Kevin Hart’s Company Fired Two Black Podcast Producers, Shelved All Their Work, Then Sued Them for Leaving
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MAY 10: Kevin Hart attends Netflix Is A Joke Festival Presents: The Roast of Kevin Hart at The Kia Forum on May 10, 2026 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelm…
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- INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MAY 10: Kevin Hart attends Netflix Is A Joke Festival Presents: The Roast of Kevin Hart at The Kia Forum on May 10, 2026 in Inglewood, California
- Kevin Hart’s Company Fired Two Black Podcast Producers, Shelved All Their Work, Then Sued Them for Leaving
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- From taking home the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center in 2024, to hosting the BET Awards in 2025, to earning a Golden Globe nomination for his Netflix stand-up special Acting My Age, the Philadelphia native has had no shortage of wins
- A Bloomberg investigation published Sunday reveals that Hartbeat, Hart’s media company once valued at $650 million, has been quietly unraveling for the past few years
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INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MAY 10: Kevin Hart attends Netflix Is A Joke Festival Presents: The Roast of Kevin Hart at The Kia Forum on May 10, 2026 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelm…
Eric Eddings and Lesley Gwam were brought in to help grow Hartbeat’s audio ambitions. Instead, their projects stalled, their jobs disappeared, and a lawsuit followed
No matter your feelings towards Kevin Hart, his list of accomplishments is to be admired and respected
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- INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MAY 10: Kevin Hart attends Netflix Is A Joke Festival Presents: The Roast of Kevin Hart at The Kia Forum on May 10, 2026 in Inglewood, California
- Kevin Hart’s Company Fired Two Black Podcast Producers, Shelved All Their Work, Then Sued Them for Leaving
- Eric Eddings and Lesley Gwam were brought in to help grow Hartbeat’s audio ambitions
- Instead, their projects stalled, their jobs disappeared, and a lawsuit followed
- No matter your feelings towards Kevin Hart, his list of accomplishments is to be admired and respected
Why this matters
- From taking home the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center in 2024, to hosting the BET Awards in 2025, to earning a Golden Globe nomination for his Netflix stand-up special Acting My Age, the Philadelphia native has had no shortage of wins
- A Bloomberg investigation published Sunday reveals that Hartbeat, Hart’s media company once valued at $650 million, has been quietly unraveling for the past few years
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