Actor Malik Yoba is receiving major backlash for an IG post he posted of him wearing makeup. The New York Undercover actor posted a video of him with Director Melanie Maria Goodreaux promoting a new Broadway play ‘Enough Vo5 for the Universe’.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bd8DkW8j8qh/?hl=en&taken-by=malikyoba
Malik plays the role of God aka “Oprah-Obama-Omama” a black female fusion character in the afro-futuristic dark comedy that takes place in the year 2097. The play tells a story of Three African-American female survivors of an unnamed worldwide cataclysm.
Malik Yoba fans are not too thrilled of the Cool Runnings actor role in the play especially him wearing makeup portraying to be a “female fusion character” Many unhappy fans took it to social media to share their disappointment.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BeO6bU8F8V_/?hl=en&tagged=malikyoba
What the F@%k is up with Malik Yoba he just took NY Undercover to another level. Another Blackman emasculated… https://t.co/FVqN2L6NfX
— IG: RahiemShabazz (@rahiemshabazz) January 22, 2018
Malik Yoba is playing “god,” a fusion of Oprah and Obama in a play. The role requires him to wear lipstick and make up. Three black women rulling America in 2097 are searching for the last black man is the storyline. Sounds pretty “psychedelic” to me.
— Curtis Scoon (@CurtisScoon) January 22, 2018
They got Malik Yoba in a drag role smh lol
— Monk (@Monkofficial) January 22, 2018
So Malik Yoba is transgendered God who embodies half Oprah, half Obama, wears makeup, and talks like Madea in a play where women are the presidents of society? pic.twitter.com/nazEpEt5Yy
— Sammich Davis Jr.🍞🍖 (@IAmJusRay_TCC) January 22, 2018
Some of Malik’s social media followers defended the actor, saying the makeup is for a Broadway acting role. But the majority of fans feel Malik’s role is another sad attempt to showcase the emasculation of black men in America.