The Wizard of Oz is, as the saying goes, as American as apple pie. Every year at least, I’d crowd around a screen with family to watch Dorothy’s teleportation from …
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The 💯 Blackest People of 2015
There aren’t actually 100, and they aren’t actually all people, but this MLK Day, enjoy our list of people we loved in 2015 and expect to see more from in 2016.
Thoughts on Chi-Raq
I genuinely don’t know where to begin. All I know is that I watched Chi-Raq last night and I feel…feelings. So let me tease them out. First of all, Chi-Raq …
The Evolution of Kendrick Lamar
Something special happened to me four years ago at the 9:30 Club in D.C, slam in the middle of the awful August 2011 heat wave in a room full of …
“Key & Peele”: A Comedic Identity Study
Honest hour, I was not a day one “Key & Peele” fan. My first formal introduction into the world created by co-creators/stars Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, and director Peter Atencio was …
The NFL’s War on The Black Body
Ohioans have dueling misery on either side of the state: In Cleveland, the Browns serve as unapologetic harbingers of misery each year. In Cincinnati, the Bengals drag fans slowly through …
Race in “Fear The Walking Dead”: Will the Real Latinos Please Stand Up?
I know it’s full The Walking Dead season after last night’s season premiere, but I am still recovering from its younger sibling’s brief time on TV. After the short six episode run of …
The Church of Nayvadius
It was 3 or 4:something AM after a Lil B show in 2010. I was in a smoked out Harlem apartment with a few friends, all of us listening …
Yoncé
Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto. “I am a human being, I consider nothing that is human alien to me.” - Terence When the Eagles lost the Super Bowl …
Be Real Black For Me: A Review of “Dope”
Recently, I went to see the film Dope: a movie that’s reminiscent of the 80s goofballs-get-into-wild-misadventures genre of broad comedies. The film follows a high-school senior named Malcolm (played by …