Keke Palmer Facing Backlash Over Southern Fried Rice Series
Keke Palmer Facing Backlash Over HBCU Dramedy ‘Southern Fried Rice’
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D.L. Chandler
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October 27, 2025
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Keke Palmer might be one of the most beloved celebrities in the mainstream today, but it appears that her fans have a bone to pick with her over a new series she greenlit. Keke Palmer is facing backlash after promoting a new series, Southern Fried Rice, which follows the exploits of a Korean American adoptee who gets accepted into an HBCU.
Southern Fried Rice is part of Keke Palmer’s KeyTV lineup and stars Page Yang as Koko, who grew up in a Black family and enters the fictional Wright University in Atlanta.
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Keke Palmer Facing Backlash Over HBCU Dramedy ‘Southern Fried Rice’ was originally published on hiphopwired.com
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