Legendary Director Spike Lee to Appear on The Blindboy Podcast

Filmmaker behind Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X and Inside Man, Spike Lee, will be on The Blindboy Podcast next week to discuss his critically acclaimed new crime-drama BlacKkKlansman.

Set in the 1970s, the film details how Ron Stallworth (played by John David Washington) – the first black detective on the Colorado Springs Police Department – bravely set out on a dangerous mission to infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan.

Blindboy took to Twitter to reveal his high profile new guest.

Brand new Wednesday podcast. On iTunes and Acast. The social and economic conditions of New York when hip hop was birthed. Also, next week my guest on the podcast is Spike Lee. I’m not joking https://t.co/DBAalEdXsy

— Rubber Bandits (@Rubberbandits) August 15, 2018

BlacKkKlansman is a true-story, based on the real Stallworth's 2014 book Black Klansman, which details his experiences. As shown in the movie, the detective initiated contact by responding to a classified ad in the local newspaper, and received a phone call from the Klan soon after. Stallworth used these phone conversations to ingratiate himself with Klan members, to build trust and gather intel.

Then when it came to face-to-face meetings with the Klan, the detective enlisted the help of a white undercover narcotics officer (played by Star Wars' Adam Driver in the film) who posed as Stallworth for all in-person gatherings.

You can read more about the true story behind BlacKkKlansman here. Based on the history, there should be no shortages of topics to discuss between Lee and Blindboy.