50 Cent and Russell Simmons took to Instagram on Friday and blasted Oprah Winfrey over her new #MeToo documentary. Winfrey's upcoming Apple TV+ documentary was announced earlier this month. “I don’t understand why Oprah is going after black men,” 50 Cent, real name Curtis Jackson, wrote on social media. “No Harvey Weinstein, No Epstein, just Micheal [sic] jackson and Russell Simmons this s - - t is sad." Featured in the upcoming doc, which is set to premiere in 2020, is Drew Dixon who is one of the multiple women who made allegations against 62-year-old Simmons. Russell Simmons took to IG to respond to news that Oprah is producing a documentary on sexual assault against him. "Dearest OPRAH, you have been a shining light to my family and my community. Contributing so much to my life that I couldn’t list a fraction of it in this blog. I have given you the gift of meditation and the groundbreaking book 'THE POWER OF NOW' we bonded to say the least," Simmons began his lengthy Instagram post. "This is why it’s so troubling that you choose me to single out in your recent documentry [sic]."
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