Last Monday night Drumline: A New Beat became the number one rated show on all of television and cable excluding sports. More than 400,000 tweets were sent during the airing and it garnered over 2.4 million total viewers during its time slot.
The success of the film was due largely to it’s connection to the original, and an amazing performance by the new cast of “crabs.” However, Letoya Luckett also believes that Drumline: A New Beat won because of the role Nick Cannon played in front and behind the scenes as producer.
Watch Luckett explain how it was working with Nick Cannon, and why she thinks Cannon may not get the credit he rightfully deserves.