their end of the bargain gets called out for it. Why should TP be any different.

Black people need to stop trusting these rich black people just because they are black people. Most rich people move the same regardless of race.
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What I'm saying is why is his name even being brought up in this conversation when you can name bigger corporations doing worst?

Yall think taraji had Tyler perry on her mind when she started this conversation?

To jump on one of the only niggas seemingly trying to help the disparity black people face in this industry is wild to me.

It's mad names and studios that should come to mind when it comes to blacks getting screwed over in the film/tv industry before Tyler's.


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TTBF said:
What I'm saying is why is his name even being brought up in this conversation when you can name bigger corporations doing worst?

Yall think taraji had Tyler perry on her mind when she started this conversation?

To jump on one of the only niggas seemingly trying to help the disparity black people face in this industry is wild to me.

It's mad names and studios that should come to mind when it comes to blacks getting screwed over in the film/tv industry before Tyler's.


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Ahhh. That makes sense.

I guess the issue is that we're always told we can't depend on "others" to help us out so we need to support black owners. People feel betrayed when they do support black people and still get screwed over.

I don't expect anything from any of these people though, and others should stop as well.
 
TTBF said:
What I'm saying is why is his name even being brought up in this conversation when you can name bigger corporations doing worst?

Yall think taraji had Tyler perry on her mind when she started this conversation?

To jump on one of the only niggas seemingly trying to help the disparity black people face in this industry is wild to me.

It's mad names and studios that should come to mind when it comes to blacks getting screwed over in the film/tv industry before Tyler's.


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50 cent being praised for a social media post when he:

1) wouldn’t pay Taraji what she’s worth because he can’t

2) Lower her value by being in his shit

Yet Tyler Perry getting killed even though he’s employed her numerous times
 
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