{"id":158054,"date":"2021-11-22T21:29:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T02:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=158054"},"modified":"2021-11-23T13:51:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T18:51:26","slug":"shondalia-white-talks-starz-hit-series-bmf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/shondalia-white-talks-starz-hit-series-bmf\/","title":{"rendered":"Shondalia White talks STARZ hit series &#8216;BMF&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Shondalia White talks STARZ hit series &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.starz.com\/us\/en\/series\/bmf\/62264\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BMF<\/a>&#8216; with blackfilm.com correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/blackfilm.com\/read\/author\/koku-tona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Koku Tona<\/a>. Shondalia talks growing up in Flint, MI, her standup career, and voice acting work. She emphasizes the importance of respecting everyone on set and what she loves about living in LA. Black Mafia Family airs Sunday nights on Starz platforms at 9:00pm EST\/PST. Check out the interview and let us know what you think! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n\t       <div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <div class=\"mace-youtube\" data-mace-video=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MzbbogcIyqs?showinfo=0&#038;rel=1&#038;ytp-pause-overlay=1&#038;autoplay=1&#038;enablejsapi=1\" data-mace-video-thumb=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/MzbbogcIyqs\/hqdefault.jpg\"><div class=\"mace-play-button\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Shondalia White talks STARZ hit series &#8216;BMF&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Shondalia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Shondalia-15Credit-Tisha-Brenee-682x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Shondalia White talks STARZ hit series 'BMF'\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-158055\" \/><figcaption>Shondalia White talks STARZ hit series &#8216;BMF&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Black Mafia Family airs Sunday nights on Starz platforms at 9:00pm EST\/PST. ABOUT SHONDALIA Shondalia\u2019s first love will always be standup, taking to the stage is a way for her to leave her mark on the world, and put forth content that makes others think and laugh. Shondalia was most recently seen recurring on Good Trouble on Freeform and in guest-starring roles on Animal Kingdom, 9-1-1: Lone Star and Netflix\u2019s Family Reunion. Shondalia enjoys working out, attending live music shows and utilizing her platform to empower young people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ABOUT BMF <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image002-1.png\" alt=\"Shondalia White talks STARZ hit series 'BMF'\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-158056\" \/><figcaption>Shondalia White talks STARZ hit series &#8216;BMF&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Karen exudes authority, respect and grace each time she enters the courtroom to defend Terry against a repair surgery that went wrong. It\u2019s bigger than a surgery for Karen though\u2014she\u2019s fighting against systemic injustices that have plagued Detroit for decades; healthcare inequality, redlining and lack of jobs in Black community. \u201cBMF\u201d is inspired by the true story of two brothers who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980\u2019s and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in this country. Demetrius \u201cBig Meech\u201d Flenory\u2019s charismatic leadership, Terry \u201cSouthwest T\u201d Flenory\u2019s business acumen and the fraternal partnership\u2019s vision beyond the drug trade and into the world of Hip Hop would render the brothers iconic on a global level. Their unwavering belief in family loyalty would be the cornerstone of their partnership and the crux of their eventual estrangement. This is a story about love, kinship and capitalism in the pursuit of the American dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out our interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/2021\/09\/davinchi-talks-starz-series-bmf-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Da&#8217;Vinchi, who stars as Terry Flenory in &#8216;BMF&#8217;!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">Shondalia White talks STARZ hit series &#8216;BMF&#8217;<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shondalia White talks STARZ hit series &#8216;BMF&#8216; with blackfilm.com correspondent Koku Tona. Shondalia talks growing up in Flint, MI, her standup career, and voice acting work. She emphasizes the importance of respecting everyone on set and what she loves about living in LA. Black Mafia Family airs Sunday nights on Starz platforms at 9:00pm EST\/PST. [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/shondalia-white-talks-starz-hit-series-bmf\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":158079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27144,145,19,142,23],"tags":[2374,35381,4502,2405,27223,6568,2071,3806,2394,34749,35385,35623,35624,35625,35378,9717,35383],"reaction":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-158054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-exclusives","8":"category-featured","9":"category-features","10":"category-videos","11":"category-watch","12":"tag-50-cent","13":"tag-big-meech","14":"tag-black-actor","15":"tag-black-actors","16":"tag-black-actress","17":"tag-black-actresses","18":"tag-black-film","19":"tag-blackfilm","20":"tag-blackfilm-com","21":"tag-bmf","22":"tag-demetrius-flenory","23":"tag-karen-jones","24":"tag-shondalia","25":"tag-shondalia-white","26":"tag-southwest-t","27":"tag-starz","28":"tag-terry-flenory"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shondalia White talks STARZ hit series &#039;BMF&#039; - blackfilm.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Shondalia White talks STARZ hit series &#039;BMF&#039; with blackfilm.com correspondent Koku Tona. 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